The Virtual Islamic Art History Seminar Series is pleased to announce our lecture program for Fall 2026. All talks will take place on Tuesdays at 12:00 Eastern Standard/Daylight Time unless otherwise noted.

To attend, please sign up for our email list-serv on our website at viahss.org. You can also view past speakers and select recordings from the VIAHSS website.

Tuesday, September 8, 2026
Rachel Winter and Armita Raafat
"History in Motion: A Conversation between Armita Raafat and Rachel Winter about Contemporary Art and Islamicate Visual Cultures"

Tuesday, September 22, 2026
Charlene Vella
"Echoes of Geometry: The Enduring Legacy of Islamicate Ornament in Medieval Malta"

Tuesday, October 6, 2026
Faezeh Jafari Mohammadabadi
"Mohammad Arjmand Kermani: The King of Late Nineteenth-Century Persian Carpets"

Tuesday, October 20, 2026
Stefan Kamola
"Imagine Planets: The Emergence of Planetary Iconography in Seljuq and Mongol Iran"

Tuesday, November 3, 2026
Muhammed Nafi
"Arabesques by the Sea: Islamic Ornamentation and the Coastal Mosque Architecture of Kerala"

Tuesday, November 10, 2026
Kianoosh Motaghedi
"Cuneiform on the Loom: Furṣat al-Dawla Shirazi’s Persepolis Carpet as a Qajar Cultural Manifesto"

Tuesday, November 17, 2026
Olga Nefedova
"Authority: The Art of Mahmoud Sabri in the Soviet Union (1960–1963) in Its Context"

Tuesday, December 1, 2026
Richard McClary
"Lajvardina Wares: A Comprehensive Re-Examination of a Distinctive Style of Ilkhanid and Golden Horde Ceramic Wares"