Presentation

The Holy Qur’an,the sacred text of all Muslims,continues to be memorised and recited aloud. It is also a work that has been copied by hand more than any other book in the Muslim world. The Holy Qur’an as the foundation of Muslim faith and practice has also played a vital role in Muslim civlisations as the inspiration for several art forms.

The aim of this international colloquium is to bring together scholars with
varied interests in the areas of architecture, metalwork, woodwork, numismatics, textiles, ceramics and anthropology, in addition to manuscripts, calligraphy and illumination, to discuss their research on the Qur’an as a source of artistic inspiration for the material culture of
Muslims from around the world and through the ages. All events are to be held at The Ismaili Centre, South Kensington, London. As places are limited, please register early to avoid disappointment. The final date for
registration is 20th September 2003.

Participants

Muhammad Abbas, Museum of Islamic Art, Cairo
Refat Abdul Azim, Museum of Islamic Art, Cairo
Miriam Ali de Unzaga, University of Oxford
Doris Behrens-Abouseif, School of Oriental and African Studies, London
Sheila Blair, Boston College, MA
Sheila Canby, The British Museum
François Déroche, Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, Paris
Heather Ecker, Arthur M. Sackler Gallery,Washington DC
Paraskévi Efthymiou, Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, Paris
Annabel Teh Gallop, The British Library
Alain George, University of Oxford
Oleg Grabar, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, NJ
Duncan Haldane, The Institute of Ismaili Studies, London
Robert Hillenbrand, University of Edinburgh
Ismaheel Jimoh, University of Ibadan, Nigeria
Joanna Kirkpatrick, Bennington College, VT
Amin Mahdavi, University of Edinburgh
Alnoor Merchant, The Institute of Ismaili Studies, London
Venetia Porter, The British Museum
Nazleh Rahmani, Reza Abbasi Museum, Tehran
Anne Regourd, University of Leeds
Emilie Savage-Smith, Oriental Institute, University of Oxford
Tim Stanley, Victoria and Albert Museum
Yasser Tabbaa, Oberlin College, OH
Huism Tan, Asian Civilisations Museum, Singapore
Hülya Tezcan, Topkapi Palace Museum, Istanbul
Luke Treadwell, Oriental Institute, University of Oxford and The Ashmolean Museum
Ayse Turgut, Independent Curator and Scholar, New York
Amirhossein Zekrgoo, International Institute of Islamic Thought and Civilisation, Malaysia

(Source Ismaili Institute)