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The KRC offers severals types of lecturesTeaching staff involved in this term’s lectures – Professor Alain George, Professor Zeynep Yürekli-Görkay, Dr Umberto Bongianino, Dr Luke Treadwell, Dr Teresa Fitzherbert Introduction to Islamic Art &#38; ArchitectureKRC lecture room, Tuesdays 15.00 – 17.00 hrs, Alain George, Umberto Bongianino, Luke Treadwell, Zeynep Yürekli-Görkay, and Teresa FitzherbertWeek 1 (21 January): Fatimid Architecture and its Messages (Umberto Bongianino)Week 2 (28 January): Images of Sovereignty from the Abbasids to the Seljuqs: The Evidence of the Coinage&#160;(Luke Treadwell)Week 3 (4 February): The Seljuq Empire and its Legacy&#160;(Zeynep Yürekli-Görkay)Week 4 (11 February): Figural Art and Manuscript Illustration in the Near East&#160;(Zeynep&#160;Yürekli-Görkay)Week 5 (18 February): India from Early Islam to the Sultanates&#160;(Alain George)Week 6 (25 February): The Arts under the Almoravids and Almohads&#160;(Umberto Bongianino)Week 7 (3 March): Iran under Mongol Rule (Teresa Fitzherbert)Week 8 (10 March): The Mamluk “Public Text”: Epigraphy and Calligraphy (Umberto Bongianino)Approaches to Islamic Art &#38; Architecture (Weeks 2,4,6,8)KRC lecture room, Thursdays 14.00 – 16.00 hrs, Alain George, Umberto Bongianino, Luke Treadwell, and Zeynep Yürekli-GörkayWeek 2 (30 January): Museums and Collections (Luke Treadwell)Week 4 (13 February): Islamic Aesthetics&#160;(Alain George)Week 6 (27 February): Beauty and the Qur’an&#160;(Alain George)Week 8 (12 March): Travellers' Perceptions of the Built Environment (Umberto Bongianino and Zeynep Yürekli-Görkay)KRC Research SeminarsKRC Lecture Room, Thursdays, 17:15-18:30 hrsConvenor: Umberto BongianinoWeek 1 (23 January): Christian Sahner (St Cross College):&#160;New thoughts about the edict of Yazid II (ca. 723) and Palestinian iconoclasmWeek 2 (30 January): Nilay Özlü (KRC Barakat Postdoctoral Scholar):&#160;Displaying the Royal Collections of the Topkapi Palace: The Imperial Treasury, the Chamber of Sacred Relics, and the Ottoman Imperial MuseumWeek 3 (6 February): Jeremy Johns (KRC, Wolfson College):&#160;How to create a new multicultural art form: the opus sectile Arabic verse inscriptions from Norman SicilyWeek 4 (13 February): Karin Scheper (Leiden University):&#160;In Search of Local Characteristics: Manuscript making in the Islamic worldWeek 5 (20 February): Ronny Vollandt (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich):&#160;Palimpsests from the Cairo Genizah and the Qubbat al-KhaznaWeek 6 (27 February): Yusen Yu (Corpus Christi College):&#160;Ways of Viewing: Persianate Reception of Chinese Painting (15th to mid-16th Centuries)Week 7 (5 March): Tom Nickson (Courtauld Institute):&#160;The Palace of Pedro I in Seville: Ornament and Epigraphy between Granada and ToledoWeek 8 (12 March): Atri Hatef Naiemi (KRC Barakat Postdoctoral Fellow): A Dialogue between Friends and Foes: Transcultural Interactions in Ilkhanid Capital Cities (1256-1335 AD) More infosThe Khalili Research Centre3 St John StreetOxford,&#160;OX1 2LGTel. +44 (0)1865 278222krc@orinst.ox.ac.uk