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1 ISLAMIC ART AND ARCHAEOLOGY LECTURES, SEMINARS AND CLASSES Hilary Term 2015 THE KHALILI RESEARCH CENTRE FOR THE ART AND MATERIAL CULTURE OF THE MIDDLE EAST 3, ST JOHN STREET, OXFORD, OX1 2LG TEL
2 WHAT S WHAT? The Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology, Beaumont Street (Department of Eastern Art; Heberden Coin Room; May Beattie Carpet Collection. Permanent exhibitions of Byzantine Art, Islamic Art, Islamic Numismatics, and much else) URL The Bodleian Library, Broad Street (The University s main research library for the humanities). URL The Department of Eastern Art (see Ashmolean Museum) URL The Department of History of Art, Littlegate House, St Ebbes (main centre for teaching and research in history of art) URL The Headley Lecture Theatre (in Ashmolean Museum) The Heberden Coin Room (see Ashmolean Museum) URL The Institute of Archaeology, Beaumont Street (main centre for teaching and research in archaeology) URL The Jameel Centre for the Study of Eastern Art (see Ashmolean Museum) URL The Khalili Research Centre for the Art and Material Culture of the Middle East, 3 St John Street (most lectures and teaching will take place in the KRC) Tel. (2) patricia.davies@orinst.ox.ac.uk URL The Museum of the History of Science, Broad Street (includes superb collection of Islamic scientific instruments) URL The Oriental Institute, Pusey Lane (main centre for the teaching of Near and Middle Eastern Studies; Oriental Institute Library) URL The Oriental Institute Library (main library for Near and Middle Eastern Studies studies, especially reference, journals, etc.) The Pitt Rivers Museum, South Parks Road (Anthropology and World Anthropology) URL The Sackler Library, St John Street (main library for art and archaeology, including Islamic) URL 2
3 WHO S WHO? Staff Dr Nadia Ali: Post-doctoral Researcher, Empires of Faith project, The Khalili Research Centre. nadia.ali@orinst.ox.ac.uk Prof. James Allan: Emeritus Professor of Eastern Art, Postal Address: St Cross College, St Giles, Oxford, OX1 3LZ. james.allan@orinst.ox.ac.uk Mr Daniel Burt: ICT Officer, The Khalili Research Centre. Tel. (2) daniel.burt@orinst.ox.ac.uk Mrs Tricia Davies: Administrator, The Khalili Research Centre. Tel. (2) patricia.davies@orinst.ox.ac.uk Dr Teresa Fitzherbert: Faculty Tutor in Islamic Art, The Khalili Research Centre. Tel. (2) teresa.fitzherbert@orinst.ox.ac.uk Ms Katherine Croft, Academic Administrator (Graduate Studies): Tel. (2) katherine.croft@orinst.ox.ac.uk Ms Ellen Griffiths: Administrator, The Barakat Trust, c/o The Oriental Institute, Pusey Lane, Oxford OX1 2LE. barakat.trust@orinst.ox.ac.uk Dr Mahmoud Hawari: KRC Research Associate, mahmoud.hawari@orinst.ox.ac.uk Dr Carmen Hidalgo-Chacón Diez: Post-doctoral Researcher, OCIANA Project, The Khalili Research Centre. Tel (2) carmen.hidalgo-chacondiez@orinst.ox.ac.uk Dr Marek Jankowiak: Co-investigator, Dirhams for Slaves Project, The Khalili Research Centre. marek.jankowiak@orinst.ox.ac.uk Prof. Jeremy Johns: Professor of the Art & Archaeology of the Islamic Mediterranean; Director of The Khalili Research Centre. Tel. (2) jeremy.johns@orinst.ox.ac.uk Dr Francesca Leoni: Yousef Jameel Curator of Islamic Art, Ashmolean Museum. KRC Research Associate. Francesca.leoni@ashmus.ox.ac.uk Mrs Jennifer Lockie: IT Assistant, OCIANA Project, The Khalili Research Centre. jennifer.lockie@orinst.ox.ac.uk Mr Michael Macdonald: Academic Director, OCIANA Project, The Khalili Research Centre. michael.macdonald@orinst.ox.ac.uk 3
4 Dr Ali Al-Manaser: Post-doctoral Researcher, OCIANA Project, The Khalili Research Centre. Tel (2) Dr Elise Morero: Co-investigator, Early Islamic Rock Crystal Project, The Khalili Research Centre. Dr Muzaffer Ozgules: Barakat Trust Post Doctoral Research Fellow, The Khalili Research Centre. Prof. Emilie Savage-Smith: Professor of the History of Islamic Science. KRC Research Associate. Postal Address: St Cross College, St Giles, Oxford, OX1 3LZ. Dr Andrew Topsfield: Keeper of Eastern Art, Ashmolean Museum. KRC Research Associate. Tel. (2) Dr Luke Treadwell: Samir Shamma Lecturer in Islamic Numismatics, The Khalili Research Centre. Tel. (2) Prof. Oliver Watson: I.M.Pei Professor of Islamic Art and Architecture, The Khalili Research Centre. Tel. (2) Prof. Zeynep Yürekli-Görkay: Associate Professor in Islamic Art and Architecture, The Khalili Research Centre. Tel. (2)
5 Postgraduate Students Umberto Bongianino, D.Phil.- The origin and development of Maghribī scripts: Epigraphic and calligraphic traditions of the western Islamic lands Ifigeneia Georgala, D.Phil.- Early Islamic textiles in the Benaki Museum Jacek Gruszczynski, D. Phil. A comparative study of the archaeological contexts of Islamic silver hoards in Northern, Central and Eastern Europe (Dr Treadwell & Dr Shepard) Yeliz Günel Teber: M.Phil in Islamic Art & Archaeology (Dr Yürekli-Görkay & Prof. Johns) Fuchsia Hart, M.Phil. in Islamic Art & Archaeology (Dr Treadwell) Cailah Jackson, D.Phil. - Islamic pictorial calligraphy (Dr Yürekli-Görkay & Prof. Johns) Yui Kanda, M.Phil. in Islamic Art & Archaeology (Prof Watson) Joseph O Hara, D.Phil - Safaitic vocabulary in the light of the Bedouin dialects of Syria and northern Arabia as recorded by Alois Musil (Prof. Johns & Mr Macdonald) Ilenia Scerra, M.Phil. in Islamic Art & Archaeology.- Andalusian smoking pipes (Prof Johns) Gizem Tongo-Overfield Shaw, D.Phil. Ottoman art and artists during the First World War (Dr Mignon & Dr Yürekli-Görkay) James White, M.St. in Oriental Studies - (Dr Brookshaw) 5
6 LECTURES AND SEMINARS HILARY TERM 2015 Please note that lectures and seminars may be subject to change at very short notice. Before attending any lecture or seminar please double check the date, time and location by visiting the Khalili Research Centre online diary Double-click on the diary entry for more information. INTRODUCTION TO ISLAMIC ART & ARCHAEOLOGY Convenor: Prof. Johns Khalili Research Centre, Lecture Room Mondays Week 1 19 th January Week 2 26 th January Architecture and architectural decoration in Umayyad Spain Architecture and architectural decoration in the Fatimid Mediterranean Week 3 2 nd February Royal art and architecture in Norman Sicily Week 4 9 th February Week 5 16 th February Week 6 23 rd February Week 7 2 nd March Week 8 9 th March Architecture and architectural decoration in the eastern Islamic lands Architecture and architectural decoration: Iraq and Anatolia (Prof Johns) Architecture and architectural decoration: Syria and Egypt The early Islamic rock crystal industry (Prof. Johns & Dr Morero) Early Islamic glass (Prof. Watson) APPROACHES TO ISLAMIC ART AND ARCHAEOLOGY Convenors: Prof. Johns, Prof. Watson Khalili Research Centre, Lecture Room Tuesdays Weeks 1,3,5 & 7 only Week 1 20 th January Week 3 3 rd February Week 5 17 th February Week 7 3 rd March Survival, fakes and forgeries (Prof. Watson) Artists, artefacts and agency in study of Islamic art Archaeology and the study of Islamic art The end of Islamic art (Prof. Watson) 6
7 KRC RESEARCH SEMINARS Convenors: Prof. Johns Khalili Research Centre, Lecture Room Tuesdays Weeks 2,4,6, & 8 only Week 2 27 th January Week 4 10 th February Week 6 24 th February Week 8 10 th March Documents, administration and North African refugees in 12 th -century Sicily (Jeremy Johns, KRC) The body in premodern Islamic thoughts relevant to architecture (Ahmad Sukkar, Barakat Trust - OCIS),) A missing sultanate mosque in Istanbul: Gülnuş Sultan's Galata New Mosque (Muzaffar Özgüleş Barakat Trust - KRC) Reading Religious Spaces: the Qur an, calligraphy and power in Mamluk Cairo" (Peter Webb -'Art Histories and Aesthetic Practices, Forum Transregionale Studien, Berlin) ILLUSTRATED & ILLUMINATED ARABIC AND PERSIAN MANUSCRIPTS Convenor: Dr Fitzherbert Bahari Room, Weston Library, (Bodleian Library) Thursdays Space is limited to KRC members only and to 10 participants. All those wishing to attend must register by with Dr Fitzherbert teresa.fitzherbert@orinst.ox.ac.uk Each week there will be a lecture followed by the handling of manuscripts from the Bodleian s collection Week January Qur ans (Rev Dr Keith Small) Week January Codicology (Dr Arianna D Ottone) Week 3. 5 February Abbasid and Mamluk (Dr Fitzherbert) Week February Ilkhanid (Dr Fitzherbert) Week February Jalayirid and early Timurid (Dr Fitzherbert) Week February Later Timurid and Turkman (Dr Fitzherbert) Week 7. 5 March Safavid and Shaibanid (Dr Fitzherbert) Week March Mughal (Dr Adeela Qureshi) 7
8 Classes for Portfolio of Practical Work Classes will be held on Thursdays at in Weeks 1, 3, 5 and on Tuesday at in week 7. (N.B. dates, times and venues are all subject to change) Please note: These classes are restricted to first year students on the M.Phil in Islamic Art & Archaeology. Week nd January Glass (tbc) Week 3. 5 th February Museum visit (tbc) Week th February Funerary epigraphy (tbc) Week 7. 3rd March Manuscripts (tbc) 8
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