*All events take place at the Museum of Islamic Art, Doha, Qatar.
Saturday, October 29, 2011
Keynote Address and Opening Receptions
Atrium, Museum of Islamic Art
5 – 6 pm: Conference Registration, Museum of Islamic Art
6 – 6:30 pm: Opening Ceremony
6:30 – 7:30 pm: Keynote Address, Museum of Islamic Art. Paul Goldberger: Architecture Critic for The New Yorker and Joseph Urban Chair in Design and Architecture at The New School in New York City: Islamic Architecture, Modernism, and I.M. Pei: The Challenge of the Museum of Islamic Art
8 – 10pm: Opening Night Dinner, Museum of Islamic Art.
Sunday, October 30, 2011
Sessions, Day 1
Auditorium, Museum of Islamic Art
8:30 – 9 am: Conference registration
9 – 9:15 am: Opening Remarks: Drs. Sheila Blair and Jonathan Bloom
9:15 – 10 am: François Déroche: Of Volume and Skins
10 – 10:45 am: Julia Gonnella: The Stucco of Samarra
10:45 – 11:30 am: Coffee Break, East Terrace
11:30 – 12:15 pm: Antonio Vallejo Triano: Architectural Decoration in the Umayyad Caliphate of al-Andalus: The example of Madinat al-Zahra
12:15 – 1 pm: Emilie Savage-Smith: The Stars in the Bright Sky: The Most Authoritative Copy of ‘Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi’s 10th-century Guide to the Constellations
1 – 3:15 pm: LUNCH, East Terrace, followed by a brief break to allow for attendees to view the Museum’s collections.
3:30 – 4:15 pm: Ruba Kana’an: A Biography of a 13th-century Brass Ewer: the Social and Economic Lives of Mosul Metalwork
4:15 – 4:45 pm: Coffee Break, East Terrace
4:45 – 5:30 pm: Kjeld von Folsach: As Precious as Gold – Some Woven Textiles from the Mongol Period
5:30 – 6pm: Discussion, Closing
Monday, October 31, 2011
Sessions, Day 2
Auditorium, Museum of Islamic Art
9 – 9:30 am: Conference Registration
9:30 – 9:45 am: Opening Remarks, Drs. Sheila Blair and Jonathan Bloom
9:45 – 10:30 am: Rachel Ward: The Doha Bucket and an Experimental Glass Workshop (to be read by Jonathan Bloom)
10:30 – 11:15 pm: Michael Franses: New Light on Early Anatolian Animal Carpets
11:15 – 12 pm: Mohamed Zakariya: Murakkaa: The Ottoman Calligraphic Album and Its Role in Establishing the International Style
12 – 1:30 pm: LUNCH, East Terrace
1:45 – 2:30 pm: John Seyller: Assembled Beauty: Five Folios from the Jahangir Album
2:30 – 3:15 pm: Eleanor Sims: 17th-Century Safavid Persian Oil Paintings in the Museum of Islamic Art
3:15 – 4 pm: Discussion, Closing
4 – 5 pm: Closing Reception, East Terrace.
