Event Lectures and Symposia Mapping in the Islamic Tradition

Date and Location

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Join us to in-person to explore Mapping in the Islamic Tradition with James Madison University Professor of History, Dr. Shah Mahmoud Hanifi, and University of Colorado-Boulder Associate Scholar of Religious Studies, Dr. Karen Pinto.

Event will include a display of collection items curated by the Geography and Map and the African and Middle Eastern Divisions, and an acquisitions presentation from Geography and Map Division staff.

Program Schedule: 

12:30 p.m.: Meet & Greet

1:00 – 2:00 p.m. Surveying the Surveyors: Modern Maps of Afghanistan, and Their Critics given by Shah Mahmoud Hanifi, Professor, Department of History, James Madison University in LJ-119.

2:00 – 2:15 p.m.: Geography and Map Division Acquisitions Presentation in LJ-119.

2:15 – 4:30 p.m.: Special Joint Display with African Middle Eastern and Geography and Map Divisions in Mahogany Row, LJ-113.

3:00 – 4:00 p.m.: Ṣūrat al-Arḍ: Ways of Seeing Islamic Depictions of the World and Beyond given by Karen Pinto, Associate Scholar, Religious Studies, University of Colorado-Boulder in LJ-119.