Khamseen’s Topic presentations are created by a group of international experts in Islamic studies, art, architecture, and visual culture as well as scholars specializing in allied fields within the arts and humanities. These talks cover a broad range of topics and materials, are approximately 10-20 minutes long, close-captioned, and accompanied by pedagogical worksheets and recommended resources for further reading. They also can be found grouped together in subject-specific modules under Themes.
Mural Painting in Colonial Tunisia, ca. 1900 CE
The Fortifications of Medieval Cairo
Sacred Spaces, Shared Cultures: Cairo’s Synagogues and Egyptian Jewish Life and Heritage
Mongol Cosmopolitanism: The Case of Rashid al-Din and his Moses
Rashid al-Din and the Compendium of Chronicles
Muslim Saints in South Asian Painting
A Sini Block-Printed Poster of Buraq: Amuletic Devotions in Modern Muslim China
A Woman’s Calligraphic Touch: A Sini Qur’an made in Beijing in 1050 AH / 1640 CE
A Late Ottoman Calendar Scroll: The Ruzname-i Darendi
Islamic Gems and Jewels in The Metropolitan Museum of Art
The British Appropriation of Mughal Pacchikari (Stone Inlay) in Agra, ca. 1840-1940
Gülnuş Valide Sultan as an Architectural Patron
Figural Silk in Safavid Iran
Jewelry in Islamic Lands
A Miniature Qur’an and its Silver Case
Ceramic Breastfeeding Figures from Iran and Syria
Images of the Virgin Mary in Mughal Art
Madrasat al-Firdaws in Aleppo
Mongol Women’s Court Dress
Tree of Pearls: Shajar al-Durr and her Architectural Patronage
The Bryce Miniature Qur’an and Its Travels Across the Globe
Jamiʿ al-Tawarikh: Provenance
Jamiʿ al-Tawarikh: Images of the Prophet
Djingareyber Mosque of Timbuktu: Expression and Innovation at the Saharan Crossroads
The History of the Blazon in the Mamluk Period
A Legacy of Female Power: Representations of Queen Humayun Shah from the Deccan’s Ahmadnagar Sultanate
Mohamed Zakariya and the Practice of Calligraphy
Picture in Picture: Images of the Sultan in Balkan Princely Portraits
Ivories from Islamic Spain
“Do-For-Self”: The Visual Culture of the Nation of Islam
Ottoman Costume Portraits: Photographs in the Elbise-i Osmaniyye
Marjane Satrapi’s Persepolis
A Calligraphic Composition by Ismaʿil Jalayir
The Ashab Mosque in Quanzhou: A Coastal Mosque in South China
Persian Luster Tilework
Monsoon Winds and Ming Porcelains
Two Islamic Amulets in the Aga Khan Museum
On a Tinned Copper Bowl and Designs on Paper
Sphero-Conical Vessels
Swahili Mosques Between Sub-Saharan Africa and the Indian Ocean
Saba Taj’s Interstellar Uber // Negotiations with God
The Nîshans of the Yezidis of Northern Iraq
Prayer Carpets
The Depiction of European Women in Late Safavid Paintings
Hajj Materials and Rites from Egypt
Manufactured Images: The Engravings of 19th-Century Arabic Periodicals
The Birth Scene of Iskandar (Alexander the Great)
Coffee and Coffeehouses in Ottoman and Safavid Lands, 1500-1800
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