The Symposium will open with a keynote address given by Sheila S. Blair titled Writing as Signifier of Islam on the evening of November 7 at the Al Rayyan Theater in the historic Souq al Waqif.
Presentations on November 8-9 will take place at the Museum of Islamic Art, Doha.
Register online to attend: www.islamicartdoha.org
The symposium will feature original presentations by leading art historians, curators, conservators and writers on the role of writing in Islamic art, covering topics such as early Islamic inscriptions, calligraphy and the relationship between text and image. On November 9, the contemporary calligrapher Nasser Al-Salem, who was short-listed for the Jameel Prize in 2013, will demonstrate his technique to close the symposium.
Location: Al Rayyan Theater, Souq Waqif
5 – 6pm: Conference Reception
6 – 7:30pm: Opening Ceremony
Presentation in Honor of the 10th Anniversary of the Hamad bin Khalifa Symposium on Islamic Art – Jonathan Bloom
Keynote Address – Writing as Signifier of Islam, Sheila Blair
Location: Auditorium of the Museum of Islamic Art, Corniche
8:30 – 9am: Conference Registration
9 – 9:15am: Opening Remarks
9:15 – 10am: Robert Hoyland, The Birth of Arabic Writing on Stone
10 – 10:45am: Angelika Neuwirth, Scripture, Revelation, and Writing: The Qur’an’s Epistemic Recast of Arabian Late Antiquity
10:45 – 11:15am: Coffee Break
11:15 – 12pm: Hugh Kennedy, Demand in the Abbasid Economy: A Fiscal and Social Analysis
12 – 12:45pm: Dana Sajdi, Chained: Orality, Authority and History
12:45 – 2pm: Break for Lunch
2 – 2:45pm: Ludvik Kalus, The Spread of Islamic Inscriptions in East and Southeast Asia
2:45 – 3:30pm: Huda Smitshuijzen Abifares, Arabic Typography and the Shaping of a Modern Print Culture
3:30 – 4pm: Discussion, Closing
Location: Auditorium of the Museum of Islamic Art, Corniche
8:30 – 9am: Conference Registration
9 – 9:15am: Opening Remarks
9:15 – 10am: Jonathan Bloom, How Paper Changed Islamic Art
10 – 10:45am: Kristine Rose Beers, Towards an Archaeology of Islamic Bookbinding
10:45 – 11:15am: Coffee Break
11:15 – 12pm: Massumeh Farhad, Reading between the Lines: Text and Image in Sixteenth-Century Iran
12 – 12:45pm: Heba Barakat, Contemporary Muslim Calligraphy: Its Formation and Challenges (Featuring the Collection of the Islamic Arts Museum Malaysia)
12:45 – 3:30pm: Break for Lunch
3:30 – 4:15pm: Nasser Al-Salem, Islamic Architecture & Calligraphy: The Geometric Parallel
4:15 – 4:45pm: Discussion, Closing
4:45 – 5:30pm: Closing Reception, Light Refreshments and Coffee
For more details on the speakers or the registration procedure, please visit the conference's official website: http://www.islamicartdoha.org/
