Fahmida Suleman – Islamic Research and Information Center (IRIC) https://iric.org Sun, 08 Oct 2023 05:05:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.2.14 https://iric.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/iric-favicon.png Fahmida Suleman – Islamic Research and Information Center (IRIC) https://iric.org 32 32 Islamic Art & Material Culture Collaborative (IAMCC) https://iric.org/islamic-art-material-culture-collaborative-iamcc/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=islamic-art-material-culture-collaborative-iamcc https://iric.org/islamic-art-material-culture-collaborative-iamcc/#respond Sun, 25 Oct 2020 08:07:22 +0000 https://demo.iric.org/?p=16358 The Islamic Art and Material Culture Collaborative, a new research network based in Toronto that brings together the capacities and resources of the University of Toronto, the Royal Ontario Museum, and the Aga Khan Museum. The aim of the IAMCC is to foster innovative and interdisciplinary research on Islamic art and material culture, in part by leveraging the various institutional and research capacities dotting the Toronto landscape, thereby making Toronto a natural hub for this area of research.

The IAMCC sponsors the following activities:

• A student internship program
• Monthly workshops and research seminars
• Annual public lectures

The IIS serves as administrative headquarters for the IAMCC, while planning and direction is provided by the IAMCC planning committee:

• Ruba Kana’an, Visual Studies, UTM
• Ulrike al-Khamis, Director of Collections and Public Programs, Aga Khan Museum
• Heba Mostafa, Art History, UTSG
• Fahmida Suleman, Curator, Islamic Art and Culture, Royal Ontario Museum

Website: islamicstudies.artsci.utoronto.ca

]]> https://iric.org/islamic-art-material-culture-collaborative-iamcc/feed/ 0 The Islamic World: A History in Objects (1st Edition) https://iric.org/the-islamic-world-a-history-in-objects-1st-edition/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-islamic-world-a-history-in-objects-1st-edition https://iric.org/the-islamic-world-a-history-in-objects-1st-edition/#respond Tue, 23 Oct 2018 14:38:17 +0000 https://demo.iric.org/?p=24599 The-Islamic-World-A-History-in-Objects

By Ladan Akbarnia, Venetia Porter, Fahmida Suleman, William Greenwood, Zeina Klink-Hoppe, Amandine Merat

Publisher: Thames & Hudson (November 6, 2018)

This lavishly illustrated history explores the Islamic world, through superb art objects and cultural artifacts dating from the seventh century to the present.

This illustrated introduction offers a fresh approach to the history of the Islamic world from its origins to the present day. Told in six chapters, arranged both chronologically and thematically, and richly enhanced with outstanding images, it provides an illuminating insight into the material culture produced from West Africa to Southeast Asia through art and artifacts, people and places.

From pre-Islamic works that provided a foundation for the arts of Islam to masterpieces produced under the great empires and objects that continue to be made today, this expansive survey traces the development of civilizations at the forefront of philosophical and scientific ideas, artistic and literary developments, and technological innovations, exploring a wealth of cultural treasures along the way.

Texts are accompanied by a wide variety of objects, including architectural decoration, ceramics, jewellery, metalwork, calligraphy, textiles, musical instruments, coins, illustrated manuscripts, and modern and contemporary art, all of which shed new light on the Islamic world both past and present.

Source: Thames & Hudson

 

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