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News and Events from the Center for Islamic Studies at the Graduate Theological Union 

CIS and CJS are pleased to announce a joint Madrasa-Midrasha event with GTU’s Center for the Arts & Religion, Aesthetics and the Divine: Jewish and Islamic Perspectives. Presentations by Dr. Francesco Spagnolo, Curator, Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life, and Carol Bier, CIS Visiting Scholar, Islamic Art Historian, and Curator of the current exhibition, Reverberating Echoes: Contemporary Art Inspired by Traditional Islamic Art. April 4, 5-7pm,...

News and events from the Center for Islamic Studies at the GTU

On Sunday March 5, from 2:00-4:00 pm at the Doug Adams Gallery, Islamic Art Historian and CIS Visiting Scholar Carol Bier will be in conversation with Dr. Munir Jiwa on the current exhibition Carol has curated, Reverberating Echoes: Contemporary Art Inspired by Traditional Islamic Art. Reverberating Echoes highlights the work of seven American artists of diverse interests, backgrounds, and training.  Inspired by traditional Islamic art, their works echo historic aesthetic concerns, often advancing human...

Congratulations and our gratitude to Carol Bier, Islamic Art Historian and CIS Visiting Scholar, for her extraordinary work on curating the exhibition, Reverberating Echoes: Contemporary Art Inspired by Traditional Islamic Art, at the Doug Adams Gallery, Center for the Arts & Religion, GTU, January 31 to May 26, 2017. For the exhibition catalogue/book, opening reception on Jan 31, public events and dialogue programs, including a community forum to meet the artists on Feb 1, please see: http://www.care-gtu....