Thursday, March 15th
Session I: Meaning and Presentation, 10:00 am – 12:30 pm
Welcome: Dr. Mark Magleby, Director, BYU Museum of Art
Chair: Dr. Renata Holod, University of Pennsylvania
Dr. Sabiha Al Khemir, Project Director
“Beauty and Belief”
Sarah M. Berman, Research Associate for Ancient Mediterranean and Islamic Art, Seattle Art Museum
“Fragments: Displaying Islamic Art in an American Museum“
Dr. Cynthia Finlayson, Department of Anthropology, Brigham Young University
“Cross-Cultural Exchanges: Teaching Western Students about Islamic Art and Culture“
Dr. Renata Holod, History of Art Department, University of Pennsylvania / Near East Curator, University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
“Making Beauty: Finding Artisans in Archaeological Contexts“
Break for Lunch 12:30-2:00 pm
Session II: Beyond Boundaries, 2:00-5:00 pm
Chair: Dr. Sabiha Al Khemir, Project Director
Philip Hu, Associate Curator of Asian Art, Saint Louis Art Museum
“Journeys from the West: Islamic Forms and Motifs on Chinese Art from the Tang through the Qing Dynasties“
Mina Moraitou, Curator of the Islamic Collection, Benaki Museum
“Glass from 19th century Istanbul: Blending East and West“
Dr. Sitare Turan Bakir, Head of Traditional Turkish Art Department, Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University
“Design and Technique of Turkish Ceramics: Past and Future”
3:30-3:45 Break
Dr. Dalila Loviconi, Independent Scholar
“From Object to Science, from the Human to the Divine“
Dr. Daniel Peterson, Professor of Islamic Studies and Arabic, Brigham Young University
“Of Translation and Bridge Building: Brigham Young University and the Middle Eastern Texts Initiative“
Simon Shaheen Concert at the BYU Harris Fine Arts Center, 7:30 pm
Friday, March 16th
Tour of the Exhibition by Dr. Sabiha Al Khemir, 9:00-10:00 am
Panel Discussion: Open Exchange, 10:00-11:30 am
Moderator: The Honorable Anne Radice
Panel Members: Dr. Sabiha Al Khemir, Project Director, Dr. Sitare Turan Bakir, Sarah M. Berman, Dr. Cynthia Finlayson, Philip Hu, Dr. Dalila Loviconi, Mina Moraitou, Dr. Daniel Peterson, Ann Lambson, Head Educator, BYU Museum of Art
Light Reception 11:30 am
Conference Completed 12:00 pm
