This is a three-day online course that addresses the many new expressions of mass mediated creative arts that make reference to Islam. These expressions may be motivated by a wish to express an Islamic interpretation or spirituality, but they may also be for other reasons, such as from anti-racism or critical perspectives. Muslims, as wellContinue reading “Short Course: ‘Islam and Creativity in Popular Culture’, Online 12, 19 and 26 September 2022, 13:30 – 16:00 BST”
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Call for Participants: ‘Revoicing Medieval Poetry’, Online, May-June 2022
Revoicing Medieval Poetry will offer a workshop-conversation space for researchers, artists and practitioners who are engaged in exploring how, why, and to what effects medieval poetry is translated, reused, and resourced in twentieth- and twenty-first-century creative practices.
Course: ‘The History of Science in the Medieval World’ Summer School, St Cyril and St Methodius University of Veliko Turnovo, 18th-22nd July 2022 (Deadline 29th April 2022)
In its pilot edition, the Summer School will problematize the medieval manuscript and approach it as a space and as a territory.
Course: “Fresco-Hunting” Photo Research Expedition to Medieval Balkan Churches, 21st May – 4th June 2022 (Deadline 21st April 2022)
The field school is designed for students and young specialists in heritage, archaeology and conservation as well as artists.
Workshop: Graduate Workshop on Diversity in the Medieval Middle East, 16th-20th May 2022 (Deadline 4th April 2022)
The workshop will invite graduate students to present a proposed topic for future research, while introducing participants to often overlooked evidence and scholarly resources for exploring diversity in the medieval Middle East.
Online Course: ‘Mosques in Sub-Saharan Africa’, The Aga Khan University, 23rd and 30th May 2022, 13:30 – 16:30 GMT
This two-day online course introduces participants to Muslim architecture in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Course: Introduction to Greek Paleography, London International Paleography School, University of London, 6th-7th June 2022, 10:00 – 17:00 GMT
The development of the Greek script will be examined with relation to political events and cultural movements which shaped it through the centuries.
Online Course: Manuscripts in Arabic Scripts- Introduction to Codicology, 12th-13th May 2022
This online course aims to introduce key concepts in the field of Arabic manuscripts and codicology. It is designed to attract participants who want to learn basic knowledge about Arabic manuscripts. The first day will provide an overview of the field of codicology and its role in the manuscript field in general and in identifyingContinue reading “Online Course: Manuscripts in Arabic Scripts- Introduction to Codicology, 12th-13th May 2022”
Online Course: Mapping Worlds – Medieval to Modern, Warburg Institute, 25th-29th April 2022 3:00-5:00pm (BST)
Course tutor: Alessandro Scafi (Senior Lecturer in Medieval and Renaissance Cultural History) The aim of this course is to explore how maps have served to order and represent physical, social and imaginative worlds from around 1200 to 1700. The focus is on the iconographic character of maps and the complex relation between art and scienceContinue reading “Online Course: Mapping Worlds – Medieval to Modern, Warburg Institute, 25th-29th April 2022 3:00-5:00pm (BST)”
Online Course: Introduction to Arabic Manuscript Studies, Hill Museum and Manuscript Library, 13th-24th June 2022
This two-week introductory course is open to graduate students, advanced undergraduates, faculty, and independent scholars with a research interest in Arabic manuscripts. The course will introduce students to the study of Arabic manuscripts in their historical, cultural, and material dimensions and to a diversity of Arabic manuscript traditions from West Africa and the Middle East,Continue reading “Online Course: Introduction to Arabic Manuscript Studies, Hill Museum and Manuscript Library, 13th-24th June 2022”
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