This event is open to the Columbia community and invited guests only.
Featured Artists
Müjgan Başköylü
Zinnur Doğanata
Kamile Erdoğdular
Elinor Aishah Holland
Behnaz Karjoo
Nurdan Yeneroğlu
About the Conference: "Translated Desires: Translation, Ibn al-'Arabi, and the Multilingual Islamic Past"
The writings of Ibn al-ʿArabī (d. 1240), one of the most influential Sufi Muslim theoreticians of the medieval period, touched all aspects of knowledge in Asia and Africa in the centuries after his death. This workshop will take as its objective a global history of translation and language in both the dissemination and reception of Ibn al-ʿArabī’s writings through discourse, music, and art.
About New York Islamic Arts
New York Islamic Arts is an artist collective keeping the traditions of islamic art alive in New York. Founded in 2010 when master artist Müjgan Başköylü came to the United States and settled in Rockland County. A master artist of paper cutting, she has been conducting classes in Turkish Illumination techniques since that time. Her students are from many backgrounds, including American, Turkish and Iranian, and currently are all women. Before her move to America, Mrs. Başköylü exhibited extensively and taught many classes in her native Istanbul, in both Kati (paper cutting) and Tezhip (Illumination). She is an inspired and inspiring teacher with a wealth of knowledge and the passion to share it.
Sponsored by:
The Muhyiddin Ibn Arabi Society
Middle East Institute, Columbia University
Qalam Pakistan Initiative
Columbia Core Curriculum
Department of History, Columbia University
Sakıp Sabancı Center for Turkish Studies, Columbia University
Center for the Study of Muslim Societies, Columbia University
The Society of Fellows and Heyman Center for the Humanities, Columbia University
Sacred Music at Columbia
Columbia Music Center
Columbia Middle Eastern, South Asian, and African Studies
Columbia Center for Contemporary Critical Thought
Columbia Law School
Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Columbia University
Chaar Prahar
