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Issue 13Akpia Aktc 2016-2017 the AGATHE KHAN TRUST for CULTURE THE AGA KHAN PROGRAM ISLAMIC FOR ARCHITECTURETHE AGA 13issue AKPIA AKTC Established in 1979, the Aga Khan Buildings and public spaces are physical Programs for Islamic Architecture manifestations of culture in societies (AKPIA) at Harvard University and at the both past and present. They represent Massachusetts Institute of Technology human endeavors that can enhance the are supported by endowments for quality of life, foster self-understanding akpia instruction, research, and student aid and community values, and expand aktc CULTURE FOR TRUST KHAN THE AGA from His Highness the Aga Khan. AKPIA opportunities for economic and social 2016-2017 is dedicated to the study of Islamic development into the future. The Aga Khan architecture, urbanism, visual culture, and Trust for Culture (AKTC) is an integral part conservation, in an effort to respond to of the Aga Khan Development Network the cultural and educational needs of a (AKDN), a family of institutions created by features: diverse constituency drawn from all over His Highness the Aga Khan with distinct yet the world. complementary mandates to improve the MIT welfare and prospects of people in countries Activities p. 2 People p. 10 Along with the focus on improving the of the developing world, particularly in Asia teaching of Islamic art and architecture and Africa. AKDC p. 17 and setting a standard of excellence Harvard HAA in professional research, AKPIA also Though their spheres of activity and Activities p. 20 continually strives to promote visibility of expertise differ—ranging from social People p. 28 the pan-Islamic cultural heritage. development to economic development Harvard GSD to culture—AKDN institutions share at Activities p. 38 least three principles that guide their work. People p. 41 & The first is dedication to self-sustaining development that can contribute to long- term economic advancement and social harmony. The second is a commitment to the vigorous participation of local communities in all development efforts. Finally, all Network institutions seek shared responsibility for positive change. 1 AGA KHAN PROGRAM, DEPARTMENT OF ARCHITECTURE, MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 2016–2017 STUDENT ACTIVITIES Admitting One New PhD Student Student Travel Grant Awards Julia Gonnella Eberhard-Karl Universität Tübingen, Germany Courtney Lesoon Yusef Audeh, Master of Science in Art, Culture In MIT residence 04/17-5/17 BA College of Holy Cross and Technology Topic: Friedrich Sarre, the Berlin Museum of AGA KHAN PROGRAM FOR ISLAMIC ARCHITECTURE & KHAN PROGRAM ISLAMIC FOR ARCHITECTURE & AGA Graduation 2022 Pure Light Islamic Art and Oriental Taste in Berlin Düsseldorf, Germany and Tunisia Admitting Three New SMArchS Students El Hadi Jazairy Max Budovitch, MCP & Kelly Main, MCP The University of Michigan Alexis LeFort Differential Impact of Refugee Housing Programs In MIT residence 09/16-05/17 MA University of Texas, San Antonio on Beneficiaries and Urban Development in Topic: Urbanism and Energy Systems Deferred 2016 Admission Lebanon Lebanon Eisa Esfanjary Kenari Suheyla Takesh Isfahan University of Art, Iran issue BID American University of Sharjah Sera Tolgay, AKPIA@MIT SMarchS In MIT residence 01/17-06/17 13akpia Graduation 2018 Planning for Scarcity: Community-Based Water Topic: The Medieval Houses of Yazd aktc Management in the Jordan River Valley 2016-2017 Jordan THE AGA KHAN TRUST FOR CULTURE FOR TRUST KHAN THE AGA Sera Tolgay BA Yale University Graduation 2019 Post-Doctoral Fellows Graduating Two SMArchS Students Angela Andersen The Ohio State University Ali Khodr In MIT residence 09/16-01/17 Thesis: Planning a Sectarian Topography: Topic: Cem Evleri: An Examination of the Historical Revisiting Michael Ecohard’s Master Plans for Roots and Contemporary Meanings of Alevi Beirut 1941-1964 Architecture and Iconography Rio Fischer Burak Erdim Thesis: Aesthetics of the Qur’anic Epigraphy on North Carolina State University the Taj Mahal In MIT residence 02/17-05/17 Topic: The Valley and the State: Situating Planning Cultures in the Cold War Middle East 2 AGA KHAN PROGRAM, DEPARTMENT OF ARCHITECTURE, MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 2016-2017 LECTURES & ACTIVITIES November 7 February 27 Digital Colonialism?: Thoughts on the Ethics Portraits of Oil Urbanism FALL 2016 LECTURE SERIES: of Digital Recreations of Threatened Cultural El Hadi Jazairy CULTURES OF UPHEAVAL Heritage Sites in the Middle East AKPIA@MIT Post-Doctoral Fellow; Research Erin Thompson Scientist, Center for Advanced Urbanism, MIT Assistant Professor of Art Law and Art Crime, AGA KHAN PROGRAM FOR ISLAMIC ARCHITECTURE & KHAN PROGRAM ISLAMIC FOR ARCHITECTURE & AGA John Jay College of Criminal Justice (CUNY) March 20 Toward a Methodology of Decolonizing November 14 Photography Artfare: How Art Makes Sense of Cultural Stephen Sheehi Upheaval Professor of Arabic Studies, College of William Kirsten Scheid & Mary Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Media Studies, American April 3 University of Beirut Graveyard of the Clerics: Islamic Activism in Saudi issue Suburbia 13akpia December 5 Pascale Ménoret aktc The Role and Meaning of the Alevi Cemevi: Islamic Professor in Modern Middle East Studies, 2016-2017 Congregational Architecture Outside the Mosque Brandeis University THE AGA KHAN TRUST FOR CULTURE FOR TRUST KHAN THE AGA Paradigm Angela Andersen April 24 AKPIA@MIT Post-Doctoral Fellow No Direction Home: The Life and Legacy of Frantz Fanon FALL 2017 LECTURE SERIES Adam Shatz New York Based Author and Contributing Editor September 12 to the London Review of Books In cooperation with the MIT HTC Forum The Surface of Things: A History of Photography May 1 from the Swahili Coast The Mosque and the Arcade: Academy and Sandy Prita Meier Nationhood in the Cold War Middle East Assistant Professor of African Art History, Burak Erdim University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign AKPIA@MIT Post-Doctoral Fellow; North Carolina State University October 3 After Daraa: Syrian Art Today 3 Maymanah Farhat Writer and Art Historian AGA KHAN PROGRAM, DEPARTMENT OF ARCHITECTURE, MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 2016-2017 SYMPOSIUM October 29 Plenary Talk Exhibition Visit: Syria: A Living History Symposium: Syria’s Art and Architecture: Syria: Where Cultures Met A Multicultural History Professor Nasser Rabbat Performance: Arias and Maqams with performer Aga Khan Museum, Toronto MIT Lubana al Quntar October 29-30, 2016 AGA KHAN PROGRAM FOR ISLAMIC ARCHITECTURE & KHAN PROGRAM ISLAMIC FOR ARCHITECTURE & AGA Session 1: Ancient Syria October 30 The Temple of the Storm-God of Aleppo Session 3: Modern Syria Kay Kohlmeyer Depicting Damascus’ Hinterland Hochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft, Berlin Dana Sajdi Boston College Palmyra Manar Hammad The Drama of Damascus Université de la Sorbonne Nouvelle, Paris Christa Salamandra City University of New York issue Living the “Jerash Way” 13akpia Syria has been home to some of the great Alan Walmsley A Worldly Icon? aktc world civilizations over many millennia. The art University of Copenhagen Anneka Lenssen 2016-2017 and architecture of Syria reveal the richness of University of California, Berkeley THE AGA KHAN TRUST FOR CULTURE FOR TRUST KHAN THE AGA its multicultural heritage and the diversity of Session 2: Islamic Syria its artistic production. Dr. Ruba Kana’an (Aga Writing in Gold Khan Museum) and Professor Nasser Rabbat Marcus Milwright (MIT) lead a weekend of exciting talks that University of Victoria travel on a journey through the most iconic arts and monuments of Syria. Ten international Contested Pieties experts give illustrated presentations on their Yasser Tabbaa recent research covering Syria’s long history Independent Scholar from ancient times to the classical and Islamic periods. Building a Reputation Ellen Kenny The American University in Cairo 4 AGA KHAN PROGRAM, DEPARTMENT OF ARCHITECTURE, MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 2016-2017 WORKSHOP The workshop addresses the agency of Introduction architecture and design in a context where the Nasser Rabbat Workshop: The Architecture of Refugees: disrespect of human rights is aggravated by The Question of Ethics the incapacity of global institutions to react Ethics of International Law as a Framework for April 27, 2017 efficiently. What are the ethical questions Displacees and Refugees regarding the architecture of refugees? What Balakrishnan Rajagopal AGA KHAN PROGRAM FOR ISLAMIC ARCHITECTURE & KHAN PROGRAM ISLAMIC FOR ARCHITECTURE & AGA timescales, short or long terms, represent a priority for architecture and through which Ethics and Politics of Post-Conflict Repair agenda–refugee relief, historical preservation, Delia Wendel camp upgrades and daily life, or rebuilding and resettlement? What is the role of design Material Culture and Historical Conservation in front of the degradation and destruction of Admir Masic cultural artifacts? How can design be channeled towards peace building objectives and possible After Belonging resettlement projects? What are the material, Carlos Minguez Carrasco issue technological, systemic responses to address 13akpia Significant transformations in the world’s emergency needs in the context of refugee Architecture of Exile: The Permanent aktc political landscape are signaling the emergence camps? Temporariness of Refugee Camps 2016-2017 of a new world order that undermines the THE AGA KHAN TRUST FOR CULTURE FOR TRUST KHAN THE AGA Alessandro Petti certitudes established at the end of World War II. At the core of such discussions, the concept Panel Discussion
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