Lectures CS26 Dr. Abdullah Sa’ad Al-Hatlani. “Habib bin Shihab inscription:An Early Arabic Inscription Dated From the Northeastern Badia (The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan)” Read More » 2021-12-20
Lectures CS26 Dr. Bader Mousa Al-Saif. “Between Pluralism and Homogeneity: The Management of Religious Diversity in the Arabian Peninsula” Read More » 2021-12-13
Lectures CS26 Dr. Mohammed Al-Waheeb. “Al-Ghazali and Descartes from Doubt to Certainty: A Phenomenological Approach” Read More » 2021-12-06
Lectures CS26 Dr. Abdullah Alsarhan. “Love Is Adversity: The Conceptual Metaphor of Love in Arabic” Read More » 2021-11-29
Lectures CS26 Dr. Reem al-Rudaini. “Marriage/ Divorce documents in the late Fatimid Era” Read More » 2021-11-22
Lectures CS26 Alison Shan Price. “From Shakespeare to Southern Arabia:Doreen Ingrams (1906 – 1997)” Read More » 2021-10-07
Lectures CS26 Dr. Ziad Rajab. “Medicinal & Amuletic Artefacts in the Tareq Rajab Museum” Read More » 2019-09-27
Lecturess CS25 Michael Alram. The Coin Collection of the Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna and the Maria Theresa Thaler as International Currency Read More » 2020-02-17
Lecturess CS25 Dr. Petra Sijpesteijn. Did the Early Muslim Empire have a Language Policy? Read More » 2020-02-10
Lecturess CS25 Dr. Jérémie Schiettecatte. An Archaeological Account of the Settlement Process in Central Arabia (c. 3000 BCE – 1800 CE): Results of the Saudi- French archaeological mission in al-Kharj. Read More » 2020-01-27
Lecturess CS25 Dr. Rémy Crassard. The Archaeology of Mysterious Gigantic Structures: The “Desert Kites” Read More » 2020-01-20
Lecturess CS25 Bernard O’Kane. Stars and Symmetry: The Prophet Muhammad’s Name in Architectural Inscriptions Read More » 2020-01-14
Lecturess CS25 Dr. Tamer el-Leithy. Converting Objects and Words: Egypt’s Arabization in Five Objects (11th – 14th c.) Read More » 2020-01-06
Lecturess CS25 Ahmad Al-Jallad. The Rise of Arabic: From an Epic Past to an Evidence-based History Read More » 2019-12-16
Lecturess CS25 R. Michael Feener. Muslim Cultures of a Maritime World: Art and architecture of the Indian Ocean Read More » 2019-12-02
Lecturess CS25 سيد اسماعيل بهبهاني. “الحجة التراثية والثقافية في حماية الحيوانات المهددة: كتاب وحوش القصيدة.” Read More » 2019-11-25
Lecturess CS25 Alison Shan Price. Gertrude Lowthian Bell CBE: Honorary Director of Antiquities of the Iraq Museum Read More » 2019-11-11
Lecturess CS25 Sarang Sharma. Political Paradigms of the Mughal Gardens in South Asia: A study of the Mughal chahar- bagh gardens in Afghanistan, India and Pakistan Read More » 2019-11-04
Lecturess CS25 History of Children’s Literature in the Arab World: The Beginnings Read More » 2019-10-28
Lecturess CS25 Tarif El Hoss. From Beirut to Siberia and Back: Life of an Ottoman officer in exile based on his unpublished war diaries (1916-1919) Read More » 2019-10-21
Lecturess CS25 “The Kitchen in Ancient Arabic Manuscripts: A Lexical Study” presented by Prof. Salam Diyab. Read More » 2019-10-14
Lecturess CS25 Julian Raby. From the Founder of Constantinople to the Founder of Istanbul: Mehmed the Conqueror and the Church of the Holy Apostles. Read More » 2019-09-30
Lecturess CS25 Dr. Ziad Sayid Rajab. Important Manuscripts in the Tareq Rajab Museum Read More » 2019-09-23
Lectures CS24 Furūsiyya: Birth and spread of an aristocratic culture in the medieval Middle East Read More » 2019-04-29
Lectures CS24 Indian Jewellery and the Portuguese during the rise of the Mughal Empire Read More » 2019-04-15
Lectures CS24 Climate and History in the Middle East and Mediterranean: Lessons from the past? Read More » 2019-03-11
Lectures CS24 The Impact of Crises and Disasters in Public Life in the Mashreq: A Reading in the Journeys of Ibn Yonah and Ibn Battuta Read More » 2019-02-11
Lectures CS24 Anthropology and Civilization Studies: the Development of the Science of Civilization in the 21st Century Read More » 2019-02-04
Lectures CS24 Why Culture Matters: The impact of culture and cultural heritage on societal challenges and sustainable development Read More » 2019-01-07
Lectures CS24 Of Buying Many Books There Is No End: Paratextual Marks as a Source for the History of the Book in Islam Read More » 2018-12-17
Lectures CS24 The Nabataean and Roman city of Hegra (Madain Salih): The ongoing excavations and surveys Read More » 2018-12-03
Lectures CS24 Real or Imaginary? Miniatures as a source of knowledge for the history of Islamic Art Read More » 2018-11-26
Lectures CS24 From Timbuktu to Cape Town: The place of Arabic in Africa before and during the colonial period Read More » 2018-10-29
Lectures CS24 Islamic Chinese Calligraphy in the Tareq Rajab Museum of Islamic Calligraphy Read More » 2018-09-24
Lectures CS23 “Singing With Waves, the Journey of Pearl Diving and Interpretation of its songs “ Read More » 2018-04-24
Lectures CS23 Precious Books and Their Travels in the Indian and Iranian Worlds. Read More » 2018-04-16
Lectures CS23 A Brief History of Arabic Calligraphy Through The al-Sabah Collection Read More » 2018-04-09
Lectures CS23 Representation of Power in Southern Arabia in the Early Centuries CE Read More » 2018-03-12
Lectures CS23 A new reading of the history of the Arabian Peninsula of recent archaeological discoveries in Saudi Arabia Read More » 2018-02-19
Lectures CS23 Firearms in the Middle East: Technology, status and ornament, 16th to 18th centuries Read More » 2018-02-05
Lectures CS23 Study of modern Arabic Dialects and its origins in the Arab heritage Read More » 2018-01-08
Lectures CS23 The Architecture of Limits & the Limits of Architecture: Modern architecture in search of a soul Read More » 2017-12-11
Lectures CS23 “Poems from the Arabian Peninsula before Islam through Archaeological evidences” Read More » 2017-12-04
Lectures CS23 Remembrance, 60 years of establishing Kuwait National Museum & 35 years of the establishment of Dar al-Athar al-Islamiyyah Read More » 2017-11-27
Lectures CS23 Christianity in the Gulf on the Eve of Islam in Light of Archaeological Discoveries Read More » 2017-10-30
Lectures CS23 Around the Congress of Arabic Music in Cairo, 1932: The local and global impact of the sound recordings Read More » 2017-10-23
Lectures CS23 عبد الله محمد بن جاسم المطيري. الآيات والشعارات على النقود الإسلامية Read More » 2017-10-17
Lectures CS22 Dr. Sue Andrew. “Three hares: The Cross-Cultural Journey of a Medieval Motif” Read More » 2017-05-15
Lectures CS22 Professor Matthieu Honegger. “Twenty years of archaeological research on the origins of Kerma, the first kingdom of Nubia (Northern Sudan)” Read More » 2017-04-10
Lectures CS22 Sussan Babaie. “Cooking in/of art: Cuisine as visual knowledge.” Read More » 2017-03-20
Lectures CS22 Dr. Gaetano Palumbo. “Between East and West: Qusayr ‘Amra and the representation of royal power in early Islam” Read More » 2017-03-13
Lectures CS22 Dr. Abdulmuttleb al-Ballam. “Reconstructing Old Kuwait City Project.” Read More » 2016-12-19
Lectures CS22 Prof. Susanne Wofford. “Pluri-disciplinary Approaches to Knowledge” Read More » 2016-12-18
Lectures CS22 Dr. Samir Mahmoud. ‘New perspectives on Islamic art: How and why does non-figurative art move us and evoke an emotion?’ Read More » 2016-11-21
Lectures CS22 Dr. Michel Mouton. “Understanding the Oman peninsula in Antiquity: Mleiha, and ed-Dur” Read More » 2016-11-14
Lectures CS22 Dr. Agnes Stillfried. “Western perceptions of the Ottoman East: Selected Renaissance artworks from the collections of the Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna” Read More » 2016-10-31
Lectures CS22 Dr. Souad T. Ali. “A Focus on the Peaceful Message of the Qur’an: Engendering Peace Through Female Roles” Read More » 2016-10-10
Lectures CS22 Professor Pierre Lory. “The Religious Dimensions of dream interpretation in classical Islam” Read More » 2016-10-03
Lectures CS22 “Pioneer with Paint & Palette: Life of Tareq Rajab” by Ziad Rajab Read More » 2016-09-26
Lectures CS21 خوسيه ميغيل بويرتا فيلشيز. من قرطبة إلى غرناطة. الفنون الإسلامية في الأندلس معن ًى وجما ًلا Read More » 2016-05-23
Lectures CS21 نواف عبدالعزيز الجحمة. واقع مكة المكرمة من خلال رحلة ابن المجاور: ”تأريخ المستبصر“ Read More » 2016-05-09
Lectures CS21 Monica Preti. “Between Text and Image: Ariosto’s Orlando Furioso and its Influence on Arts” Read More » 2016-04-25
Lectures CS21 Marco Folin. The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World: Memory, architecture, imagination Read More » 2016-04-18
Lectures CS21 Alain George. The Great Mosque of Damascus in Umayyad times: Towards a reconstruction Read More » 2016-04-11
Lectures CS21 Judith A. Lerner. Art at the Crossroads:The visual culture of Sasanians, Kushano-Sasanian, and Huns in Bactria Read More » 2016-04-04
Lectures CS21 Trudy S. Kawami. “And they all shall be gathered” (Quran 6:38): The animal parade in the Gulf in Antiquity Read More » 2016-02-29
Lectures CS21 Dr. Robert Mason’s. Trade, technology and industry of elite ceramics of the Islamic world Read More » 2016-02-15
Lectures CS21 Fahad Y. Al-Sumait. Communicating across cultures: Basic concepts Read More » 2016-02-08
Lectures CS21 Mina Moraitou. Mainly woodwork:Early Islamic carving from the Benaki collection in Athens Read More » 2016-01-18
Lectures CS21 صالح محمد السنيدي. الجامع الأعظم في غرناطة الإسلام َّية ومصيره بعد ال ُّسقوطدراسة تاريخ َّية أثر َّية Read More » 2015-12-21
Lectures CS21 Samir Mahmoud. Islamic aesthetics: Between tradition and its contemporary relevance. Read More » 2015-11-23
Lectures CS21 Lisa Golombek. China’s challenge to the Safavid potter: Imitate or innovate Read More » 2015-11-16
Lectures CS21 مشاعل عبد العزيز الهاجري. معمــار القانــون: مقاربــة فـي سكــون الهياكــل و ديناميكيــات التغييــر Read More » 2015-11-10
Lectures CS21 Georges A. Bertrand. Muslim aesthetic traces in Christian architecture in France Read More » 2015-11-09
Lectures CS21 András Riedlmayer. Islamic art and culture in Bosnia:Past and future of a 600-year-old European heritage Read More » 2015-11-02
Lectures CS21 Quinsan Ciao. Exploring the design and developing solutions for the site adjacent to Puhadin Garden of Yangzhou, China Read More » 2015-10-26
Lectures CS21 Jonathan N. Tubb. The emergence of the Phoenicians as the first multinational entrepreneurs Read More » 2015-10-12
Lectures CS21 Mercedes Volait. Engaging the art and architecture of Cairo in the 19th century: A cross-cultural perspective Read More » 2015-10-05
Lectures CS21 Ziad Sayid Rajab. Jehan Rajab and her role in the Tareq Rajab Museum Read More » 2015-09-28
Lectures CS20 Prof. Finbarr Barry Flood. “Faces in Flower: Redrawing the figure in early modern Islamic art” Read More » 2015-05-25
Lectures CS20 Architect Nader Ardalan. “Gulf Encyclopedia for Sustainable Urbanism” Read More » 2015-05-18
Lectures CS20 النزعات المؤثرة في الكتابة التاريخية الإسلامية” د. عبدالهادي العجمي” Read More » 2015-05-11
Lectures CS20 Dr. Heather Ecker. “Antique Alchemies in the Perspectiva of Wenzel Jamnitzer (1568)” Read More » 2015-05-04
Lectures CS20 Dr. Lisa Urkevich. “Khaliji: Kuwait and its role in the development of popular peninsula music” Read More » 2015-04-27
Lectures CS20 Dr. Barbara Boehm. “Jerusalem: Art and the Holy City, 1000-1400” Read More » 2015-04-13
Lectures CS20 Dr. Hussain Dashti. “Digital Fabrication Driven by Digital Design: Changing Trends in Architectural Design” Read More » 2015-03-30
Lectures CS20 Nuria Torres Santo Domingo. “Manuscripts from al-Andalus in Spain” Read More » 2015-03-23
Lectures CS20 Salam Kaoukji. “The Shared Lineage of a European and Indian Dagger” Read More » 2015-03-02
Lectures CS20 Majid Yeganegi. “Badgir: A Sample of Wise, Traditional Persian Architecture” Read More » 2015-02-16
Lectures CS20 Deborah Freeman Fahid. “The Ager Rock Crystal Chess Pieces in the al-Sabah Collection”. Read More » 2015-02-09
Lectures CS20 Shahrokh Razmjou. “Persepolis: the life and demise of a forgotten ancient wonder” Read More » 2015-01-19
Lectures CS20 Dr. Mansour Aboukhamseen. “Foucault and Said: A Shared Approach to Orientalism” Read More » 2015-01-12
Lectures CS20 Dr. Khalifa al-Humaida. “Human Rights in the Constitution of Kuwait” Read More » 2015-01-06
Lectures CS20 Professor Nasser Rabbat. “Solid Illumination: Light in Islamic Architecture” Read More » 2015-01-05
Lectures CS20 Dr. Mokhlid al-Zayyoudi. “Arabic T.V. Drama after 9/11 and its Role in Heightening Suspicion and Bitterness Towards Arabic and Islamic Culture” Read More » 2014-12-22
Lectures CS20 Dr. Christian Julien Robin. “New Milestones in the History of Ancient Arabia” Read More » 2014-12-15
Lectures CS20 Dr. Yasmine F. M. al-Saleh. “In Color, The Art of the Talismanic: A Study of LNS 12 MS and LNS 25 MS from The al-Sabah Collection” Read More » 2014-12-01
Lectures CS20 Professor Piotr Bielinski. “The Preliminary Results of Five Investigations” Read More » 2014-11-24
Lectures CS20 Dr. George Mitri Abdulmaseeh. “The Role of Arabic Lexicon in the Revival of Heritage: The Reflection of the Present and the Perception of the Future” Read More » 2014-11-17
Lectures CS20 Prof. Emerita Doris Behrens. “The Meanings of Recycled Building Materials in the Islamic Architecture of Egypt” Read More » 2014-11-10
Lectures CS20 Professor Makram Abbes. “The Influence of Ibn Tufayl’s Philosophy on the Modern European Philosophers” Read More » 2014-10-27
