{"id":1813,"date":"2020-02-06T20:56:40","date_gmt":"2020-02-06T20:56:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/akdc\/?p=1813"},"modified":"2020-02-06T20:56:40","modified_gmt":"2020-02-06T20:56:40","slug":"akdc-visual-resources-librarian-to-lecture-on-palace-building-and-poetry-at-abbasid-samarra","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/akdc\/2020\/02\/06\/akdc-visual-resources-librarian-to-lecture-on-palace-building-and-poetry-at-abbasid-samarra\/","title":{"rendered":"AKDC Visual Resources Librarian to lecture on Palace Building and Poetry at Abbasid Samarra"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2020\/02\/Spring20poster.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-1814 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2020\/02\/Spring20poster-176x300.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"176\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2020\/02\/Spring20poster-176x300.gif 176w, https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2020\/02\/Spring20poster-601x1024.gif 601w, https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2020\/02\/Spring20poster-624x1064.gif 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 176px) 100vw, 176px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/archnet.org\/authorities\/6971\">Dr. Matt Saba<\/a>, Visual Resources Librarian in the Aga Khan Documentation Center, will speak on &#8220;Durability through Verse: Palace Building and Poetry at Abbasid Samarra,&#8221; at 6 pm on Monday, February 10 in <a href=\"http:\/\/whereis.mit.edu\/?go=3\">3-133 at MIT<\/a>.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/akpia.mit.edu\/fall-2020-bios-and-abstracts\">The presentation<\/a> &#8220;examines the relationship between palace building and poetry writing at <a href=\"https:\/\/archnet.org\/authorities\/3929\">Samarra<\/a>, the capital of the <a href=\"https:\/\/archnet.org\/timelines\/48\/period\/Abbasid\/year\/750\">Abbasid Empire<\/a> in Iraq from 836 to 892 CE.&#8221; and is part of the <a href=\"https:\/\/akpia.mit.edu\/current-lectures-events\">Spring 2020 lectures<\/a> of the Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture at MIT.<\/p>\n<p>The series continues on February 24 with a presentation by Farrokh Derakhshani, Director of the <a href=\"https:\/\/archnet.org\/collections\/awards\">Aga Khan Award for Architecture<\/a>, on &#8220;Architecture in Dialogue: The Aga Khan Award in its Fourteenth Cycle.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/akpia.mit.edu\/\">AKPIA@MIT website<\/a> for the complete list and further information.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Matt Saba, Visual Resources Librarian in the Aga Khan Documentation Center, will speak on &#8220;Durability through Verse: Palace Building and Poetry at Abbasid Samarra,&#8221; at 6 pm on Monday, February 10 in 3-133 at MIT.\u00a0 The presentation &#8220;examines the relationship between palace building and poetry writing at Samarra, the capital of the Abbasid Empire in Iraq from 836 to 892 CE.&#8221; and is part of the Spring 2020 lectures of the Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture at MIT. 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