Come and join us on this practical journey of discovery as we travel half way around the globe to source the finest examples of Islamic Geometric Pattern; Persia, Turkey, Syria, India, and Moorish Morocco and Al-Andalus will feature in our travels. The genius of the craftsmen geometers from the Islamic [...]
Come and join us and listen to the amazing untold stories from Multaka tour guides using objects from the History of Science Museum. This tour is designed to encourage conversations between people from over the world in a museum setting.
Come and join us and listen to the amazing untold stories from Multaka tour guides using objects from the History of Science Museum. This tour is designed to encourage conversations between people from over the world in a museum setting.
Come and join us and listen to the amazing untold stories from Multaka tour guides using objects from the History of Science Museum. This tour is designed to encourage conversations between people from over the world in a museum setting.
Learn more about the Arab World thanks to this interactive workshop. Open to King’s/MLC Students only. A brief overview in the Arab history and Arab culture values. The workshop will also look at gender relations and the position of women in the different Arab countries. Suitable for: All students of [...]
The Case of the Negarestan Museum of 18th and 19th century Iranian Art, Tehran, 1975-79 In recent years, civil wars, terrorism and revolutions have destabilized the Middle East and Western Asia and taken a terrible human and cultural toll. Cultural destruction knows no boundaries, geographical or historical. This lecture will [...]
Presented by Hugh Kennedy (SOAS, London)
About: Handwriting, unlike digital communication, carries something beyond literal meaning, something of the soul Through the eyes of twelve international artists Traces of the Soulexplores the world of contemporary calligraphy and why it is an increasingly relevant art form in this digital age. The film reveals how the art, philosophies [...]
From Constantinople, via Athens, to Jerusalem Using unpublished archives and drawings, Dr. Philip Mansel shows that the traditional alliance between France and the Ottoman Empire became even more important under Louis XIV. Dr. Philip Mansel is a historian of France and the Ottoman Empire. His books include Sultans in Splendour: [...]
Small Performance + Q&A This event is an in-conversation with Kamilya Jubran and has a small performative part. For the full concert on 21 March click here. Combo Tickets are available to attend this event alongside the album launch 'Wa' at Kings Place on 21 March. Renowned Palestinian vocalist and [...]
