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SYMPOSIUM ”The image of Mecka” The pilgrimage, the topography and the iconography Monday 5th May, 2014 at the Uppsala University Library ”Carolina Rediviva”

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Invitation Uppsala University Library, the Swedish Research Institute in Istanbul and Forum for Turkic Studies at Uppsala University are inviting to an international symposium on the important Mecka painting from the early 18th century in the Uppsala University art collections. ”The image of Mecka” The pilgrimage, the topography and the iconography Monday 5th May, 2014 at the Uppsala University Library ”Carolina Rediviva” In 1713 the young theologian Michael Eneman returned to Uppsala from his expedition to the Orient, the second expedition initiated by King Karl XII. Eneman brought a large image of Mecka painted in oil on canvas. This painting is the earliest known image of Mecka with the intention of giving an exact knowledge of the holy haram area and the surrounding urban context. The inscriptions in Arabic and Ottoman Turkish explaining the important buildings have now been read for the first time since the painting came to Sweden and will be presented and discussed. Opening of the symposium: Chief Librarian, Professor Lars Burman, Uppsala University Library , Carolina Rediviva Professor Jan von Bonsdorff, Department of Art history, Uppsala University Professor Eva Csato Johanson, Forum for Turkic Studies, Uppsala University Presentations: Deniz Beyazit, Ph.D, Curator of Islamic Art, Metropolitan Museum, New York Mehmet Tütüncü, Chairman Research Centre for the Turkish and Arabic World in the Netherlands, Harlem Hans Nordesjö, Ph.Lic, former librarian Uppsala University Library Karin Ådahl, Ph.D, Assoc. Prof.,Former director of the Swedish Research Institute in Istanbul. Interested participants are welcome to register to the Swedish Research Institute, tel. 08-6627570, e-mail sfii@swipnet.se. A program will sent out before the symposium to registrered participants. RSVP before 20 April 2014.
Preliminary Program Venue: Uppsala university library ”Carolina Rediviva” 9.30 Registration and coffee 10.00 Opening of the symposium Chief librarian, Professor Lars Burman, Uppsala University Library Professor Jan von Bonsdorff, Department of Art History, Uppsala University, Professor Eva Csato Johanson, Forum for Turkish studies, Uppsala University 11.00 Karin Ådahl, Ph.D, Assoc. Prof., former director of the Swedish Research Institute in Istanbul ”Michael Eneman and the expedition to the Orient. The history of the Mecca painting in the Uppsala University ” 12.00 Hans Nordesjö, Ph.D., former librarian at the Uppsala university library ”Reading the inscriptions of the Mecca Painting in the Uppsala University ” 13.00 Lunch 14.30 Mehmet Tütüncü, Chairman of the Research Centre for the Turkish and Arabic world in the Netherlands, Harlem ”The Uppsala Mecca painting and its importance for the knowledge of the cultural topography and history of Mecca” 15.30 Deniz Beyazit, Ph.D, Curator at the Department of Islamic Art, Metropolitan Museum, New York ”Exploring the Uppsala Mecca painting: Depicting in Western Fashion but Mapping the Hajj in the Eastern Mode” 16.30 Discussion and Conclusion of the symposium
Invitation Uppsala University Library, the Swedish Research Institute in Istanbul and Forum for Turkic Studies at Uppsala University are inviting to an international symposium on the important Mecka painting from the early 18th century in the Uppsala University art collections. ”The image of Mecka” The pilgrimage, the topography and the iconography Monday 5th May, 2014 at the Uppsala University Library ”Carolina Rediviva” In 1713 the young theologian Michael Eneman returned to Uppsala from his expedition to the Orient, the second expedition initiated by King Karl XII. Eneman brought a large image of Mecka painted in oil on canvas. This painting is the earliest known image of Mecka with the intention of giving an exact knowledge of the holy haram area and the surrounding urban context. The inscriptions in Arabic and Ottoman Turkish explaining the important buildings have now been read for the first time since the painting came to Sweden and will be presented and discussed. Opening of the symposium: Chief Librarian, Professor Lars Burman, Uppsala University Library , Carolina Rediviva Professor Jan von Bonsdorff, Department of Art history, Uppsala University Professor Eva Csato Johanson, Forum for Turkic Studies, Uppsala University Presentations: Deniz Beyazit, Ph.D, Curator of Islamic Art, Metropolitan Museum, New York Mehmet Tütüncü, Chairman Research Centre for the Turkish and Arabic World in the Netherlands, Harlem Hans Nordesjö, Ph.Lic, former librarian Uppsala University Library Karin Ådahl, Ph.D, Assoc. Prof.,Former director of the Swedish Research Institute in Istanbul. Interested participants are welcome to register to the Swedish Research Institute, tel. 08-6627570, e-mail sfii@swipnet.se. A program will sent out before the symposium to registrered participants. RSVP before 20 April 2014. Preliminary Program Venue: Uppsala university library ”Carolina Rediviva” 9.30 Registration and coffee 10.00 Opening of the symposium Chief librarian, Professor Lars Burman, Uppsala University Library Professor Jan von Bonsdorff, Department of Art History, Uppsala University, Professor Eva Csato Johanson, Forum for Turkish studies, Uppsala University 11.00 Karin Ådahl, Ph.D, Assoc. Prof., former director of the Swedish Research Institute in Istanbul ”Michael Eneman and the expedition to the Orient. The history of the Mecca painting in the Uppsala University ” 12.00 Hans Nordesjö, Ph.D., former librarian at the Uppsala university library ”Reading the inscriptions of the Mecca Painting in the Uppsala University ” 13.00 Lunch 14.30 Mehmet Tütüncü, Chairman of the Research Centre for the Turkish and Arabic world in the Netherlands, Harlem ”The Uppsala Mecca painting and its importance for the knowledge of the cultural topography and history of Mecca” 15.30 Deniz Beyazit, Ph.D, Curator at the Department of Islamic Art, Metropolitan Museum, New York ”Exploring the Uppsala Mecca painting: Depicting in Western Fashion but Mapping the Hajj in the Eastern Mode” 16.30 Discussion and Conclusion of the symposium
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