METALS AND METALWORKING IN ISLAMIC IRAN
Conference | Introduction

Venue:
The Chester Beatty Library, Dublin Castle, Dublin, Ireland.

Dates:
3-4 September 2004.

Organized by:
The Chester Beatty Library and the Iran Heritage Foundation.

Convenors:
Prof. James Allan, Keeper of Eastern Art at the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford.; and
Dr. Elaine Wright, Curator of the Islamic Collections at the Chester Beatty Library.

Introduction:
Recent conferences in the field of Persian studies have focused on a specific chronological period of Persian history, considering various aspects of the period’s arts, culture and history. The focus of this conference instead is a specific medium, namely metalwork, in a broad period of time (the whole Islamic period of Persian history). While both approaches have their merits, the latter will allow a more intense examination of the field of metalwork studies than other recent conferences have allowed. One of the aims of the conference is to highlight the importance of technological analyses; trade, cultural and technical exchange with other regions, the role of the patron and craftsman and various regional schools of metalwork will also be examined. As the conference is to take place at the Chester Beatty Library, it is especially appropriate that metalwork in light of manuscript studies also be examined.

Registration and Registration Fee
50 Euros, 25 Euros concessions (includes lunch, coffee/tea, etc. but excludes conference dinner which is additional 50 Euros per person). Please download the registration form from http://www.cbl.ie/metalsconference/METALSCONF.pdf, print it out and mail it with your payment to: ‘Metals and Metalworking in Islamic Iran, The Chester Beatty Library, Dublin Castle, Dublin 2, Ireland. To view this form, you will need to have the Adobe PDF Reader installed on your computer. If you do not have this software, please download a free copy from http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html.

Enquiries:
metalsconf@cbl.ie, +353 (1) 4070785.