[Discussion] Islam Sanati

[gonul@bilkent.edu.tr]

The School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) in London organizes a conference on: "ISLAMIC ART IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY: Innovation or Eclecticism?". The conference will be held from 22nd until 24th April 2003 in the Main Lecture Theatre of SOAS at Thornhaugh Street/Russell Square, London WC1H 0XG. It is convened by Professor Doris Behrens-Abouseif, Nasser D. Khalili Chair for Islamic Art & Architecture at SOAS, and by Dr. Stephen Vernoit, Erzini Archive and Museum, Tetuan. Morocco.
Provisional Programme: ( s. also http://www.soas.ac.uk/events)
TUESDAY 22nd APRIL
(Morning Session)
 09.00 - 09.10 Opening Remarks (Doris Behrens-Abouseif)
 09.10 - 09.40 Benjamin C. Fortna "An Historical Background to the Nineteenth Century: Trends and Influences"
09.50 - 10.20 Mehmet Baha Tanman "Nineteenth-Century Ottoman Funerary Architecture: From Innovation to Eclecticism"
10.30 - 11.00 Markus Ritter "The Use of Motifs Related to the Past in Religious Architecture of Early Qajar Iran (1785-1848)"
 11.10 - 11.30  Coffee-Tea
 11.30 - 12.00 Doris Behrens-Abouseif "The Visual Transformation of Egypt under Muhammad Ali (1805-48)"
12.10 - 12.40 Mercedes Volait "Appropriating Orientalism? Mamluk Revival in Late Nineteenth-Century Cairo"
2.50 - 2.00 Sandwich Lunch
(Afternoon Session)
2.00 - 2.30 Filiz Yenisehirlioglu "Orientalism and the Interior Decoration of Nineteenth-Century Ottoman Palaces in Istanbul"
2.40 - 3.10 Stefan Weber "Witnesses of a Changing Urban Society: The Transformation of Late Ottoman Residential and Public Architecture in Damascus (1864-1918)"
3.20 - 3.40 Coffee-Tea
3.40 - 4.10 Zeynep Çelik, "Islamic Revival in Empire and Colony"
4.20 - 4.50 John Carswell "On the Road".
WEDNESDAY 23rd APRIL
 (Morning Session)
09.00 - 09.30 Michael Rogers "Khiva"
09.40 - 10.10 Giles Tillotson "Architecture and Identity in Three Indian States"
10.20 - 10.50 John Picton "Islam in the History of West African Art"
11.00 - 11.20 Coffee-Tea
11.20 - 11.50 Tim Stanley "Culture of the Pen: Calligraphy in Nineteenth-Century Istanbul"
12.00 - 12.30 Maryam Ekhtiar "Persian Calligraphy at the Dawn of the Modern Age: The Vesal Family of Shiraz", 12.40 - 2.00 Sandwich Lunch
(Afternoon Session)
2.00 - 2.30 Layla S. Diba "An Encounter Between Qajar Iran and the West: The Rashtrapati Bhavan Painting of Fath 'Ali Shah at the Hunt"
2.40 -3.10 Priscilla Soucek "Money Changing: The Transformations of Qajar Coinage"
3.20 - 3.40 Coffee-Tea
3.40 - 4.10 James Allan "Steelworking in Nineteenth-Century Iran"
4.20 - 5.00 Peter Chelkowski "From Karbala to Trinidad via Iran and India: A Passage of  Muharram-Related Arts".
THURSDAY 24th APRIL
(Morning Session)
09.00 - 09.30 Nadia Erzini "Textile Manufacture in Morocco in the Nineteenth Century:'Renaissance' or Decline?"
09.40 - 10.10 Oliver Watson "Iranian Ceramics in the Nineteenth Century"
10.20 - 10.50 Annette Hagedorn "European Influences on Oriental Pottery"
11.00 - 11.20 Coffee-Tea
11.20 - 11.50 Owen Wright "The Influence of Europe on Muslim Musical Traditions"
12.00 - 12.30 Stephen Vernoit "The Visual Arts in Nineteenth-Century Muslim Thought"
12.40 - 1.00 Concluding Remarks.

Registration (until latest Monday 14th April 2003)
Enquiries and Registration forms: LMEI (SOAS), Thornhaugh Street/Russell Square, London WC1H 0XG
Tel :	 44 (0)20-7898-4330/4490
Email: 	lmei @soas.ac.uk
Full Registration: 	£ 40.-
Concession Rate:		£ 35.-
Registration fee is inclusive of sandwich lunch

Methods of payment:
- By Credit Card (VISA or Mastercard). 
- By UK cheque or banker's draft in UK£ (payable to 'SOAS') 
Cheques and credit card details should be mailed to: Islamic Art Conference, LMEI (SOAS), Thornhaugh Street/Russell Square, London WC1H 0XG. If paying by credit card you can also fax your registration (with all credit card details) to LMEI Fax No.:  44-(0)20-7898-4329.