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CfP: Mamluk Aesthetics and Renaissance Italians, Out from the Ottoman Shadow
“Mamluk Aesthetics and Renaissance Italians, Out from the Ottoman Shadow” Session Sponsored by the Italian Art Society (IAS) Renaissance Society of America (RSA) 2019 Conference (Toronto, 17–19 March) Dealing with Islamic-Italian relations in the Mediterranean, early modern scholars have focused almost exclusively on the attitudes of the Venetians towards the Ottoman Turks. And yet, in contrast to the “barbaric” Turks, the Mamluks did not become the object of Christian Crusader rhetoric. If anything, the religion of the Mamluks seems to have mattered less than their economic stability and potential as allies against the Turks in the political-existential imaginations of Christians....
Gazing Through A Lens: Ali Khan Documents Nineteenth Century Iran a film by Azadeh Tajpour
The Aga Khan Documentation Center at MIT presents Gazing Through A Lens: Ali Khan Documents Nineteenth Century Iran a film by Azadeh Tajpour Followed by a discussion with the filmmaker Friday, 18 May 2018 |12:00 — 1:30 pm |MIT, room 3-133 The event is free and open to the public. Aga Khan Documentation Center at MIT Libraries | 77 Massachusetts Avenue | Bldg. 7-238 Cambridge, MA 02139 | akdc@mit.edu
New Archnet Collections Page
This morning Archnet rolled out a redesigned collections page that will allow users to see more collections on a single page, and to more easily browse collections by category or in their entirety. The initial page shows thumbnails for all collections in a randomized order. Each collection thumbnail contains an image representing it contents, a title bar whose color corresponds to the category of the collection, a brief description, and the category name. Users can switch between categories either by clicking a category name at the bottom on a thumbnail, or by using the menu at the top of the...
Roads, Routes and Networks: Projects for the Visualization of Art Historical Information
Digital Humanities Colloquium Harvard University, RCC Conference Room, 26 Trowbridge St., Cambridge MA Space and movement have always been fundamental for art history, through concepts such as -among others- center and periphery, roads for global exchange, or the experience of travel. Geographical Information Systems are transforming the traditional ways to visualize these disciplinary discourses about dissemination, innovation and evolution. Network analysis is bringing to light people and places, usually overlooked by public attention focused on a few big names, that otherwise had been very relevant in their own time as nodes for exchange or partnership. Vast and quickly increasing amounts...
AKDC Organizes Workshop and Seminar on Cultural Heritage in Morocco
The Aga Khan Documentation Center at MIT (AKDC@MIT), in collaboration with the Tangier American Legation Institute for Moroccan Studies (TALIM) to organize a workshop and seminar on the topic of “Documenting Cultural Heritage in Morocco.” The workshop, to be held on April 11, considers standards and best practices for documenting and presenting cultural heritage, and includes participants from museums, heritage sites, and cultural institutions throughout Morocco. The seminar will be held the following day, and focus on documenting, preserving, and raising awareness of architectural heritage in northern Morocco. The seminar is generously sponsored by OCP Group. Sharon C. Smith, AKDC...