[PAA-Discuss] FW: March 13 - Special lecture program on Islamic Art at MFAH by Sheila Canby

[Lee Loe]

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From: Suna Umari [mailto:suna at rothkochapel.org] 
Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2008 4:29 PM
To: ANN BRAGDON; leeloe at igc.org; mking86454 at earthlink.net
Subject: FW: March 13 - Special lecture program on Islamic Art at MFAH by
Sheila Canby


 

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From: Karima H. Lalani [mailto:khlalani at yahoo.com] 
Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2008 4:21 PM
To: Karima H. Lalani
Subject: March 13 - Special lecture program on Islamic Art at MFAH by Sheila
Canby


Dear friends,
 
We are looking forward to seeing you and your friends and colleagues at this
special lecture program on Islamic Art at the MFAH on Thursday, March 13 at
6:30 pm, by Dr. Sheila Canby of The British Museum.  
 
This program is free and open to everyone.  A reception to meet the speaker
will follow the presentation at the MFAH.
 
Please circulate this March 13 program information to your family, friends,
colleagues, and distribution lists.  
 
Thank you,
Karima Lalani
 
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The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (MFAH), in conjunction with His Highness
Prince Aga Khan Shia Imami Ismaili Council for the Southwestern United
States, has organized a special lecture program by Dr. Sheila Canby, Curator
of Islamic Art and Antiquities, The British Museum, on Thursday, March 13,
2008, at 6:30 p.m. at the MFAH's Brown Auditorium.

Dr. Canby's presentation, entitled Sufis, Shi‘ites and Shahs: The Great
Shrines of Iran 1500-1650, will focus on the Ardabil Shrine, the Shrine of
Imam Riza in Mashhad and the Shrine of Fatimeh Ma`sumeh in Qum. 

The Safavids ruled Iran from 1501 to 1722. A dynasty of Azerbaijani and
Kurdish origins, the Safavids declared Shi´a Islam as the official religion
of their empire, marking one of the most significant turning points in the
history of Islam. 

Dr. Sheila Canby examines the roles that the Ardabil Shrine, the dynastic
heart of the Safavid Dynasty, the Shrine of Imam Riza in Mashhad, and the
Shrine of Fatimeh Ma´sumeh in Qum, played in establishing Shiism as the
state religion of Iran and the Safavid rulers as its protectors. 

This program is free and open to the public. A reception will follow the
presentation at the museum.
 
For more information, please visit http://www.mfah.org
<http://www.mfah.org/> 
 
All education programs at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, receive
endowment income from funds provided by Caroline Wiess Law, the National
Endowment for the Humanities, the William Randolph Hearst Foundation, the
Fondren Foundation, BMC Software, Inc., the Wallace Foundation, The Louise
Jarrett Moran Bequest, and the Favrot Fund.


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