CIS News for March 2018

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CIS is pleased to announce that Carol Bier, Historian of Islamic Art and CIS Research Scholar, will be presenting a lecture at the Hillside Club in Berkeley (2286 Cedar Street) on Impressions of Uzbekistan: From Remnants of the Old Silk Road to Seismic Modernism, followed by discussion and refreshments, co-sponsored by the Center for Islamic Studies. For more info: http://bhcweb.wixsite.com/hillsideclub/firesidemeeting

Carol will also present a paper in Tbilisi, Georgia, on A Woman’s Work: Phyllis Ackerman and the Study of Textiles, at the Association for the Study of Persianate Societies.

Congratulations to Carol who has recently published numerous works, including: Reframing Islamic Art for the 21st Century, published in Horizons in Humanities and the Social Sciences 2/2 (2017), https://works.bepress.com/carol_bier/89/

Algorithmic Aesthetics: Redefining Traditional Islamic Art, published in the Proceedings of the Bridges Conference (2017),  https://works.bepress.com/carol_bier/92/ 

Also, from the Bridges (Art-Math) Conference in Waterloo, Ontario, last summer, Carol’s report on the mathematical art exhibitions:  http://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/WsQ4ABtGaWtJBsSrKwes/full 

CIS is delighted that Dr. Mark Massoud, a Professor at UC Santa Cruz and Mellon Scholar at CIS/GTU for 2017-2018, will be presenting on "Building an Islamic Rule of Law," based on his research on Islam in Somalia, to be held on March 20, 12:30-2pm at the GTU Library Board Room. For updates and more details, see gtu.edu/cis and or please contact Rania Shah: rshah@gtu.edu

In loving memory of our dear friend, author and artist, Mamade Kadreebux, CIS is honored to continue showcasing his art works and books through the spring and summer at the CIS. For viewing, please contact Rania Shah: rshah@gtu.edu