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Ernst Herzfeld Society
For Studies in Islamic Art and Archaeology
The Ernst Herzfeld Society for Studies in Islamic Art and Archaeology furthers research in art history, archaeology and building archaeology of the Islamic periods and serves as a fore of scholarly exchange. The Society has an international range of members and has been founded 2005 in Germany. It is named after Ernst Herzfeld (1879–1948) who is known for groundbreaking research in West Asia, as archaeologist, art historian, and historian.Glass in the Islamic World
19th Colloquium of the Ernst Herzfeld-Gesellschaft | Ernst Herzfeld Society
Vitrocentre Romont, Switzerland, 4-6 July 2024
In the field of Islamic art, glass continues to be one of the less researched media. While glass mosaics, stucco glass windows or blown glass produced in the region aroused the interest of scholars in the emerging disciplines of Islamic archaeology and art history in the 19th and early 20th centuries, its study increasingly lost importance in the course of the 20th century and is now largely confined to specialized circles, even though glass has always played a significant role in the art and architecture of the Islamic world.
Graduate Student Meeting
19th Colloquium of the Ernst Herzfeld-Gesellschaft | Ernst Herzfeld Society
Romont (Switzerland) 4 July 2024
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