|
||||
 |
||||
| Back | ||||
|
||||
| The Golden Age: Shah Abbas and the Safavid Dynasty Shah ‘Abbas (1587–1629) was the most distinguished
of the Safavid shahs, who ruled Iran from 1501 to 1722, establishing
an empire that stretched far beyond Iran’s borders. Making
Isfahan his new capital, Shah ‘Abbas embarked on a great architectural
programme and was to become one of the great patrons of the arts. |
||||
|
||||
| Tuesday 24 February 2009 | ||||
| 10.30 am | ||||
| Safavid Iran:
A New Political and Religious Dispensation Edmund Herzig, Soudavar Professor of Persian Studies, University of Oxford |
||||
| 12.00 noon | ||||
| Safavid Architecture
and the City of Isfahan Dr Barbara Brend |
||||
| 1.00 pm | ||||
| Lunch | ||||
| 2.00 pm | ||||
Visit to the Jameel Gallery at the Victoria & Albert Museum with Tim Stanley, Senior Curator, Middle Eastern Collection |
||||
|
||||
| Tuesday 3 March 2009 | ||||
| 10.30 am | ||||
| How to Dress
Well in Isfahan – the Clothes and Textiles of Safavid Iran Jennifer Scarce, Honorary Lecturer, Middle Eastern Cultures, Faculty of Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design, University of Dundee |
||||
| 12.00 noon | ||||
| In the Footsteps
of Shah ‘Abbas: The Thousand Kilometer Pilgrimage to Mashhad Dr. Caroline Mawer, Birkbeck College |
||||
| 1.00 pm | ||||
| Lunch | ||||
| 2.00 pm | ||||
| Tabriz, Qazvin,
and Isfahan; the Schools of Royal Safavid Painting Dr. Sheila Canby, Curator of Islamic Arts and Antiquities, British Museum and Curator of the exhibition ‘ Shah ‘Abbas: The Remaking of Iran’ |
||||
|
||||
| Tuesday 10 March 2009 | ||||
| 10.30 am | ||||
| Safavid Metalwork:
Poetry and Piety Rachel Ward |
||||
| 12.00 noon | ||||
| Iranian Artists
at the Mughal Court Susan Stronge, Senior Curator, Asian Department, Victoria & Albert Museum |
||||
| 1.00 pm | ||||
| Lunch | ||||
| 2.00 pm | ||||
| Religious
Thought during the Reign of Shah ‘Abbas the Great of Iran Robert Gleave, Professor of Arabic Studies, University of Exeter |
||||
| 3.30 pm | ||||
| Visit to the exhibition “Shah ‘Abbas: The Remaking of Iran” at the British Museum | ||||
|
||||
| Tuesday 17 March 2009 | ||||
| 10.30 am | ||||
| Safavid Metalwork:
Gold and Gems Rachel Ward |
||||
| 12.00 noon | ||||
| The Armenians,
China and the Safavids Professor John Carswell, Research Associate at SOAS, University of London |
||||
| 1.00 pm | ||||
| Lunch | ||||
| 2.00 pm | ||||
The Great
Paradise Park Carpets and the Attribution of Related Safavid Carpets |
||||
| Course Organisers | ||||
| Sarah Bowles and Philippa Barton | ||||
|
||||
The cost
of the full course is £236. The cost of the morning lectures
only (lunch not included) is £136. The lectures will take
place at The Medical Society of London, To apply, please contact us. |
||||
|
||||
| Back |
