Fall 2021 Lecture Series, A Forum for Islamic Art & Architecture, hosted by the Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture at Harvard University. Held via Zoom Webinar. The first lecture in the series will be held next week, September 23, 2021. Please see below links for registration information.

“’His Eyes Were Aware of the Pointed Corners of His Eyes’: Reflections on the Gaze in Umayyad Painting,” Nadia Ali, Associate Researcher at IREMAM, Université Aix-Marseille

Sep 23, 6:00pm EST. Register here: https://bit.ly/akpia-nadiaali

“Shahjahanbad: The City of Shah Jahan as described in Pādshāhnāma,” Gulfishan Khan, AKPIA Associate; Professor of Medieval Indian History, Chairperson of the Centre of Advance Study, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India

Nov 4, 6:00pm EST. Register here: https://bit.ly/gulfishankhan

“Building the Caliphate: Construction, Destruction, and Sectarian Identity in Early Fatimid Architecture,” Jennifer Pruitt, Associate Professor of Islamic Art History, Howard and Ellen Louise Schwartz Faculty Fellow in Islamic Art and Architecture, University of Wisconsin–Madison

Nov 18, 6:00pm EST. Register here: https://bit.ly/jenniferpruitt

We anticipate that these lectures will be recorded and made available a few weeks after lecture takes place. For full AKPIA lecture information, including links to previous lectures, please visit: https://agakhan.fas.harvard.edu/news-events