Location: Silver Center for Arts and Science Room: 301
Artists Committed to Memory is a presentation of contemporary art that is inspired by historical memory. The talk will consider in comparative perspectives the historic and contemporary role photography and film have played in remembering legacies of slavery and its aftermath. Itaddresses the making and uses of photographic archives, the narratives they tell, and the parameters that define them as objects of study. As visual collections, photographic archives present specific concerns, especially as digital technologies change the way knowledge is classified, stored, retrieved, and disseminated. The talk is based on an exhibition and publication that I co-curated with art historian Cheryl Finley in 2022 for FotoFocus. The book is published by Damiani.
Dodie Kazanjian lists “A Splendid Land” at the top of her list and among the “17 Must-See Exhibitions This Winter and Spring, From New York to the Ivory Coast” in Vogue.
A Splendid Land: Paintings from Royal Udaipur, November 19, 2022–May 14, 2023, National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., Presented in collaboration with The City Palace Museum in Udaipur administered by The Maharana of MewarCharitable Foundation. Photo: Colleen Dugan
A Splendid Land: Paintings from Royal Udaipur, November 19, 2022–May 14, 2023, National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., Presented in collaboration with The City Palace Museum in Udaipur administered by The Maharana of MewarCharitable Foundation. Photo: Colleen Dugan
Looking for a future path? Love old buildings? Why not make them new again? NYU’s London-based M.A. Program provides an immersion in adaptive reuse and sustainable building practice. Come learn about the program at our Spring Open House, featuring presentations about our faculty and curriculum, admissions information for 2023-24 and a discussion of career opportunities in the field. Program directors, faculty, and alumni will join us to discuss the program and answer your questions. Applications for 2023-24 are due March 1, 2023.
Since we are now returning to in-person events, unfortunately many events will revert to an evening time slot to accommodate our audience here in New York. We realize that this will not be as convenient for our global audience and regret the inconvenience. However, except for the April 12th event, all events will also be available simultaneously on Zoom. We have also tried to include some lunchtime events among the evening programs.
Links to register for events can be found on the webpage for each, accessed through the main Silsila website.
We thank you for your patience and understanding and look forward to welcoming you back to Silsila on February 8th, when our first event will be a co-sponsored talk with NYU’s Kevorkian Center and the Premodern Islamicate World Lecture Series.
With best wishes, Finbarr Barry Flood, director, Silsila: Center for Material Histories
Silsila Spring 2023 Program
Feb 8th (Wed), 6:30-8:30pm “A HIDDEN EMPIRE: IBADi CONTROL OF THE TRANS-SAHARAN AND INDIAN OCEAN SLAVE TRADES, c. 760-1055 CE” Kristina Richardson, University of Virginia
Feb 15th (Wed), 12:00-2:00pm “MADE IN CHINA: RITUAL OBJECTS FOR CHINESE MUSLIMS” Qamar Adamjee, National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian, in conversation with Michele Matteini, New York University
Feb 22nd (Wed), 6:30-8:30pm “MASTERING A WORLD BY CONSUMING A BOOK, CIRCA 1495-1505” Yael Rice, Amherst College
March 8th (Wed), 12:30-2:30pm “STARS AND SYMMETRY: THE NAME OF THE PROPHET MUHAMMAD IN ARCHITECTURAL INSCRIPTIONS” Bernard O’Kane, The American University in Cairo
March 29th (Wed), 6:30-8:30pm “MARHABA TO THE FUTURE” Mounir Ayache, Villa Medici, Rome
April 5th (Wed), 6:30-8:30pm “‘KHATAI PAPER’ IN IRAN” Yusen Yu, University of St. Andrews
April 12th (Wed), 6:30-8:30pm “CREATING BETWEEN IRAN AND THE UNITED STATES: NEGOTIATING A POLITICAL JOURNEY” Saba Riazi, New York University
April 26th (Wed), 6:30-8:30pm “IN THE TREASURE ROOM OF THE SAKRA KING: VOTIVE COINAGE FROM GANDHARAN SHRINES” Waleed Ziad, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
May 3rd (Wed), 6:30-8:30pm “THE COMPLEX OF QALĀWŪN AND THE SHAPING OF MAMLUK ARCHITECTURE IN CAIRO” Iman Abdulfattah, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn
Fields of Vision 