City Women’s Network Breakfast Held at AKU-ISMC

November 2008

On the 6th of November, Aga Khan University Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations hosted a breakfast of the City Women’s Network (CWN). The breakfast included a presentation led by Assistant Professor Kathryn Spellman-Poots and provided members of the network an opportunity to find out more about the work of the Institute. More...

Professor Modjtaba Sadria contributes chapter in book – Pathways to Reconciliation

November 2008

In October 2008, a chapter contributed by AKU-ISMC Professor Modjtaba Sadria, ‘Hegemony, Ethics and Reconciliation’, was published in Pathways to Reconciliation (Rothfield, Fleming, Komesaroff (eds), 2008). The book is a creative engagement with the central terms of reconciliation. More...

Aga Khan Academy Mombasa Head of Science Department speaks at AKU-ISMC

October 2008

On 16 October, Aziz Batada, Head of the Science Department at the Aga Khan Academy Mombasa presented an overview of the Academies and led a discussion session with the Institute’s students and faculty entitled ‘Creating Capacity for Local Knowledges’. Batada introduced the work of the Aga Khan Academy in Mombasa, and discussed a range of issues related to the Academy. More...

Cities: Understanding Socio-cultural Transformation workshop held in Istanbul

November 2008

The workshop, Cities: Understanding Socio-cultural Transformation, was co-hosted by the Aga Khan University Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations and Istanbul Bilgi University. The workshop was held at santralistanbul, Istanbul on the 15th and 16th October, 2008. More...

Muslim Civilisations Abstracts session held at the Brunei Gallery, SOAS

October 2008

On the 8th of October, the Aga Khan University Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations (AKU-ISMC) in association with the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) London Middle East Institute (LMEI) held a unique interactive session combining brief presentations and instructive training sessions. More...

MA students visit Sotheby’s and Christie’s

October 2008

In October, MA students studying the material cultures course led by Professor Stefan Weber visited three auction exhibitions at Christie’s and Sotheby’s in London. The aim of these sessions was to provide students with an understanding of the relationship between the academic field 'Islamic Art' and the making of collections. More...

International Summer Academy held in Istanbul

October 2008

In September 2008 AKU-ISMC co-hosted the International Summer Academy, ‘Living Together: Plurality and Cosmopolitanism in the Ottoman Empire and Beyond’, held in Istanbul. The Academy was coorganised with a range of institutions including Bogaziçi University and the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities. More...