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September 22Global Nomads:  Migration and Cultural Mobility in the Current Profession of ArchitectureAsiya Chowdhury, Design Leader, Ian Schrager Company, New YorkOctober 20Homecoming after Death: An Islamic Cemetery in Austria6:00 pm in Bathos Theater, MIT Bernardo Bader, Architect &#38; Principal, bernardo bader architekten, Dornbirn, AustriaEva Grabherr, Director of the Center for Immigration and Integration, Vorarlberg, AustriaAzra Aksamija, ACT/MITNasser Rabbat, AKPIA/MITNovember 3What constitutes excellence in Islamic geometric design?  Historical and Contemporary Best PracticeEric Broug, Author and educator, UKNovember 17Conflict, convivencia, and the life of buildingsMichele Lamprakos, School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation, University of Maryland-College ParkFebruary 23Architecture as an Appropriating Apparatus:Muslim Nationalism and Designing Presidential Complexof Islamabad, Pakistan Farhan KarimAKPIA@MIT Post-Doctoral FellowAssistant Professor, University of KansasBio &#38; AbstractMarch 16Ceci n'est pas Damas: Arabic Prose Topographies of DamascusDana SajdiAKPIA@MIT Post-Doctoral FellowAssociate Professor, Boston CollegeBio April 27Culture and Identity:The Architecture of Jewish Holy Spaces in Isfahan, IranMohammad GharipourAssociate Professor, Morgan State University, Baltimore___________________________________Unless otherwise indicated, lectures are on Mondays at 6:00 pm in MIT room 3-133. Free and open to the public.For bios and abstracts please seehttp://web.mit.edu/akpia/www/14fallbiosabs.htmAga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture at MIT77 Mass Ave. Room 10-390Tel 617 253 1400Fax 617 258 8172email akpiarch@mit.ediu