Spaces of Movement: An Architectural Critique of Globality in the Middle East | AMCA | Association for Modern + Contemporary Art of the Arab World, Iran + Turkey

Spaces of Movement: An Architectural Critique of Globality in the Middle East Tuesday, Aug 12, 2014

AMCA-Sponsored Panels at the 2014 MESA Conference, November 22-25, Marriott Wardman Park Hotel, Washington D.C.:

Monday, 11/24/14 11:00am
Spaces of Movement: An Architectural Critique of Globality in the Middle East
Chair: VahidVahdatZad and ShimaMohajeri

“Sarmatism, Orientalism, and the Third Reich: The Afterlife of Ottoman Imperial Tents in Europe” by Ashley Dimmig
“Shopping Mall in Translation: From US Suburbs to Pahlavi Tehran (1960-79)” by FarshidEmami
“Antoine Tabet’s Garden Mansions Housing Project in Haifa at the Crossroads of Empires:1937-1945” by AdeebNaccache
“Imagining the Mediterranean in Tripoli: Decoding the Nautical Chart of Ibrāhīm al-Mursī, 865AH/1461 CE” by Jeremy Ledger

Interview with Sheyda Aisha Khaymaz, 2023 winner of the Rhonda A. Saad Prize
Monday, Mar 20, 2023

My interest in Hurufiyya came about in an unconventional, backwards, as it were, manner. My doctoral dissertation centers on the use of the Tifinagh script not solely as a plastic element…
CFP: AMCA-Sponsored Panel at CAA 2024
Friday, Mar 17, 2023

We are currently seeking session proposals from our members. Proposals are encouraged for Complete Sessions (which include the individual presenters/papers), though this is not necessary.
Winner of the 2023 Rhonda A. Saad Prize for Best Paper
Monday, Feb 13, 2023

The 2023 Rhonda A. Saad Prize for Best Paper in Modern and Contemporary Arab Art was awarded to Sheyda Aisha Khaymaz for their paper “To Twist a Historical Knot: Projects of Pan-Arabism, Hurufiyya, and Amazighism.”
CFP: AMCA-Sponsored Panels at MESA
Wednesday, Jan 25, 2023

AMCA may sponsor two panels at this year’s Middle East Studies Association (MESA) meeting, to be held in Montréal, Québec, Canada, November 2-5, 2023.
The Salwa Mikdadi Research Award
Sunday, Jan 08, 2023

In recognition of the pioneering work of Professor Salwa Mikdadi, AMCA is thrilled to launch The Salwa Mikdadi Research Award. Salwa’s work has been instrumental in the development of the field, culminating in the establishment of al-Mawrid Arab Center for the Study of Art at NYUAD.