New Perspectives on Persian Art: An Emerging Scholars Symposium

Name: New Perspectives on Persian Art: An Emerging Scholars Symposium
Start: 2025-03-07T04:00:00-05:00
End: 2025-03-07T18:00:00-05:00

March 7 @ 4:00 am - 6:00 pm EST

The Iranian Studies Students’ Forumand the Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Institute of Iranian Studiesjointly presentNew Perspectives on Persian Art

An Emerging Scholars Symposium

Friday, 7 March 2025, 4:00 p.m. EST

Location for In-Person Attendance:

Room 200B, 4 Bancroft Ave
Toronto, ON, M5S 1C1 Zoom Registration Link for Virtual Attendance:https://utoronto.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZApfuuspzktG9YZsgkSqmhkB25g2kDNs0A3

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

This event has been designed to cultivate a collaborative and inspiring environment, providing students with the opportunity to share and discuss their art projects. It is being organized with the belief that students’ participation will not only enrich the event but also contribute significantly to our collective academic and artistic journeys. The discussions aim to offer perspectives that resonate with participants’ experiences as graduate students of art.

Speakers:

Quentin Arnoux, “An Artist, a Name, a Style: What Does it Mean for a Painting to be Signed ‘Mu’in Musavvir”

Fahimeh Ghorbani, “Creating Identity: The Intellectual, Ritual, and Social Dimensions of Futuwwa in Iranian Artisanal Practices”

Sharon Mizbani, “Curating Persian Art in North America: Ali Kuli Khan and Aesthetic Universalism”

Bahareh Rostakiani, “Interweaving Geometry and Play: Reimagining Islamic Tradition in the Contemporary Architecture of the Aga Khan Museum”

Negar Sagharichi, “Malek National Museum and Library: An Endowment towards Community Growth and Intercultural Exchange”

Details

Date:: March 7
Time:: 4:00 am - 6:00 pm EST

Organizer

: University of Toronto Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Institute of Iranian Studies

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