https://brill.com/view/title/17106 Persian Calligraphy and related traditional arts of books make up the most important forms of Iranian-Islamic art, which are still living practiced traditions up to today. This volume puts together a first-of-a-kind handbook and contains the most important termini technici as well as expressions and techniques connected to the traditional art of Persian calligraphy (mostly Nastaʿlīq), […]
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2022 | 12:00 PM–1:30 PM (EST) An online lecture exploring the significance of colonialism in the study of Tur Abdin, the importance of microhistory in understanding archaeological material, and the overall underdiscussed material present in the region. https://eastofbyzantium.org/upcoming-events/syriac-villages-in-the-tur-abdin-a-microhistory-of-the-medieval-middle-east/
An increase in illegal development and excavations is damaging the structural integrity of the World Heritage Site that has stood for more than 1,000 years. https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2022/02/10/afghanistans-bamiyan-valley-will-collapse-in-the-next-ten-years
Persian art 