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Chaired by Professor Doris Behrens-AbouseifAll lectures begin at 7.00 p.m. in the Khalili Lecture Theatre (Main School Lecture Theatre), Philips Building, SOAS, University of London, Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, London WC1H OXG.For further information please contact Rosalind Wade Haddon: 01608 730769.10 October 2013 — Incorporating Spolia in AlexandriaDr Hélène Fragaki (Independent scholar, Paris)&#160;13 November 2013 — From Ibn al-Haytham to Kandinsky: the Unexpected History of Egyptian Shadow PuppetryProfessor Marcus Milwright (Islamic Art and Architecture, Director, Programme for Medieval Studies, University of Victoria, Canada)&#160;11 December 2013 — Collecting from the Past or Appropriating the Present: the Dilemma in Contemporary Iranian ArtDr Hamid Keshmirshekan (Barakat Trust Research Fellow, University of Oxford)&#160;8 January 2014 — The Hadassah and Daniel Khalili Memorial Lecture in Islamic Art and Culture/A Battle of Books: ͑Abbasid Patronage and Qur ͑anic ManuscriptsProfessor François Déroche (Director of Studies, École Pratique des Hautes Etudes, Section des Sciences Historiques et Philologiques, Paris)&#160;5 February 2014 — Mamluk Relief WaresProfessor Bethany Walker (University of Bonn)&#160;12 March 2014 — The Bahari Foundation Lecture in Iranian Art and CultureDr Sussan Babai ͑ ī&#160;23 April 2014 — Ottoman JerusalemDr Yusuf Natsheh (Director of Awqāf, Jerusalem)&#160;͑14 May 2014 — Ali of Gelibolu and the Istanbul Art Market in the 1580sProfessor Serpil Bağci (Department of History, Hacettepe University, Ankara)&#160;11 June 2014 — Fabulous Fakes and How to Spot Them: some Recent ʻHistoricʼ MetalworkRachel Ward (Independent Scholar)&#160;Infos:http://www.soas.ac.uk/art/islac/