A Forgotten Cosmopolis | The Center for Middle Eastern Studies at Harvard University

Date: Thursday, April 5, 2007

Time: 06:00 PM - 08:00 PM

Arthur M. Sackler Museum lecture hall, 485 Broadway,
Cambridge, MA 02138

Although the Arab emirates of Sind (now Pakistan) have been largely ignored in histories of Islamic art, these eastern regions of the caliphate were key contributors to Islamic mercantile culture and produced the most important early Islamic works in ivory and metal. Sind is absent from surveys of Islamic art partly because it straddles modern scholars' taxonomic divide between Islamic and Indic cultures. This lecture will explore the arts of early and medieval Sind within their historical and cultural contexts and in terms of the challenges they pose to our modern categories of thought.

The lecture and reception are free and open to the public. We look forward to seeing you on April 5!

Best wishes,

Department of Islamic and Later Indian Art
Harvard University Art Museums

Please note: Complimentary parking is available at the Broadway Garage on Felton Street between Cambridge Street and Broadway. For more information, please contact Janet Sartor: 617-384-5224 or janet_sartor@harvard.edu.