HIAA-Sponsored Panel at CAA

The panel sponsored by the Historians of Islamic Art Association at CAA, organized by Mira Xenia Schwerda and Erin Hyde-Nolan, examines the topic “Fashioning the Modern In and Beyond the Middle East: Photography as a Technology of Expression.” We invite our members to join the discussion and listen to an exciting lineup of papers:
 

"'The Image Debate:' Photography and the Human Figure in the Modern Islamic World"
Gohar Dashti

"Transplant(N)ation: Exploring the Intersection of Identity and Environment"
Zeynep Gursel
"Portraits of Unbelonging: Photography, Mobility and Nationality"
K. Hickerson
"Behind the Scenes: Backdrops, Space, and Sudanese Portraiture in Motion"