New OA resource: Khamseen: Islamic Art History Online

“Khamseen: Islamic Art History Online” is an emerging platform of digital resources to aid the teaching of the history of Islamic art and architecture. In its initial stage, the platform provides original multimedia content developed by scholars from across the field of Islamic art. These files are intended to aid educators in the creation of an interactive learning environment and to contribute to new ways of teaching in general, bringing new voices, perspectives, and materials into our classrooms. The project is spearheaded by Prof. Christiane Gruber at the University of Michigan and a team of six collaborators. Team Khamseen aims to make this material available to public audiences by creating a website with additional resources over the coming months.

Currently available mini-multimedia files include the following presentations, which were kindly (and very swiftly) provided by international experts. We hope these will prove useful to those teaching remotely this fall semester:

Blessing, Patricia.
Water and Sound in Islamic Architecture
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1nD2WYLq8vYznG6WzUEl3nHRJFZAeW72U/view?usp=sharing  

Brey, Alexander.
Al-Walid's Baths at Qusayr Amra
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1H0Nw2ODGebDZgq951CkobhF0541M0Gx_/view

Bowker, Sam.
The Egyptian Tentmakers and the Art of Khayamiya
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1H0Nw2ODGebDZgq951CkobhF0541M0Gx_/view

Dimmig, Ashley.
Islamic Art at the Walters Art Museum
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1qQROpe8UpJ8oIhGjwqW7PO8rMqCwLb1e/view

Fetvacı, Emine.
Ottoman Illustrated Histories
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1BNsNalx9eXbxN1uMKK4-yHk--3HBga1a/view

Gencer, Yasemin.
İbrahim Müteferrika and the First Printed Books of the Islamic World
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1GAX-MDxc4SxDk0lp6GS1HdcTeEW4z0Qx/view

Göloğlu, Sabiha.
Touching Mecca & Medina: The Dalā'il al-Khayrāt and Devotional Practices
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1JvdSxGWnsCj_YmPdI9j1UcpzrHVaqlKz/view

Gruber, Christiane and Paroma Chaterjee.
Hagia Sophia, A Conversation
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1RI73qHUsI48AYqmHAb7g2NFz2TEDnmTd/view
[available online with closed captions here:] https://www.mivideo.it.umich.edu/media/1_2fl08hjn

Gruber, Christiane.
A Safavid Painting of the Prophet Muhammad's Mi‘raj https://drive.google.com/file/d/1uFOyWZMELCt2cQIL8pmKi7qFKTp7NVDE/view
[available online with closed captions here:]
https://www.mivideo.it.umich.edu/media/1_h50rjslz

Habibi, Negar.
Persian Painting in the Second Half of the Seventeenth Century: Farangi Sâzi Safavid Paintings
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1giUxD1D5RzHpxjmzsWiqdkSZpkv6vRyZ/view

Kana‘an, Ruba.
The Bobrinski Bucket
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1vQwD0Z_1qtWLbH_OXg1oFe2hJJMCZIPa/view

Mostafa, Heba.
Dome of the Rock: Original Mosaics
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1f4Y2jFoIk3yMCui0hjyM6BYZ6yy51gxT/view

Neumeier, Emily.
The Paintings of Osman Hamdi Bey
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1vNecdwvxUZzNtI7W4bX6Ctj2LjYWnAsf/view

O'Kane, Bernard.
The Khanqah of Baybar al-Jashinkir, 1306-1310
https://drive.google.com/file/d/10--VNPkmQghYR6REGIalazD3THgu2PcA/view

Parikh, Rachel.
Islamic Arms and Armor: A Look at Dhu'l Fiqar, ‘Ali's Miraculous Sword
https://drive.google.com/file/d/11O_kCstwJUNF7_-z-Lv2XgHxtBwIHnhd/view

Pruitt, Jennifer.
The Al-Aqmar Mosque
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1H6kZnKH3AmJ05jaz494IPwrK6V5Yb8Rs/view

Sardar, Marika.
A Samanid Epigraphic Dish
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1gu9NOa8EnOUZ_10cwaSnl4T9cqTr0-4r/view

Sardar, Marika.
The Gwalior Qur'an
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1AZ7UWpnlXRvL0BOpDItyWwYr5So1tMn1/view

Seggerman, Alex Dika.
Mahmoud Mukhtar’s Khamasin: Scuplture in Modern Egypt
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1mV5iuv2gSZM6XjFjLx2O9deILXzEdc6q/view


Steinberg, Amanda Hannoosh.
The Stuart Cary Welch Islamic & South Asian Photograph Collection
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1wmMlnD4sRApusHizW2U3S0-vVp8KmukK/view

Taner, Melis.
Contextualizing the Hünername (Book of Talents)
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1c7k8nN_K7LaJnHignT3OAuVjhjxUI933/view

Wolf, Olivia.
Monumental Mosques in Latin America
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1wMde27W4IoPCLxpD5_Ux-YNHcsFx52Bj/view

Khamseen is an ongoing effort and we welcome further contributions on a rolling basis. For any questions, or if you are interested in creating a multimedia file, please contact Sandy Williams (University of Michigan) at sswill@umich.edu.

Sincerely,

Team Khamseen

Christiane Gruber
Sandy Williams
Yasemin Gencer
Mira Xenia Schwerda
Bihter Esener
Michelle Al-Ferzly
Ani Kalousdian

Lesson Plans - Center for Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Arizona

Lesson Plans - Center for Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Arizona

"The Center for Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Arizona has assembled an impressive array of lesson plans and educational materials on topics related to the geographies and cultures of the Middle East. Organized in alphabetical order, here educators will find such fascinating guides as "100 Years in Mesopotamia: A Century of Conflict in Iraq, 1914-2014," "Afghanistan Through Youth Literature," and "All Roads Lead to Istanbul: 1550 World's Fair Simulation," among many others. The lesson plans are distinctive for their erudition and their appropriately complex treatment of historical and cultural subjects. Many of them feature PowerPoint presentations, primary sources, or other instructional guides to help lead high school and college students through the lessons"
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