News and upcoming events (2023)12 December 2023|LectureLecture by Fahriddin Ibragimov on trends in the study of Avicenna's legacy in IranPhoto: IBISRCThis terms lecture series on the History and Culture of Central Asia, entitled: “Courts and their Arts in Central Asia: from Palaces to Poetry” , goes...11 December 2023|Islamic Material CultureLecture by Stefan Heidemann on Qur’anic inscriptions in early Islamic AmuletsPhoto: © Universität HamburgProf. Dr. Stefan Heidemann, professor of Islamic Studies at Universität Hamburg will be giving a lecture on Quranic inscripitions in amulets, titled...30 November 2023|Islamic Material CultureCall for Applications for the Ernst Herzfeld AwardPhoto: © Ernst Herzfeld AwardThe Ernst Herzfeld-Gesellschaft für Islamische Kunst und Archäologie | Ernst Herzfeld Society forStudies in Islamic Art and Archaeology is pleased to...14 November 2023|LectureLecture by Ahmad Khan on Shurut Works as a source of the history of law and society in Medieval Khurasan and TransoxianaPhoto: Ahmad KhanThe lecture series of this winter term goes on with the lecture of Dr. Ahmad Khan on "Law and Society in Medieval Khurasan and Transoxiana: Shurūṭ...17 October 2023|Islamic Material CultureLecture by Feruza Jumanizazova on the harmony of Turkic Traditions in Tokharistan and TibetPhoto: Imam Bukhari InstituteThe sixth lecture series on the history and culture of Central Asia, titled “Courts and their Arts in Central Asia: from Palaces to Poetry” will kick...18 July 2023|Islamic Material CultureLecture by Tim Williams on Central Asian Archaeological LandscapesPhoto: IBISRCWe are pleased to invite you to our last lecture in this Semester, the lecture by Prof. Tim Williams, Professor of Silk Road Archaeology at the...13 June 2023|Islamic Material CultureLecture by Bobur Aminov on The Epigraphic Monuments on the Territory of UzbekistanPhoto: ©IBISRCWe kindly invite you to the third lecture of the Lecture Series "Material Culture of the Zerafshan Valley '' which takes place this semester. The...2 May 2023|Islamic Material CultureLecture by Simone Mantellini on the islamization in the Middle Zerafshan ValleyPhoto: © IBISRCWe kindly invite you to the second lsession of the Lecture Series "Material Culture of the Zerafshan Valley '' which takes place this semester. The...11 April 2023|Islamic Material CultureLecture by Gaybullov Boboyorov on Early Muslim Coinage of Central AsiaPhoto: © IBISRCWe are pleased to announce the kick off of the lecture series on the history and culture of Central Asia "Material Culture of the Zerafshan Valley"...