Shii News – Academic Items
1.Le CeRMI a le plaisir de vous convier aux deux premières séances du séminaire “Sociétés, politiques et cultures du monde iranien” qui auront lieu les 5 et 10 octobre 2023.
- Pour la première séance (jeudi 5 octobre 2023, salle 5.21, 17h-19h), nous sommes heureux d’accueillir Camille Rhoné-Quer(Maîtresse de conférences en Histoire du monde islamique médiéval, Université Aix-Marseille, IREMAM, en délégation au CeRMI, pour une conférence intitulée : « Histoire environnementale du monde turco-iranien médiéval : état des lieux, perspectives et étude de cas (bassin versant de l’Amou Darya) »
Résumé
L’histoire environnementale, qui analyse les rapports des sociétés à l’environnement, est née aux États-Unis dans les années 1970 et connaît un important renouveau depuis les années 2000. Toutefois, cette approche a encore été peu adoptée par les historiens des espaces turco-iraniens médiévaux. Les facteurs de ce « retard », multiples, incluent notamment la persistance d’un cloisonnement disciplinaire et épistémologique. Or, depuis quelques années, l’essor des études sur le paléoenvironnement de l’Iran oriental et de l’Asie centrale (archéobotanique, archéozoologie, etc.) permet de renouveler nos connaissances et de pallier en partie les lacunes des textes.
Lors de cette conférence, seront abordés les apports des études paléoenvironnementales des vingt dernières années sur les espaces turco-iraniens (thématiques et zones étudiées ; disciplines impliquées), ainsi qu’une réflexion sur la place qu’occupe l’époque islamique médiévale dans ces travaux, souvent consacrés à la longue durée. Nous nous intéresserons aussi aux limites scientifiques et épistémologiques de ce champ.
Enfin, après avoir abordé rapidement, en guise d’exemple, le débat historiographique sur les facteurs des migrations turkmènes et des conquêtes seldjoukides, nous proposerons une étude de cas sur l’Amou Darya : quels rapports les sociétés des premiers siècles de l’Islam entretiennent-elles avec ce fleuve ? De quel type de données (sources textuelles, archives « naturelles ») dispose-t-on pour proposer une histoire environnementale de l’Amou Darya ?
Bibliographie indicative
- Azad, Arezou. “The Ecology and Economy of Khurasan in the 7th-8th Century” in A. Marsham (ed.). The Umayyad World. Londres: Routledge, 2020, p. 332-354.
- Blanc, Guillaume. Demeulenaere Élise, Feuerhahn Wolf (dir.). Humanités environnementales. Enquêtes et contre-enquêtes. Paris: Éditions de la Sorbonne, Série histoire environnementale, 2017.
- Bulliet, Richard. Cotton, Climate, and Camels in Early Islamic Iran : A Moment in World History. New York: Columbia University Press, 2009.
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- Pour la deuxième séance (mardi 10 octobre 2023, salle 3.15, 17h-19h), nous sommes heureux d’accueillir le professeur Touraj Daryaee (Maseeh Chair in Persian Studies and Culture, Directeur du Dr. Samuel M. Jordan Center for Persian Studies and Culture, University of California, Irvine), pour une conférence intitulée : « From the Achaemenid Empire to Medieval Persia: ‘Earth & Water’ in the Iranian Conceptual World»
Résumé
According to Greek sources the Achaemenid Persians accepted the submission of lands/city-states through receiving of a handful of land and water. The Greeks gathered the symbolic meaning of such an act, but what the Persians really thought of this ritual has not give a proper answer. One may be able to understand Persian actions against some of the Greek city-states, but also in later history vis-à-vis Armenia by looking at the Persian literature throughout history. The key to understanding the Persian idea of this concept is to delve into time in the Middle Persian literature of late antiquity and that of Classical Persian literature in the medieval period. This talk attempts to answer why was ‟earth & water” so important to the Iranian imaginary and its symbolic significance which pervaded till the twentieth century.
Bibliographie indicative
- Balcer, Jack Martin. “The Persian Wars Against Greece: A Reassessment”, Historia 38 (1989), p. 127-143.
- Klinkott, Hilmar. „Dem König Erde und Wasser bringen“ – Persisches Unterwerfungsritual oder herodoteisches Konstrukt? in A. Luther, H. Börm (ed.). Untersuchungen zu Geschichte und Kultur des Nahen Ostens und des östlichen Mittelmeerraums im Altertum (Festschrift für Josef Wiesehöfer). Duisburg, 2016, p. 133-182.
- Kuhrt Amélie. “Earth and water” in A. Kuhrt, H. Sancisi-Weerdenburg (ed.). Achaemenid History III. Leiden, 1988, p. 87-99.
- Momigliano Arnoldo. “Terra marique,” Journal of Roman Studies 32, 1942, p. 53-64.
- Rung Eduard. “The Language of the Achaemenid Imperial Diplomacy towards the Greeks: The Meaning of Earth and Water,” Klio 97(2), 2015, p. 503–515.
Au plaisir de vous retrouver à l’occasion de ces séances, qui se dérouleront en présentiel sur le site de l’INaLCO (65 rue des Grands Moulins, Paris).
Ci-joint le programme 2023/2024 du séminaire mensuel de recherche “Sociétés, politiques et cultures du monde iranien” en format pdf.
Retrouvez également les détails sur le site web du CeRMI : https://cermi.cnrs.fr/seminaires-de-recherche/societes-politiques-et-cultures-du-monde-iranien-2023-2024/
2. CALL FOR PAPERS: Milestones & Turning Points (Woolf Institute, Cambridge, 7-8 February 2024)
Following last year’s successful event, and to celebrate 25 years of the Woolf Institute, we are hosting our second two-day, in-person conference. Our title this year is ‘Milestones and Turning Points’. We welcome abstracts for papers that explore how these themes (taken individually or collectively) contribute to the understanding, interpretation, or application of religious practices in historical and contemporary contexts.
We especially welcome proposals from postgraduate students and early career researchers, as well as from practitioners working with faith communities.
Please send proposals including title, abstract (300 words), and biography (100 words), to Dr Danielle Padley (dlp29@cam.ac.uk) by 1 November 2023.
Further details: https://www.woolf.cam.ac.uk/whats-on/events/call-for-papers-milestones-turning-points
3. Webinar – British Institute of Persian Studies (BIPS)
‘The Reunification of Iran and the Reign of Aqa Muhammad Shah Qajar’
with Maziar Behrooz
18 October, 2023, 5pm UK time
For full information and to register:
https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/9316879475313/WN_PofzQbNcSnWslMt2yKhkRA#/registration
4. From Jordan Language Academy
We are pleased to announce that our winter session and second semester Arabic language courses are now open for enrollment. We also offer monthly Arabic language programs for those who are looking for a more flexible learning schedule.
Winter course: 17 Dec 2023 – 11 Jan 2024
Semester II 2023/2024: 14 Jan – 18 April 2024
Our courses are designed for students of all levels, from beginner to advanced. Our experienced and qualified instructors use a variety of teaching methods to help students develop their Arabic in all language skills.
In addition to our regular Arabic language courses, we also offer a variety of specialized and tailor-made courses to meet the specific needs of our students.
If you are interested in studying Arabic at Jordan Language Academy, please visit our website or contact us at info@jordanla.com for more information.
We look forward to helping you on your journey to learning Arabic!
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5. Arab World English Journals, Vol. 2 No. 5, Sept. 15, 2023
Arab World English Journal for
Translation and Literary Studies (AWEJ-tls)
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6. Intellect is pleased to announce that Journal of Arab & Muslim Media Research 16.2 is out now.
For more information about the journal and issue click here>>
https://www.intellectbooks.com/journal-of-arab-muslim-media-research
Aims & Scope
The Journal of Arab and Muslim Media Research is a peer-reviewed academic publication dedicated to the study of communication, culture and society in the Arab and Muslim world. It aims to lead the debate about the rapid changes in media and society in that part of the world. This journal is also interested in diasporic media like satellite TV, radio and new media especially in Europe and North America.
This title is indexed with Scopus.
Issue 16.2
Articles
Understanding the use of information sources during the COVID-19 pandemic: The case of Kuwait
CRISTINA NAVARRO, YASSER ABUALI, FATEMAH YOUSEF AND RANIA ALSABBAGH
HUSSEIN ABU-RAYYASH, LINDA S. AL-ABBAS AND AHMAD S. HAIDER
What it takes to be religious: Religion online vs. online religion
FILIZ ÇÖMEZ-POLAT AND GÖKLEM TEKDEMIR
HUSSEIN ALAHMAD
Multimodal Islamophobia: Gendered stereotypes in memes
CARMEN AGUILERA-CARNERERO AND MEGARA TEGAL
MOHAMED HOSSAM ISMAIL
Producing podcasts in the UAE: Exploring storytelling structures
SABIR HAQUE AND SUZANA DZAMTOSKA ZDRAVKOVSK
Judith Schofield | Marketing Executive (she / her)
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7. Call for Papers – Identities in Motion
Conference | SEPAD | Lancaster University, 14-15 December 2023
Project SEPAD’s (Sectarianism, Proxies, and Desectarianization) annual conference invites participating scholars to examine how identity migrates, moves, and transforms through time, space, and structures/systems. The conference aims to highlight the notion of ethnoconfessional identity as a fluid construct. The conference will be hybrid, allowing for online participation and attendance.
Deadline | 30 September 2023
8. Call for Papers – Identities in Motion
Conference | SEPAD | Lancaster University, 14-15 December 2023
Project SEPAD’s (Sectarianism, Proxies, and Desectarianization) annual conference invites participating scholars to examine how identity migrates, moves, and transforms through time, space, and structures/systems. The conference aims to highlight the notion of ethnoconfessional identity as a fluid construct. The conference will be hybrid, allowing for online participation and attendance.
Deadline | 30 September 2023
9. Call for Papers – Middle East Migration Studies: Taking Stock, Plotting New Paths
Workshop & Publication | Mashriq & Mahjar | North Carolina State University | 16-18 May 2024
Mashriq & Mahjar invite papers that offer critical reflection on the core debates and methodologies of MENA migration studies, that sketch out new agendas, and that open up new avenues for research. The organisers will cover all the costs of housing and meals for participants during the conference, and provide some support toward travel. Selected papers will be solicited for a multi-author collection that will offer a critical introduction to MENA migration studies.
Deadline | 15 October 2023
10. Nine Quarters Of Jerusalem: A New Biography of the Old City (Hybrid)
Book Talk | University of Edinburgh | 5 October 2023
Join the BBC’s Matthew Teller to explore the countless tales of Jerusalem through the voices of its residents. Organised by The Alwaleed Centre for the Study of Islam in the Contemporary World (University of Edinburgh).
More information
11. Arabic Pasts: Histories and Historiographies
Workshop | AKU-ISMC | 5-6 October 2023
This annual exploratory and informal workshop offers the opportunity to reflect on methodologies, research agendas, and case studies for investigating history writing in Arabic in the Middle East, North Africa, and beyond in any period from the seventh century to the present.
More information
12. Liquid Frontiers and Entangled Worlds
- Two Thousand Years of Visual and Material Culture between
the Mediterranean and East Asia
Curated by Nicoletta Fazio, Veronica Prestini, Elisabetta Raffo and Laura Vigo
5 October 2023 – 1 September 2024
MAO Museo d’Arte Orientale, Turin
Download the press kit https://bit.ly/Tradu_izionidEurasia
The third chapter of the series of exhibition Liquid Frontiers and Entangled Worlds, Trad u/I zionid’Eurasia is part of a composite research programme taking place at MAO between 2023 and 2024 which seeks to analyse the artistic trajectories and cultural dynamics that have characterised exchange between Asia and Europe over the centuries.
Trad u/I zioni d’Eurasia highlights the critical role of Asia and the Mediterranean as a fulcrum of cross-cultural interaction and as site of connection, negotiation and constant re-emergence.
The Exhibition Trad u/I zioni d’Eurasia explores the concepts of cultural translation, transposition and interpretation through a selection of objects from West, Central and East Asia. These objects raise questions about material and immaterial circulation, ways of transforming meaning and use between Asia and Europe across two thousand years of history.
Investigating the migration of ideas, forms, techniques and symbols in an open, inclusive dialogue, the show highlights the osmotic reciprocity between continents and seas, and creates new narratives for visual and material culture that are specific and relative rather than universalising and generic.
The scientific approach also reflects the sensory perception of materiality: the way these objects were perceived and desired for their visual allure and unique chromatic effects – gold and blue in particular – or for their reflecting, gleaming or transparent surfaces.
Far from wanting to be exhaustive, the objects selected that offer alternatives to the euro-centric paradigm of artistic excellence- They reassert the critical role played by Central Asia in the global transmission of ideas and creation. The Mediterranean Sea played a pivotal role in this cross-cultural phenomenon, as an intermediate space and creator of boundaries but also as a phenomenal catalyst of exploration and contact: a liquid frontier where continents converge and artistic expressions and cultural phenomena are constantly reinvented.
The exhibition is divided into thematic sections with a special focus on colour – blue, red and gold – and materiality – ceramics, fabrics, metalworkd, paper and pigments.
Visitors will admire splendid silks from the ancient region of Sogdiana, in Central Asia, blue and white ceramics produced between the Persian Gulf and China, a refined selection of Tartar Clothes made of silk and gold in the thirteenth century during the Mongol period between Iran and China, that were prized by the European mediaeval aristocracy and the clergy, rare examples of tiraz (Egypt, tenth century), textiles embroidered with inscriptions highlighting the importance of calligraphy in the Islamic world, and a series of zoomorphic metal incense burners (Iran, ninth–thirteenth centuries), reaffirming the centrality of essences in Mediaeval Islamic societies.
The project draws on numerous loans from major Italian collections and institutions, reflecting the presence in Italy of a shared multicultural history: alongside objects from Central Asia in the MAO collection there will be rarely seen textiles, ceramics and miniatures from the Fondazione Bruschettini per l’Arte Islamica e Asiatica, Khorassan metalwork from the Aron Collectionand important loans from the Museo Internazionale delle Ceramiche, Faenza, the church of San Domenico, Perugia, the Museo delle Civiltà di Roma, the Galleria Sabauda – Musei Reali and the Palazzo Madama, Turin.
Understood as an organic platform for study and research, the exhibition will gradually transform over one year through the rotation of some of the works on display and the introduction of new themes and sensorial stimuli, such as new commissions and installations by contemporary artists. It will also be enriched by a series of talks and a public program of music and performances.
In addition, as has become customary at MAO and widely appreciated by the public, a booklet with in-depth articles on the main subjects of the exhibition will be distributed free of charge.With texts by the curatorial team and contributions from Yuka Kadoi, Maria Ludovica Rosati and Mohammad Salemy, this publication is an indispensable tool to better understand the content of the exhibition.
As with MAO’s previous exhibitions, Trad u/I zioni d’Eurasia privileges the dialogue between ancient objects and contemporary works.
Transnational artist Yto Barrada (Franco-Moroccan, born in Paris in 1971) will be ‘subverting’ the traditional museum approach. Her site-specific installation will gradually develop over the course of a year, offering new reflections on the colour and materiality of the works on view, inspired by the volume Color Problems: A Practical Manual for the Lay Student of Color by Emily Noyes Vanderpoel (1842—1939). Published in the early twentieth century, the book delves into the relationship of colours combinations derived from objects like Assyrian tiles, Persian rugs, an Egyptian mummy case and even a teacup and saucer.
Yto Barrada’s project is a joint-collaboration with the Fondazione Merz, where the artist will hold a solo exhibition in the autumn of 2024.
Yto Barrada is the winner of the Fourth Mario Merz Prize, a biennial award instituted in 2013 with the aim of identifying and supporting individuals in the fields of international contemporary art and music.
The exhibition will also include the works MOSADEGH (2023) by the Iranian artist Shadi Harouni, who uses the written word to connect the history of her country with the universal experience of loss, repression, healing and social activism, and the immersive installation Shimmering Mirage (Black)(2018) by renowed artis Anila Quayyum Agha.
The exhibition ends with a section curated by the Reading Room, a Milan independent space devoted to the circulation and understanding of contemporary magazines, with a selection of publications, zines and artist books offering a closer look at some of the themes explored in the exhibition, like transparency, colour and craftsmanship.
Thanks to a partnership with the Istituto dei Sordi, Turin, the exhibition content will be available in LIS Lingua dei Segni italiana (Italian Sign Language) and in audio version.
Trad u/I zioni d’Eurasia is the third chapter in the exhibition series Liquid Frontiers and Entangled Worlds, which opens MAO’s Islamic Art Gallery and permanent collection to new interpretive directions through other collections and curatorial influences, both local and international. Since 2023, the following exhibitions have been organised: Lustre and Luxury from Islamic Spain, curated by Filiz Çakır Phillip and in collaboration with the Fondazione Bruschettini per l’Arte Islamica e Asiatica – from 19 January to 4 June – and Sovereign Metals. Festivities, the Hunt and the Firmament in Medieval Islam, curated by Veronica Prestini and in collaboration with The Aron Collection – from 14 June to 12 November 2023.
MAO Museo d’Arte Orientale
Via San Domenico, 11, Turin – Italy
INFO
Tuesday – Sunday: 10 AM – 6 PM. Monday closed
The ticket desk closes one hour earlier. Last entry 5 PM
13. Operation Tabula Rasa: The rapid demolition of Cairo’s heritage
Friday, September 29, 2023 at 10:00am to 11:30am
Virtual Event
Panelists
Nasser Rabbat
Aga Khan Professor and Director of the Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture, Department of Architecture, MIT
Mohamed el-Shahed
Fellow, Institute for Ideas & Imagination, Columbia University in Paris
Moderator
Esra Akcan
Michael A. McCarthy Professor of Architectural Theory, Architecture, Cornell University
Dial-In Information
Please register through the following link: https://cornell.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_TaSqw6KtS1GBEeBJWPakHA
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.
Streaming site:
https://cornell.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_TaSqw6KtS1GBEeBJWPakHA
14. Symposium to Celebrate History of Art and Architecture Professor Walter Denny’s Scholarship in Islamic Art on Oct. 21
The Department of History of Art and Architecture will host a symposium to honor University Distinguished Professor of the History of Art and Architecture Walter Denny on Saturday, Oct. 21, from 2 to 6 p.m. in the Old Chapel, University of Massachusetts Amherst. All are welcome to join.
The event will celebrate Denny’s scholarship in Islamic art and his 53 years of teaching at the university. It includes a lineup of speakers:
- Yael Rice, associate professor, Islamic Art, Amherst College, “The Museum that Once Was: Mughal Art in the Age of Hindu Nationalism”
- Laura Weinstein, curator of South Asian and Islamic Art, Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, “All Songs Alike Refer to God: Islamic Art at the MFA, Boston under Ananda K. Coomaraswamy”
- Aimée Froom, curator of Arts of the Islamic World, Museum of Fine Arts in Houston, “New Beginnings: The Hossein Afshar Galleries for Art of the Islamic Worlds at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.”
- Amanda Phillips, associate professor, Islamic Art and Material Culture, University of Virginia, “Silk and Wool in the Ottoman Empire and Republican Turkey: Memory Palaces and Museums”
- Margaret Squires, PhD candidate, The Courtauld Institute of Art, “Frayed Edges: Approaching the Carpet Fragment in the Museum.”
- Sumru Krody, senior curator, The Textile Museum, Washington D.C., “Fiber of Being: Discovering the World of Textiles.”
Denny earned his BA in art history at Oberlin College in 1964 and his MA and PhD from Harvard University in 1965 and 1971. His primary field of teaching and research is the art and architecture of the Islamic world, in particular the artistic traditions of the Ottoman Turks, Islamic carpets and textiles, and issues of economics and patronage in Islamic art. In addition to specialized upper-level courses in the history of decorative art, orientalism, and the history of the oriental carpet, he has also taught a graduate seminar in art museum studies for almost four decades. In fall 2022, Denny taught the course Art History 115 for the forty-eighth time, which means that over the years he has introduced more than 10,000 students to the basics of the visual arts, as well as training master’s degree students as teaching assistants.
In addition to curatorships at the Harvard University (1970-2000) and Smith College (2000- 2005) art museums, in September of 2002, he was named Charles Grant Ellis Research Associate in Oriental Carpets at The Textile Museum in Washington, D.C. From 2013-14 he was the first Nasser David Khalili Visiting Professor of Islamic Art at Queens College, City University of New York. He served as Senior Scholar in Residence in the Department of Islamic Art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art from 2007-13, and again from 2014-17, and currently chairs the Visiting Committee for the Met’s Department of Textile Conservation.
Throughout his career, Denny has curated numerous exhibitions and catalogues, delivered lectures across the world, and earned significant awards and recognition for his work. At the University of Massachusetts, Denny received the Distinguished Outreach Award, the Distinguished Teaching Award, and the award for Distinguished Accomplishments in Creativity and Research. He also won a Samuel Conti Faculty Fellowship in the 2012-13 academic year and is the recipient of the University of Massachusetts Chancellor’s Medal and the Medal of the Arthur Kinney Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance Studies.
For questions about the symposium, please contact Timothy Rohan, chair of the department (tmrohan@umass.edu ), or Regina Bortone de Sa, department administrator (regina@arthist.umass.edu ).
15. Museum für Islamische Kunst Acquires Silk Tapestry from the Estate of Alfred Cassirer
12.09.2023
On September 12, the Museum für Islamische Kunst, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, presented a spectacular new acquisition: A silk tapestry, considered to belong to one of the world‘s most precious carpet groups, was acquired from the estate of the art collector Alfred Cassirer with the generous support of the Ernst von Siemens Kunststiftung and the Kulturstiftung der Länder. This 16th century masterpiece, in excellent condition, originates from the workshops of the Iranian city of Kashan. The tapestry will remain on public display in our permanent exhibition and can be admired in our carpet rooms until the museum closes on October 23.
Iranian textiles and carpets enjoy world fame and have been traded across continents over the centuries. The very fine silk tapestries, to which our new acquisition belongs, arrived in Europe from the courts of the Iranian shahs in the 16th and early 17th centuries, often as commissions or gifts for foreign rulers. Over 50 Iranian silks of this type are still known today, with dozens of object biographies linked to European nobility. Produced from silk yarns refined with gold and silver threads, this group of silk tapestries is comparable in production technique to European wool tapestries, but appears many times finer in terms of material and visual effect.
German-Jewish industrialist and art collector Alfred Cassirer (1875-1932) acquired this rare piece in the 1920s on the advice of the Museum für Islamische Kunst. One objective implied in the acquisition was to close medium-term gaps in the Berlin collection. Cassirer had left numerous objects to the museum before his death, but never formally donated them, as in this case. His collection, owned by his daughter Eva from 1932 onwards, was partially destroyed by the Nazis in 1934. In 2012, the surviving 14 classical carpets were restituted to the Eva Cassirer community of co-heirs, who later offered them to the Museum für Islamische Kunst for acquisition. With the help of the Ernst von Siemens Kunststiftung and the Kulturstiftung der Länder, the masterpiece has now been acquired and will once again enrich the collection. With approximately 500 historical knotted carpets and flatweaves, predominantly from the 14th to 18th centuries, the museum possesses one of the most important collections worldwide. Furthermore, through early published studies and books on the subject, the museum functioned as the birthplace of scientifically based carpet studies.
The role of Jewish collectors, donors and scholars is of outstanding importance for Islamic art in the 19th and early 20th centuries. By means of decisive contributions to the founding of the corresponding scientific disciplines as well as through numerous donations, these individuals were directly and significantly involved in the establishment of Berlin‘s collection, the oldest museum of its kind in Europe and the Americas. The objects in the Pergamonmuseum also bear testament to Jewish traditions across geographies influenced by Islam: For centuries, religious minorities were active in cultural production between North Africa and Central Asia. In addition to exhibition-accompanying films in the museum’s media center, this thematic field will be explored in greater depth in the new permanent exhibition of the Museum für Islamische Kunst in the Pergamonmuseum‘s renovated north wing from 2027 onwards.
The acquisition is accompanied by a donation of seven ceramic objects and eight carpets. Since 2020, in cooperation with the Alfred und Eva Cassirer Stiftung, the Museum für Islamische Kunst has been conducting a provenance research project on the dispersal of Alfred Cassirer’s art collection between 1933 and 1945.
Stefan Weber, Director of the Museum für Islamische Kunst:
“The silk tapestry is of exceptional quality and colorfulness, a very special piece. Moreover, it holds high emotional value for us as a museum. Not only does it underscore Alfred Cassirer’s close connection to our collection, but it also bears witness to a pluralistic society that has endured for centuries, and makes visible historic links between Europe and the Middle East. My thanks for this spectacular acquisition go to the Alfred und Eva Cassirer Stiftung, the Ernst von Siemens Kunststiftung, and the Kulturstiftung der Länder.”
In the context of the special presentation CulturalxCollabs. Weaving The Future, the museum’s concluding project before the Pergamonmuseum closes for renovation, the newly acquired silk tapestry is now on view for visitors.
Museum für Islamische Kunst – Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Link to the acquisition https://www.smb.museum/en/museums-institutions/museum-fuer-islamische-kunst/about-us/whats-new/detail/museum-fuer-islamische-kunst-acquires-silk-tapestry-from-the-estate-of-alfred-cassirer/
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