Shared Cultural Space – Islam and the West in the Arts and Sciences
Thursday, February 24 – Saturday February 26
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
A conference presented by the religious studies Program at the University of Minnesota and the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Explore Islam’s engagement with the world through literature, science, architecture, arts, and contemporary media. From a medieval philosophical fable to the meeting of st. Francis with the Egyptian sultan, al-Kamil; from the Taj Mahal to moorish buildings in america; from Persian scientists to renaissance European Astronomers; and from multi-media critiques to the world premiere of a dramatization of hayy ibn Yaqzan, the conference travels across continents from the 12th century to the 21st.
Keynotes by
Wadad Kadi (U of chicago)
anouar majid (U of new england)
conference sessions with Nadar Ardalan, Sussan Babaie, Mohammad B. Ghaffari, Ingrid Mattson, Hamid
Rasoul, George Saliba, and many others.
Full schedule and registration:
http://z.umn.edu/sharedspaces
more info: 612-625-6393
Free and open to the public.
Architecture, Culture & Spirituality (ACS)
The Forum for Architecture, Culture and Spirituality is an international scholarly environment
established in 2007 to support architectural and interdisciplinary scholarship, research, practice,
and education on the significance, experience and meaning of the built environment. Its activities
include web-based information resources, networking and discussion groups, conferences and
symposia, and publications.
The ACS Executive Committee members are:
Nader Ardalan — Harvard University
Tom Barrie — North Carolina State University
Julio Bermudez — The Catholic University of America
Anat Geva — Texas A&M University
Rebecca Krinke — University of Minnesota
Phillip Tabb – Texas A&M University
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National Weather Center The University of Oklahoma
Sept. 13, 2010 7:00pm David L. Boren Auditorium Room 1313 National Weather Center The University of Oklahoma.
Sponsored by the College of Architecture, The University of Oklahoma.
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Reflections on Infinity for the Monograph on the Iranian Artist Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian
Summer, 2010, Nader Ardalan Essay and Poem entitled: Reflections on Infinity for the Monograph on the Iranian Artist Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian to be published by Third Line Gallery, Dubai with Ulrich Obrist, Curator of Serpentine Gallery, as Editor.
The 2010 Architecture, Culture and Spirituality Symposium
June 17 to 19, 2010, Nader Ardalan, Invited Speaker and Closing Session Moderator-The 2010 Architecture, Culture and Spirituality Symposium will take place at the Abbey at St. John’s University in Collegeville, Minnesota, designed by Marcel Breuer. Paper entitled: Spiritual Duets