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Monday, July 19

7:30-8:30
(Annapolis Hall)

Check-In
8:30-9:30
(Maryland Room)
Breakfast (delivered)
9:30-11:00
(Maryland Room)
Welcome
11:00-12:45
(Maryland Room)
The Influence of Islamic Art and Its Cultures on the Art of Renaissance Europe
Mary Pixley (independent scholar)
1:00-1:45
LUNCH

2:00-4:00
(ASY 2203)

Islam and Renaissance Philosophy
Charles Butterworth (UM, Government and Politics)
4:00-5:00
Meet with Facilitator
5:00-5:30
Teamwork Time
6:00-7:00
(Annapolis Hall)
DINNER (catered)
7:00-9:00
(ASY 2203)

Discussion: Othello, Renaissance Drama, and Film in the Classroom
Brinda Charry (Syracuse University, Ph.D. student, English)

 
Tuesday, July 20

9:30-11:30
(ASY 2203)

The Impact of Islamic Culture and Music on Medieval and Renaissance Europe
Victor Vicente (UM Ph.D. student, Music)

11:30-12:00

Meet with Facilitator
12:00-1:00
Lunch

1:30-4:00
(MCK 6101)

Technology Session/Intro to Campus Libraries
Joan Stahl and Louise Greene (UM, Art librarians)

 4:30-6:30
(ASY 2203)

Classical Ottoman Designs: Their Origin and Development
Esin Atil (Historian of Islamic Art)

6:30-7:30

DINNER
At Noodles and Company

7:30-9:00

Teamwork Time
Groups report on their ideas, progress, and needs

  
Wednesday, July 21

9:00-10:00
(ASY 2203)

Meet with Facilitator

10:00-12:00

The Art of Splendor: Islamic Luxury Goods in Renaissance Italy
Rosamond Mack (independent scholar)

12:15-1:00
LUNCH

2:00-5:00

Field Trip to National Gallery of Art
Tour of Palace and Mosque exhibit, from collection on loan from the Victoria and Albert Museum

6:00-8:00

DINNER
At Andale

7:30-9:00

Teamwork Time
  
Thursday, July 22

9:30-11:30
(ASY 2203/ASY 2314)

Patterns from Islam to the Renaissance
Kay Broadwater (Towson University, Arts Integration Institute)

11:30-12:00

Meet with Facilitator
12:00-12:45
LUNCH

1:00-3:00
(Tawes Experimental Theatre)

Performance Class: Flamenco Dance
Natalia Monteleon (Arte Flamenco)

3:30-5:30
(ASY 2203)

Performance Class: Making Calligraphic Art
Mohamed Zakariya (calligraphic artist)

6:00-6:45
(Annapolis Hall)

DINNER (Catered)

7:00-9:00
(Annapolis Hall)

Wondrous Journeys and Talking Beasts: "Oriental" Stories in Early Modern Europe
Lourdes Alvarez (Catholic University, Spanish and Comparative Literature)

  
Friday, July 23

9:00-12:00

Field Trip to Freer and Sackler Galleries
Guided tour of permanent exhibit, includes manuscripts and metalwork and Caliphs and Kings: the Art of Islamic Spain (10th-15th century; Sackler Gallery)

1:00-2:00
LUNCH

2:00-3:30

Teamwork Time

4:00-6:00
(ASY 2203)

Crossing Boundaries: Arts of Islam in Renaissance Spain and Italy
Philip Jacks (George Washington University, Art History)

6:00-7:00

DINNER OUT (on own)

 
Saturday, July 24

Teamwork Time

Work on presentations or visit relevant galleries and museums
  
Sunday, July 25

Teamwork Time

Work on presentations or visit relevant galleries and museums
  
Monday, July 26

8:30-9:00
(ASY 2203)

Coffee (delivered)

9:00-11:45

Presentation Day
Teams may focus their research on the arts of one major aspect of Islamic/Arab culture and its transfer to the arts of the Renaissance.  Focus will be on presentation of materials to students.

Everyone will leave with lesson plans for all of these areas.  Teachers will also receive evaluations to use with their students.

12:00-1:00
(Maryland Room)

LUNCH

1:00-2:00
(Maryland Room)

Graduation Ceremony

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The Center for Renaissance & Baroque Studies
0139 Taliaferro Hall
The University of Maryland
College Park, Maryland 20742
301-405-6830

Last updated June 11, 2007