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12/11/2024 05:30 PM Online
Ancient coined, minted a bit off center, showing a boat with sails inside a circular set of dots

Expanding the Ancient World Workshop

Navigating Early Indian Ocean Trade: A Resource for World History Teachers

Priya Barchi

This workshop will take place online. Registration is required; click through for the registration link. Zoom information will be provided via confirmation email to registered participants. Expanding the Ancient World is a series of professional development workshops and online resources for teachers. This workshop offers a deep dive into the maritime trade networks of the Western Indian Ocean from the 1st to the 5th century CE. It will highlight how ancient societies and empires engaged in a complex web of maritime exchanges long before the modern era.
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12/12/2024 05:30 PM ISAW Lecture Hall
NYAE on stage

Exhibition Musical Performance

The Bards of Andalus Taught Us Love: Shu’ara Al-Andalus, ta’allamu l-‘ishq

New York Andalus Ensemble

Come join us for an evening performance of traditional Andalusian music and song! Immerse yourself in the spirit of intercultural exchange and the cosmopolitan synergy of Al-Andalus, brought to life by the New York Andalus Ensemble.
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01/22/2025 05:30 PM ISAW Lecture Hall
One of the doorways into the Great Mosque of Cordoba

Exhibition Lecture

The Caliph’s Non-Muslim Subjects: Protected People in Umayyad al-Andalus

Janina Safran

This lecture will take place in person at ISAW. Registration is required; click through for the registration link. This lecture is given in conjunction with ISAW's exhibition Madinat al-Zahra: The Radiant Capital of Islamic Spain. When Abd al-Rahman I established independent Umayyad rule in Cordoba in the mid-eighth century, most of his subjects were Christian. By the time Madinat al-Zahra flourished under his descendants, Abd al-Rahman III and al-Hakam II, the majority of the caliph’s subjects were Muslim.
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01/28/2025 05:30 PM ISAW Lecture Hall
A photo of a Roman mosaic depicting a still life of poultry, seafood, and produce.

How to Eat: Ancient Dietetic Advice in the Modern World

Claire Bubb

This lecture will take place in person at ISAW. Registration is required; click through for the registration link. Food and diet have recently been enjoying a surge in modern medical attention. In many ways, this is an echo of the past, when the prevention of disease—via carefully calibrated and individualized diet, exercise routines, and sleep habits—was the cornerstone of good medical practice.
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02/08/2025 01:00 PM ISAW Galleries
Madinat al-Zahra Gallery at ISAW

Exhibition Drawing Workshop

Joan Chiverton

This workshop will take place in person at ISAW. Registration is required; click through for the registration link. Please join illustrator and teaching artist Joan Chiverton for an afternoon of sketching in the galleries in conjunction with the exhibition Madinat al-Zahra: The Radiant Capital of Islamic Spain. Develop your drawing skills and discover a new way of seeing the exhibit, as you sketch masterpieces and other objects. Following a brief introduction and tutorial, Ms. Chiverton will circulate the galleries and provide individual coaching, if desired. All skill levels are welcome, from beginner to advanced. Participants should bring their own drawing pad or paper with a board, but we will have paper on hand if necessary. Gallery specific pencils will be provided by ISAW. For conservation reasons pens, pastels, charcoal and paints need to be kept at home.
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02/12/2025 05:30 PM ISAW Lecture Hall
an image of Madinat al Zahra, Partial aerial view

Exhibition Lecture

The Landscape Architecture of Madīnat al-Zahrā’: Politics, Theology and Ecology

Olga Bush

This lecture will take place in person at ISAW. Registration is required; click through for the registration link. This lecture is given in conjunction with ISAW's exhibition Madinat al-Zahra: The Radiant Capital of Islamic Spain. Madīnat al-Zahrā’, the 10th-century caliphal city of the Umayyads of al-Andalus, presents an exemplary site for the investigation of the intertwined notions of nature, humanity and materiality embodied in landscape architecture.
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03/12/2025 05:30 PM ISAW Lecture Hall
Book cover of Strike by Sarah Bond showing a broken Roman column

ISAW Library Events: Strike: Labor, Unions, and Resistance in the Roman Empire

Sarah Bond

This lecture is the third in the ISAW Libraries events series for the 2024-2025 academic year. It will take place in person at ISAW. Registration is required; click through for the registration link. Sarah Bond will share some of her research from her recently published book Strike: Labor, Unions, and Resistance in the Roman Empire (Yale University Press), exploring how Roman workers used strikes, boycotts, riots, and rebellion to get their voices—and their labor—acknowledged.
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