(Further details to come)

This session is being offered as part of a series of tutorials and workshops as part of an Islamic Arts & Architecture Course. If you would like to sign up for other sessions in the series in addition to this, you can sign up for multiple sessions using this link:

Course: Islamic Art & Architecture Tickets, Multiple Dates | Eventbrite

The general layout of each session will be: two hours of tutor-led teaching and discussion, followed by one hour of related interactive or creative activity in a workshop format (depending on topic). Participants will be given the opportunity to see original objects up close.

Course Tutor: Dr. Neelam Hussain, historian of intellectual and cultural history with a specialist focus on the material culture of the Islamic world. She is also the curator of Middle-Eastern manuscripts at the Cadbury Research Library, University of Birmingham. She has experience of teaching on modules in Islamic arts, art history, and medieval material culture and history modules.

3pm-6pm, Thursday 11th July 2024,

Session Fee: £32.50 per session.

Main image:"Dancing Dervishes", Folio from a Divan of Hafiz, Accession Number: 17.81.4 Met Museum, New York