Hybrid Public Lectures in Cairo – Christiane Gruber: "In Defense and Devotion: Affective Practices in Early Modern Islamic Manuscript Paintings" (February 22) and "Hima in the House: Avian Architecture across the Islamic World” (February 25)

Dear Colleagues, 

The Department of Arab and Islamic Civilizations at the American University in Cairo is looking forward to welcoming our Bayard Dodge Distinguished Visiting Professor for this year, Professor Christiane Gruber. As part of this program, she will be delivering two public lectures.
 
Public Lecture 1 (Open to the General Public and AUC Campus Community):
Title: "In Defense and Devotion: Affective Practices in Early Modern Islamic Manuscript Paintings " (in English)
Date: Wednesday, February 22, 2023
Time: 1:00 pm Cairo Local Time/ 6.00am New York Time
Place: Waleed P071, HUSS Building, AUC New Cairo campus
Zoom Webinar Registration: https://aucegypt.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_cIOzO6eqTZy10zCvWULv5A

Facebook Event Page: https://fb.me/e/5HhXV8PUc
 
Public Lecture 2 (Open to the General Public and AUC Campus Community):
Title: "Hima in the House: Avian Architecture across the Islamic World” (in English*)
Date: Saturday, February 25, 2023
Time: 6:00 pm Cairo Local Time/11.am New York Time
Place: Oriental Hall, AUC Tahrir Square Campus
*Simultaneous translation to Arabic will be provided
Zoom Webinar Registration: 
 https://aucegypt.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_OLOPzPkYR6eGC1UjVRahkw
 
Facebook Event Page: https://fb.me/e/2z1EuydKN
 
Short biography:
Christiane Gruber is a Professor of Islamic Art and former Chair of the History of Art Department at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, as well as Founding Director of Khamseen: Islamic Art History Online.