Music, Art and Spirituality in Central Asia
29-30-31 October 2015 Island of San Giorgio Maggiore, Venice
Program
29 October 9:00-10:00 registration and coffee
10:00-10:20
10:20 Chair Giovanni De Zorzi (DFBC, University Ca’ Foscari of Venice) Keynote. Jean During: Spiritual resonances in musical cultures of Central Asia: myths, dreams and ethics
Session 1. Chair: Anna Contadini (SOAS, University of London) 11:30 From Bones to Beauty in Kyrgyz Felt Textiles Stephanie Bunn , University of St Andrews
12:10 The ‘tree of life’ motif in stucco mihrabs in the Zerafshan Valley Katherine Hughes , SOAS, University of London