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The Webinar Initiative in Islamic Material Culture

01.08.2017

The Webinar Initiative in Islamic Material Culture is offering two new
courses in fall 2017/2018

The Application phase for the upcoming webinar "The Social Life of Islamic
Textiles" is now open until August 1st.

The course is taught by Prof. Abigail Balbale, The Bard Graduate Center, New
York.

It is part of the Webinar Initiative in Islamic Material Culture by the Bard
Graduate Center, Universität Bonn, Universität Hamburg, and
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München.

Before the age of mass production, textiles could be worth their weight in
gold. Their value dwarfed the containers used to transport them and the
houses whose walls they adorned, and signified the social standing of the
people who wore them.

This course examines the textiles produced in the lands of Islam (from the
Oxus to the Iberian Peninsula) from the seventh through seventeenth
centuries, following their distribution, adaptation and circulation in lands
distant from their origin. We will trace the networks of materials and
techniques that produced objects from humble linen sheets to rich
tapestry-woven silk curtains and will follow individual objects as they
moved, whether as commodity, booty or gift, into new cultural zones, often
changing form and function along the way.

Following Arjun Appadurai's concept of "the social life of things", we will
use textiles in motion to illuminate the people and cultures that surrounded
them.

https://www.islamic-material-culture.uni-hamburg.de/en/current-webinar/islamic-textiles.html

In fall 2017/2018 Prof. Walker will offer a course on Islamic Archaeology,
however the application phase has not begun yet. There will be another
circular

https://www.islamic-material-culture.uni-hamburg.de/en/current-webinar/islamic-archaeology.html


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