Reflections on The Premodern Islamic Monuments In The Maghrib (Western North Africa)
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08 Sep
09 Sep
2020
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Islamic Aesthetics
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Riyaz Latif
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Image: The Great Mosque of Kairouan, Tunisia
This series, comprised of four individual unrelated talks, will address in a prefatory manner the historical-cultural contexts of select premodern Islamic architectural works in the Maghrib ranging from the sacred and the funerary to the institutional and the educational. While being cognizant of the formal configurations of these structures, the concomitant objective will be to engage with the dynamic of their cultural and visual meanings for more organic insights into their creation.
Day 1:
- Aghlabid Investitures in Ifriqiyah: 9th-century Structures in Kairouan
- Negotiating the Metaphorical Frontiers: Aghlabid Ribats in Ifriqiyah
Day 2:
- Ornate Archiving of Sovereignty: Marinid Madrasas in Fez
- Knowledge and Sacred Earth: Madrasa in the Marinid Chella
Online Public Seminar Series | Platform: Cisco Webex
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September 8, 9, 2020
Timing: 6:30 - 8:30 PM
Fees
Rs. 2,000
Registrations Closed
Riyaz Latif
Riyaz Latif trained as an architect before receiving his PhD in Art History from University of Minnesota (2011) with particular concentration on premodern Maghrib (western North Africa). As an art and architectural historian primarily centering on premodern Islamicate cultures, his scholarly work seeks to explore the interstices of the literary, the cultural and the visual worlds. He has authored reflective essays pertaining to visual cultures, literary cultures and poetry, and is the co-author of Sultanate Ahmadabad and Its Monuments (2023). As a noted poet and translator, he has authored five volumes of poetry in Urdu and three books of translations between Urdu and English. After a postdoctoral position at the M.I.T, Cambridge, he taught at Wellesley College and Vanderbilt University, USA, and currently teaches in the Department of Humanities and Languages at FLAME University, Pune.