FRIDAY, APRIL 19TH - HALLOCK AUDITORIUM
SESSION 1: Race and Historiography | 9:00 - 10:15 AM
ALEX SEGGERMAN, RUTGERS UNIVERSITY-NEWARK
“THE ORDER OF (ART HISTORY) THINGS: THE RACE-BASED ORIGINS OF THE CATEGORY OF
ISLAMIC ART”
MICHELLE AL-FERZLY, THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART
"FROM AFRICA TO IFRIQYA: AFRICAN-NESS AND MATERIAL CULTURE IN LATE ANTIQUE NORTH AFRICA"
SESSION 2: Black Islam in America | 10:30 - 11:45 AM
CHRISTIANE GRUBER, UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
“‘DO-FOR-SELF’: THE VISUAL CULTURE OF THE NATION OF ISLAM”
ASHLEY DIMMIG, UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-WHITEWATER
“CURATING ISLAMIC ART IN A BLACK MAJORITY U.S. CITY: THE REINSTALLATION OF THE PERMANENT GALLERIES AT THE WALTERS ART MUSEUM, BALTIMORE”
SESSION 3: Mothers and Matriarchs | 12:00 - 1:15 PM
MELANIE GIBSON, GINGKO ART LIBRARY
“HEALING FOR WHAT IS IN THE BREASTS: CERAMIC FIGURINES OF BREASTFEEDING WOMEN FROM KASHAN AND RAQQA”
MIKA NATIF, GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY
“IN THE NAME OF THE MOTHERS”: POSTPARTUM SCENES AS FEMALE GENEALOGIES IN MUGHAL INDIA”
SATURDAY, APRIL 20TH – STUDIO C
SESSION 4: Enslaved and Unnamed | 9:00 – 11:00 AM
HOLLEY LEDBETTER, OBERLIN COLLEGE
“GENDER, RACE, AND ISLAMIC AROMATICS: THE RACIALIZED SCENTSCAPE OF FATIMID AUTOMATA”
NANCY MICKLEWRIGHT, NATIONAL MUSEUM OF ASIAN ART
“COMPLICATING FASHION HISTORIES: RECOVERING THE DRESS PRACTICES OF ENSLAVED WOMEN IN OTTOMAN ISTANBUL”
MIRA XENIA SCHWERDA, UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH
“AFRICAN IRANIANS: PHOTOGRAPHING RACE IN NINETEENTH-CENTURY IRAN”
SESSION 5: Gender and Sexuality | 11:15 AM – 1:15 PM
SANDRA WILLIAMS, LOS ANGELOS COUNTY MUSEUM OF ART
“GENDER CONCEAL AND REVEAL IN NUSHIN RAVAN’S HAREM”
NEGAR HABIBI, UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA
“MOON-FACED IDOLS AND SLIM-WAISTED WOMEN: RACIALIZED GENDER IN SAFAVID PAINTING”
SASCHA CRASNOW, UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
“CAN THE MASTER’S TOOLS BE REMADE?: NOUR BALLOUT’S QUEER MUSLIM ARCHIVE”
QUESTIONS? Contact Holley Ledbetter | HLEDBETT@OBERLIN.EDU
