The Virtual Islamic Art History Seminar Series (VIAHSS) is pleased to announce an exciting roster of talks for Spring 2024! All talks are presented via Zoom on Fridays at 9AM PST / 12PM EST / 5PM UK / 7PM Turkey (unless otherwise noted). These lectures are free and open to all audiences.
Friday, January 26, 2024
Marianna Shreve Simpson (Schoenberg Institute for Manuscript Studies, University of Pennsylvania)
Master of the Minute: Abdullah al-Shirazi, Artistic Identity and Art Historical Perception
Friday, February 9, 2024
Mogheesa Hasnain Rajput (Independent Researcher)
Captive Memories: The Mosque of Wünsdorf
Friday, February 23, 2024
Mira Xenia Schwerda (Institute for Advanced Studies, University of Edinburgh)
Intimate Strangers: Visual Arts and the Emergence of Print-Based Celebrity Culture in 19th-Century Iran
To attend the inaugural event on January 26, please make sure to register in advance here:
https://wellesley.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJMudeqvqD0tHdfaln6Wv89mhdXBg_EQD3By Upon registration, you’ll receive the link to access the lecture.
View the Spring 2024 full schedule of upcoming talks. Although not every talk is recorded, there are recordings of several recent talks on the VIAHSS Vimeo page. Lastly, follow @viahss on X and @theviahss on Instagram to stay up to date on upcoming events.
image: “Jonah and the Whale”, Folio from a Jami al-Tavarikh (Compendium of Chronicles), ca. 1400, attributed to Iran. Metropolitan Museum of Art, accession no. 33.113