The Art and Material Culture of Iranian Shiism

The Middle East Centre (St. Antony's College, University of Oxford) in association with the Maison Française d'Oxford and the Iran Heritage Foundation.

The Institute of Ismaili Studies.
CNRS-Monde Iranien et Indien, Unité Mixte de Recherche 7528.

Prof James W Allan, University of Oxford & Mr Pedram Khosronejad, University of Oxford.

Dr. M. Abecassis.

Despite the numerous studies of Iranian art and material culture, covering architecture, object studies, flat art and photography, very little work has been published on the subject of Shiite art per se. This first interdisciplinary conference aims to address this problem by bringing together historians, art historians, anthropologists and folklorists, in order to try and identify what is specifically Shiite in the art and material culture of Iran. The conference will cover Iran from earliest Islamic times until the 21st century, but expects to focus on four main periods, Safavid, Qajar, Pahlavi and post-Revolutionary Iran. It will also include Iranian Shiism as it has spread to other areas of the Islamic world, in particular India and East Africa. The roster of speakers are from the United States, Norway, Germany, France, Uzbekistan, Iran, Lebanon, England and Pakistan.

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