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Workshop on Parchment, Paper, Inks, and Gold by David Roxburgh and Penley Knipe

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The workshop on May 1, 2025, will look at the materials and techniques of selected Qur’ans made between the 8 th and 15 th centuries in the collection of the Harvard Art Museums. We will look at the supports (paper and parchment), bindings (when...

Norma Jean Calderwood Lecture: Gardens for All Seasons—The Persian Garden Carpet Tradition

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In-Person Harvard Art Museums, Menschel Hall, Lower Level 32 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA, Enter at Broadway for evening programs This event requires registration; see further details below. Garden imagery has a long history in Iranian art as a metaphor...

Norma Jean Calderwood Lecture: Artist Talk by Mohamad Hafez—Preserving Memory and Loss

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This event does not require registration; see further details below. Focusing on the theme of preserving memory and loss, Syrian American artist Mohamad Hafez will speak about his profession and artistic career in light of changing political conditions...

Professor Gülru Necipoğlu Awarded Prestigious 2023 Freer Medal

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Named for the National Museum of Asian Art’s founder, Charles Lang Freer, the medal has been awarded since its inauguration in 1956. The Freer Medal honors people who, over the course of a career, have contributed in a substantial way to the understanding...

Professor Gülru Necipoğlu awarded Smithsonian's National Museum of Asian Art Award Lifetime Achievement Medal

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Gülru Necipoğlu, Aga Khan Professor of Islamic Art, has been awarded the Freer Medal for lifetime achievement for her substantial contribution to the understanding of Asian art, along with Vidya Dehejia, the Barbara Stoler Miller Professor Emerita of...

HAA 122X: Architecture in the Early Modern Mediterranean World: A Cross-Cultural Perspective

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Instructor: Gulru Necipoglu-Kafadar Architecture of the eastern Mediterranean basin (at Italian, Ottoman, and Mamluk courts) with emphasis on cross-cultural encounters and transmission of the Romano-Byzantine heritage, science and technology...

HUMAN 20: A Colloquium in the Visual Arts

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Instructors: David Roxburgh, Yukio Lippit, Joseph Koerner, and Jinah Kim Description: An introduction to major works of art and architecture from around the world, co-taught by a team of professors. Subjects include Eadweard Mybridge and photography...

HAA 12M: Monuments of Islamic Architecture

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Instructors: David Roxburgh and Gulru Necipoglu-Kafadar An introduction to key monuments and cities - Baghdad, Cairo, Cordoba, Isfahan, Istanbul, Samarqand - from the historical Islamic lands, ca. 650-1650 C.E., from Spain to India. Various building types...

HIST 2009: Oil and the Arabian Peninsula: Culture, Power, History: Seminar

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Instructor: Rosie Bsheer The principal analytical focus in this seminar will be the role of oil in shaping the cultural, social, political, and economic relations of the Arabian Peninsula. This region has long been at the center of global circulations of...

HAA 228N: Islamic Ornament: Aesthetics of Abstraction and Theories of Perception

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Instructor: Gulru Necipoglu-Kafadar Course Description: Critically explores the historiography and interpretations of Islamic ornament. Themes include ornamentality and abstraction, theories of perception, orientalist discourses on the so-called...