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All events are to be held at The Ismaili Centre, :

The Ismaili Centre 1-7 Cromwell Gardens SW7 2SL, United Kingdom

Telephone +44 (0)20 7581 2071

The Ismaili Centre is wheelchair accessible

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Ismaili Centre entrance The Qur’an and its This colloquium is one of the on corner Thurloe Place & Creative Expressions Map courtesy of Conrad Taylor Map courtesy of Conrad commemorative events marking In conjunction with the colloquium, The Institute the 25th anniversary of the establishment of Ismaili Studies will be exhibiting a selection of Qur’anic and related manuscripts from its collection. Details of this exhibition will be made of The Institute of Ismaili Studies in 1977. available nearer to the date of the colloquium.

Questions and enquiries should be directed to:

Fahmida Suleman Postdoctoral Fellow, Qur’anic Studies The Institute of Ismaili Studies 42-44 Grosvenor Gardens London SW1W 0EB, United Kingdom An International Colloquium Tel: +44 (0)20 7881 6000 Fax: +44 (0)20 7881 6040 Email: [email protected] The Ismaili Centre, London Website: www.iis.ac.uk/quranconference 18th - 21st October 2003 qc_leaflet_revised.qxd 07/08/2003 15:18 Page 2

he Holy Qur’an, Conference Participants include: the sacred text of WORD of GOD all Muslims, T Muhammad Abbas, Museum of Islamic Art, Cairo continues to be memorised Refat Abdul Azim, Museum of Islamic Art, Cairo and recited aloud. It is ART of MAN Miriam Ali de Unzaga, University of Oxford also a work that has been Doris Behrens-Abouseif, School of Oriental and The Qur’an and its copied by hand more than African Studies, London any other book in the Creative Expressions Sheila Blair, Boston College, MA Muslim world. The Holy Sheila Canby, The British Museum Qur’an as the foundation François Déroche, Ecole Pratique des Hautes of Muslim faith and Etudes, Paris Application Form practice has also played Heather Ecker, Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, a vital role in Muslim Washington DC Name: ...... civlisations as the Paraskévi Efthymiou, Ecole Pratique des Hautes Address: inspiration for several Etudes, Paris (where conference information should be sent) art forms. Annabel Teh Gallop, The British Library Alain George, University of Oxford ...... The aim of this international Oleg Grabar, Institute for Advanced Study, ...... colloquium is to bring Princeton, NJ together scholars with Duncan Haldane, The Institute of Ismaili Studies, ...... London varied interests in the Post Code: ...... areas of architecture, Robert Hillenbrand, University of Edinburgh metalwork, woodwork, Ismaheel Jimoh, University of Ibadan, Nigeria Phone:...... numismatics, textiles, Joanna Kirkpatrick, Bennington College, VT Email:...... ceramics and anthropology, Amin Mahdavi, University of Edinburgh in addition to manuscripts, Alnoor Merchant, The Institute of Ismaili Studies, WORD of GOD calligraphy and illumination, London Venetia Porter, The British Museum Registration Cost ART of MAN to discuss their research on the Qur’an as a source Nazleh Rahmani, Reza Abbasi Museum, Tehran The Qur’an and its £40.00 (includes conference materials, evening Anne Regourd, University of Leeds Creative Expressions of artistic inspiration for reception, lunches and entry to the exhibition). the material culture of Emilie Savage-Smith, Oriental Institute, University of Oxford Concession Rate (full-time students, OAPs, and 18th - 21st October 2003 Muslims from around the unwaged): £25.00 (includes all of the above). world and through the ages. Tim Stanley, Victoria and Albert Museum Yasser Tabbaa, Oberlin College, OH Please make cheque or banker’s draft in UK£ payable Huism Tan, Asian Civilisations Museum, Singapore to ‘The Institute of Ismaili Studies’ and post it to: Inaugural Event All events are to be held Hülya Tezcan, Topkapi Palace Museum, Istanbul at The Ismaili Centre, Fahmida Suleman Saturday South Kensington, London. Luke Treadwell, Oriental Institute, University of Postdoctoral Fellow, Qur’anic Studies 18th October 2003 Oxford and The Ashmolean Museum The Institute of Ismaili Studies 8.00pm – 10.30pm 42-44 Grosvenor Gardens As places are limited, Ayse Turgut, Independent Curator and Scholar, New York London SW1W 0EB, United Kingdom Evening reception please register early to and plenary lecture avoid disappointment. Amirhossein Zekrgoo, International Institute of Meal Preference (please tick): Gülru Necipoglu, Islamic Thought and Civilisation, Malaysia The final date for Aga Khan Professor Vegetarian of Islamic Art, registration is For timetable and details of speakers’ topics please visit: Harvard University 20th September 2003. www.iis.ac.uk/quranconference Non-vegetarian