Friday, November 1
10:00 a.m.–2:30 p.m.
The San Diego Museum of Art James S. Copley Auditorium

The San Diego Museum of Art is pleased to welcome world-renowned and distinguished scholars in the histories of Islamic visual culture, science, and craft, as well as prominent contemporary artists whose works appear in the special exhibition Wonders of Creation: Art, Science, and Innovation in the Islamic World.

Symposium speakers include Dr. Silke Ackermann, Director of the History of Science Museum, University of Oxford; Dr. Omniya Abdel Barr, architect and Head of Development, Egyptian Heritage Rescue Foundation; Dr. Moya Carey, Curator of Islamic Collections, Chester Beatty Library, Dublin; Sherin Guirguis, artist; Pantea Karimi, multidisciplinary artist, researcher, and educator.

Convened by Dr. Ladan Akbarnia, Curator of South Asian and Islamic Art, The San Diego Museum of Art, and moderated by Dr. Carol Bier, Research Scholar Center for Islamic Studies, Graduate Theological Union; Hannah Kemal-Hyden, Postdoctoral Curatorial Fellow, Art of the Islamic Worlds, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; and Mai Kolkailah, Research Assistant for South Asian and Islamic Art, The San Diego Museum of Art.

The symposium is presented in conjunction with Wonders of Creation: Art, Science, and Innovation in the Islamic World, a special exhibition on view September 7, 2024–January 5, 2025, at The San Diego Museum of Art. Tickets to the symposium include same-day admission to the featured exhibition Wonders of Creation: Art, Science, and Innovation in the Islamic World.

$15 members and students | $25 seniors and military | $35 nonmembers