© Musée Guimet/Thierry Ollivier
| DATE: | Friday-Saturday, November 14-15, 2008 |
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| PLACE: | Chevron Auditorium, International House, UC Berkeley |
| SPONSORS: | Center for Buddhist Studies (CBS), Al-Falah Program for Islamic Studies (CMES), Townsend Center for the Humanities, Center for South Asia Studies (CSAS), Institute of Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies (ISEEES), History of Art Department, Society for Asian Art, Association for the Protection of Afghan Archaeology (APAA), California State University-East Bay, Consulate General of France, International House, and Willis Deming on behalf of the Society for Art & Cultural Heritage of India (SACHI) |
This conference is organized in conjunction with the "Afghanistan: Hidden Treasures from the National Museum, Kabul" exhibit which will be on display at the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco, October 24, 2008 - January 25, 2009. For more information regarding the organization of the exhibit by National Geographic Society, please visit http:// www.nationalgeographic.com/ mission/ afghanistan-treasures/.
This conference is free and open to the public. No pre-registration is required. The cafe at the International House opens at 7:15 on Friday and 9:30 on Saturday. The auditorium will open at 8:30 a.m. both days.
Prof. Wali Ahmadi, Near Eastern Studies, UC Berkeley
Prof. Soheila Amirsoleimani, University of Utah
Prof. Pat Berger, History of Art, UC Berkeley
Prof. Osmund Bopearachchi, Sorbonne University - Paris IV, France
Prof. Munis Faruqui, South/South East Asian Studies, UC Berkeley
Prof. Barry Flood, New York University
Dr. Fredrik Hiebert, National Geographic Society
Prof. Esther Jacobson-Tepfer, University of Oregon
Dr. Charles C. Kolb, National Endowment for the Humanities, Washington, DC
Dr. Sanjyot Mehendale, Near Eastern Studies, UC Berkeley
Dr. Mohammad Qayoumi, President, Cal State University-East Bay
Dr. Richard Salomon, University of Washington
Dr. Veronique Schiltz, National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS), Paris
Prof. Andrew Stewart, History of Art, UC Berkeley
Prof. David Stronach, Near Eastern Studies, UC Berkeley
Dr. Omar Sultan, Archaeologist
Ms. Nadia Tarzi, Executive Director, Association for the Protection of Afghan Archaeology
Prof. Zemaryalai Tarzi, Strasbourg University, France
Prof. Joanna Williams, History of Art, UC Berkeley
