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Appel à comm. : “What’s new in the Arabic inscriptions and calligraphy?”, IFAO, Le Caire, 18-19/07/2023 (limite : 15 mai 2023)

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The Third Riwaq Academy for Young Researchers

Organized by The French Institute for Oriental Archaeology (IFAO) in cooperation with the Faculty of Archeology, Ain Shams University

What’s New in Arabic Writings, Inscriptions and Calligraphy?

(18-19 July 2023)

Monumental Arabic calligraphy bears witness to the history of Arabo-Islamic civilization. Historians confirm that Arabic calligraphy developed in lockstep with the development of Islamic civilization. Calligraphy, whichhad not yet been standardized, was endowed with rules, principles, colors, and ink; even how the scribe held the pen was reformed.

Arabic calligraphy is considered the heart of Islamic art, which itself contributed abundantly to the formation of this human civilization. Calligraphy is also one of the most prominent elements deployed by Muslim artists, and one can scarcely find an Islamic artwork in which calligraphy does not occupy a prominent place. Thus, Arabic calligraphy became one of the most prominent identifying markers of Islamic art, demonstrating the identity of artworks and buildings. Islamic inscriptions consist of texts inscribed on buildings of various kinds, artworks, grave markers, coins, and textiles. These writings are identified by their historical-material character and distinguished by the diversity of their content: foundation inscriptions that date the erection or restoration of buildings, propagandistic inscriptions, endowment inscriptions, decrees, grave markers, and religious inscriptions (Qur’anic verses, hadiths, and supplications). In literary terms, inscriptions also vary between prose texts and verses of poetry.  The third annual session of this scientific forum is convoked around this subject. The forum aims to bring to light the latest studies in the field of writings, inscriptions, and the calligraphic arts in Islamic and other eras.

Themes of the Scientific Forum

  1. Recent studies on Islamic written arts and inscriptions across periods.
  2. Modern technologies, digitization, and possibilities for their use in the domain of Islamic writings and inscriptions.
  3. Inscriptions used to decorate monuments in the Islamic world.
  4. Types of calligraphic scripts used for decoration in various arts.
  5. Writing and decoration in Islamic art.
  6. Inscriptions on religious and civic structures in the Islamic world.
  7. Grave markers, their forms, and the inscriptions used on them across periods.

 

Rules and Procedures for Participation

  • Presenters must be young researchers in the fields of Islamic writings, inscriptions, and art.
  • The research must be within the domain of the scientific forum: Islamic writings, inscriptions, and calligraphic arts.
  • An abstract of no longer than one page (Size A4) must be submitted.
  • A brief biography of no longer than one page must be submitted. This must include a recent photograph of the researcher and contact information (email address and phone number).
  • Each presentation will be 20 minutes in length followed by ten minutes for discussion and questions.
  • The head of the session will be a professor specialized in the study of Islamic art, writing, or inscriptions.
  • Abstracts will be submitted to a scientific committee for qualitative review. Researchers will be informed directly whether their research has been accepted for inclusion in the scientific forum.

The deadline to submit abstracts is 15 May 2023.

Researchers will receive a certificate of participation in the forum from the IFAO.

The Academy’s Organization Members

Riwaq Academy Presidents:

Prof. Dr. Ahmad Al-Shoky

Prof. Dr. Abbès Zouache

Organization supervisor

Dr. Mohamed Ibrahim Abd el-Ail

Organizing Committee:

Dr. Nawal Jaber

Dr. Ashgan Ahmed

Dr. Mahmoud Ahmed

Dr. Rasha El-Mofatch

Amr Bahgat

Eman Ali


OpenEdition vous propose de citer ce billet de la manière suivante :
Sami Benkherfallah (29 avril 2023). Appel à comm. : “What’s new in the Arabic inscriptions and calligraphy?”, IFAO, Le Caire, 18-19/07/2023 (limite : 15 mai 2023). Diwan. Consulté le 6 février 2026 à l’adresse https://doi.org/10.58079/nryw


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