Past events
Lecture
Silsila Lecture and Discussion Series: THE MAQAMAT TRADITION AND THE PRE-MODERN ROOTS OF ARAB MODERNISM, Maurice Pomerantz, NYU;
NYU
New York, Online
12:30 pm
03.26.21
Lecture
The Umayyad and early Abbasid Reservoir-Enclosure of ‘Ayn Sawdā (Azraq Oasis, Jordan), by Lorraine Abu-Azizeh, Julie Bonnéric,
Institut français du Proche-Orient
3h-4h PM CET, 4h-5h PM in Amman & Beirut
3:00 pm
03.25.21
Lecture
The Visual and Material Culture of Rayy, as Revealed through the Excavations Headed by Erich Schmidt in the late 1930s, by Renat
Harvard, AKPIA Lecture
Cambridge, MA (Online)
03.25.21
Lecture
The medieval heritage of Anfeh and its neighbourhood (North Lebanon), by Patricia Antaki (University of Balamand)
Institut français du Proche-Orient
3h-4h PM CET, 4h-5h PM in Amman & Beirut
3:00 pm
03.11.21
Lecture
"Islam and Surrealism: Abdel Hadi el-Gazzar's Postwar Painting in Egypt," with Alex Dika Seggerman
5 pm, EST
Boston College
5:00 pm
03.10.21
Lecture
Silsila Lecture and Discussion Series: CULTURAL CONNECTIONS BETWEEN LOUISIANA AND WEST AFRICA: FROM FOOD TO THE BLUES, Ibrahima
NYU
New York, Online
12:30 pm
03.10.21
Lecture
Silsila Lecture and Discussion Series: YUSUF AL-NABHANI AND CONSERVATIVE MODERNITY IN THE LATE OTTOMAN PERIOD, Amal Ghazal, Doha
NYU
New York, Online
12:30 pm
03.05.21
Lecture
Jerba: Tracking the Impact of the So-Called Justinianic Plague, 560-750 CE, by Renata Holod
The American Institute for Maghrib Studies
Online, 18:00 (Oran, Tunis), 12:00 EST, 11:00 CST, 9:00 PST
6:00 pm
03.04.21
Lecture
The Late Petra Project: settlement in post-urban Petra, by Micaela Sinibaldi (Shanghai International Studies University – Cardif
Institut français du Proche-Orient
3h-4h PM CET, 4h-5h PM in Amman & Beirut
3:00 pm
02.25.21
Lecture
The Missing Pages, from Genocide to Justice, by Heghnar Watenpaugh, University of California, Davis
Asian Art Museum, Seattle, WA (Online)
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_bbJrwkV3Q3mPJ4V1bZSrsA%0a
10:00 am
02.20.21
Lecture
Silsila Lecture and Discussion Series: ISLAM AND THE DEVOTIONAL OBJECT: A DISCUSSION, Richard McGregor, Vanderbilt University; A
NYU
New York, Online
12:30 pm
02.19.21
Lecture
Revisioning Research: Looking at Identity and Visual Culture," with critic Tiffany Bradley
Middle East Librarians Association (MELA)
11:00 AM, EST
11:00 am
02.18.21
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