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01/30/2025 05:30 PM Online
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Expanding the Ancient World Workshop:

Understanding Spain in the Islamic World through "Madinat al-Zahra: The Radiant Capital of Islamic Spain"

Carl Walsh and Lylaah Bhalerao

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 virtual workshop invites teachers to learn more about the place of the Iberian Peninsula in the Islamic world through the ISAW exhibition "Madinat al-Zahra: The Radiant Capital of Islamic Spain."
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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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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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12/17/2024 05:30 PM Online
Ancient coined, minted a bit off center, showing a boat with sails inside a circular set of dots

RESCHEDULED: Expanding the Ancient World Workshop

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

Priya Barchi

This workshop has been rescheduled for Tuesday, December 17th, at 5:30pm. The 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.
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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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12/07/2024 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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12/05/2024 05:30 PM ISAW Lecture Hall
a photo of Qasr al-Hayr al-Sharqi (Syria)

Exhibition Lecture

Umayyad Memories from Damascus to Cordoba

Antoine Borrut

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. Islam’s first dynasty is usually presented as two separate phenomena: the Umayyads of Syria (r. 661-750), ruling from Damascus, and, later, a “second” Umayyad dynasty that flourished in Spain (756-1031), centered around Cordoba and Madinat al-Zahra.
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12/04/2024 08:00 PM Online
Painted sculpture showing a group of four musicians riding on the back of a saddled camel

Expanding the Ancient World Workshop:

Perspectives on the Silk Roads: The Sogdians

Mariana Castro

This workshop is organized by the OER Project and the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World. It 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 will present texts and materials for discussing the interconnected and multicultural society of the Sogdians along the Silk Roads, with an emphasis on personal experiences at home and abroad.
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11/25/2024 05:30 PM ISAW Lecture Hall
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Cyprus and the Levant from the Late Bronze Age to the Early Iron Age

Commercial and Cultural Connectivity on the Longue Durée

Artemis Georgiou and Anna Georgiadou

This lecture will take place in person at ISAW. Registration is required; click through for the registration link. Cyprus, acknowledged as the island of copper already during ancient times, plays an integral part in discussions involving ancient Mediterranean connectivity.
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11/19/2024 05:30 PM ISAW Lecture Hall
an image of a pyxis

Exhibition Lecture

"The Sight that I Offer is the Fairest of Sights": Ivory, Concubines, and Transcultural Exchange in Umayyad Cordoba

Abigail Balbale

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. Of the many beautiful objects associated with Madinat al-Zahra and the Cordoban Umayyad caliphate, perhaps none are as celebrated as a series of ivory pyxides and caskets produced for members of the royal family.
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11/15/2024 01:00 PM Online
an image of tan small pottery bowls

Multidisciplinary and Multiperspective Engagement with Early Ceramics

The Intersection of Past, Present, and Future in Research on Painted Pottery

Anke Hein

This lecture will take place online. Registration is required; click through for the registration link. Zoom information will be provided via confirmation email to registered participants. As they are ubiquitous in the material record, ceramics have long been a major concern of archaeological research. To gain further insight into processes of ceramic production and related socio-cultural issues, in many parts of the world has become common to refer to ethnographic data and conduct ethnoarchaeological studies.
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11/13/2024 05:30 PM ISAW Gallery
Elaborate doorway flanked by two columns.

Expanding the Ancient World Workshop:

Discovering Life in al-Andalus through "Madinat al-Zahra: The Radiant Capital of Islamic Spain"

Carl Walsh

This workshop will take place in person at ISAW. Registration is required; click through for the registration link. Expanding the Ancient World is a series of professional development workshops and online resources for teachers. Learn more about Islamic art and material culture during the early Medieval Period (711–1031 CE) through the ISAW exhibition "Madinat al-Zahra: The Radiant Capital of Islamic Spain."
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