LECTURE
Giving Shape to the Levant at the Paris Colonial Exhibition in 1931
Silvia Naef
Conference “On Taṣwīr or the Inherently Incomplete”
American University of Beirut, 11.5.24
Recent scholarship in anthropology and art history has recalled attention to the historical term taṣwīr by contextualizing and theorizing it within moments of overlap between Arab Modernist artistic practice and nation building projects in the 20th Century. This conference will present how scholars and artists ponder over the ongoing possibilities of this concept in its practicable current permutations and potential future extensions as well as revisit its many shifting pasts.
During the conference, Silvia Naef will deliver a lecture titled “Giving Shape to the Levant at the Paris Colonial Exhibition in 1931”.
The Sheikh Zayed Chair for Arabic and Islamic Studies and the Department of Fine Arts and Art History cordially invites you to a conference by Saleem Al-Bahloly, Bilal Orfali, Walid Sadek, and Kristen Scheid, “On Taswir or the Inherently Incomplete” on Saturday, May 11, 2024 at 9 AM in College Hall B1.