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Veni, vidi, mutatio: The Multicultural Roots of Islamic architecture

Harry and Mildred Remis Auditorium (Auditorium 161) Avenue of the Arts, 465 Huntington Avenue, Boston

Straddling Asia, Africa, and Europe and spanning fifteen centuries of continuous creativity, Islamic architecture embodied multiculturalism long before the term was coined. Guided by an intellectual, aesthetic, and practical dialogue with the architectural traditions they encountered, Islamic builders adopted, borrowed, resurrected, and invented at every stage and in every architectural [...]

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Islamic Heritage through the Lens of Scholarly Archives: New Perspectives in Islamic Art and Archaeology

Louvre and Sorbonne Université, Paris Musée du Louvre, Paris

International Conference. Islamic Heritage through the Lens of Scholarly Archives: New Perspectives in Islamic Art and Archaeology Musée du Louvre & Sorbonne Université, Paris October 3-4, 2019 This international conference will explore the contribution of scholarly archives (photographic collections, notes, field notebooks, correspondences, unpublished book drafts etc.) to the study [...]

Beyond the Picture: Calligraphy and the Arts of the Book in Sultanate India

Leonard Wolfson Auditorium Leonard Wolfson Auditorium, Wolfson College, Oxford

Beyond the Picture: Calligraphy and the Arts of the Book in Sultanate India Éloïse Brac de la Perrière Maître de conférences Habilitée à Diriger des Recherches Sorbonne Université – Faculté de Lettres 20 September 2019, 6.00 pm, Leonard Wolfson Auditorium, Wolfson College, Oxford Numerous fields of investigation await the attention [...]

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