[Bilimsel Haber] Garden and Landscape Studies-2007 Spring Symposium

[Onur Inal]

Garden and Landscape Studies 
2007 Spring Symposium

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Middle East Garden Traditions: Unity and Diversity 
Questions, Methods and Resources in a Multicultural Perspective


A symposium cosponsored by the Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery and Dumbarton Oaks.

Venue: The Meyer Auditorium, the Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery <http://www.asia.si.edu/visitor/default.htm>  
Dates: April 27–28, 2007


Friday April 27, 2007


*	8:30–9:30
*	Welcoming participants
*	9:30
*	Introductions:
*	Julian Raby, Director of the Freer and Sackler Galleries 
Edward Keenan, Director of Dumbarton Oaks, 
Michel Conan and Yücel Dağlı:
*	New directions and new tools for international garden research
*	10:00

The Political Uses of Gardens

*	Mavash Alemi
*	Princely Safavid Gardens, Stages for Rituals of Imperial Display and Political Legitimacy
*	Jean-Do Brignoli
*	The Royal Gardens of Farahābād and the Fall of Shāh Sultān Husayn Revisited.
*	Ebba Koch
*	My Garden is Hindustan: the Mughal Padshah's Realization of a Political Metaphor
*	11:00
*	Pause
*	11:30
*	Discussion with M. Alemi, J.D. Brignoli, E. Koch

12:30 pm–13:50 Lunch period ad libitum

*	14:00

State, Gardens and Water

*	Mohammed El Faiz
*	The Garden strategy of the Almohad Sultans and their Successors
*	James Wescoat
*	Questions about the Significance of Mughal Waterworks
*	14:40
*	Discussion with M. El Faiz, J. Wescoat
*	15:20
*	Pause
*	15:50

New Perspectives for Garden Archaeology

*	Yotam Tepper
*	Soil Improvement and Agricultural Pesticides
*	Expiracion Garcia Sanchez
*	Ornamental Plants in Agricultural And Botanical Treatises from Al-Andalus
*	Antonio Almagro
*	An Approach to the Visual Analysis of the Gardens of Al-Andalus
*	16:50
*	Discussion with A. Almagro, E. Garcia and Y. Tepper
*	17:50
*	End of the first day
*	18:20
*	Cocktail Party


Saturday April 28, 2007


*	9:30

Cultural Receptions of Gardens

*	Nurhan Atasoy Nasuh Matrakçı and Evliya Çelebi
*	Perspectives on Ottoman Gardens around 1600.
*	Abdul Rehman and Shama Anbrine
*	Creation and Reception of Princely Mughal Gardens
*	10:20
*	Discussion with N. Atasoy and A. Rehman
*	10:50
*	Pause
*	11:20

Critical Discussion of Cultural Influences

*	Deniz Çalış
*	Gardens at the Kağıthane Commons during the Tulip Period (1718–1730)
*	Jennifer Joffee and D. Fairchild Ruggles
*	Rajput Gardens and Landscapes
*	12:00
*	Discussion with D. Çalış, J. Joffe, D. Fairchild

12:40 pm–14:10 Lunch period ad libitum

*	14:15

Exploring the limits of Garden Traditions

*	Manuel Casares and Jose Tito Rojo
*	from the Islamic to the Andalucian garden:continuities and re-inventions.
*	Benedict Bull
*	Gardens in Afghanistan
*	14:55
*	Discussion with B. Bull and J. Tito Rojo
*	15:35
*	Pause
*	16:00

Round table: Unity and Diversity of Gardens of the Middle East Garden traditions

*	Mahvash Alemi: Safavid Persia
*	Antonio Almagro: Al Andalus
*	Nurhan Atasoy: Ottoman Empire
*	Benedict Bull: Afghanistan
*	Mohammed El Faiz: Morocco
*	Ebba Koch: Hindustan
*	Abdul Rehman: Pakistan
*	Dede Fairchild Ruggles: Rajasthan
*	17:20
*	Conclusion:Michel Conan
*	17:30
*	End of the Symposium


http://www.doaks.org/gal_2007_spring_symposium_program.html