Seminars, Conferences, Addresses: Inscroption As Art In The World Of Islam أخبار وتقارير

The first session, chaired by Sheila Blair (Harvard Univeristy), consisted of the following scholars and presentations: Valerie Gonzalez (Ecole d' Architecture Provence-Mediterrainee Centre Habitat et Developpement, Marseille, France), "The Significant Esthetic System of Inscriptions in Muslim Art"; Peter Daniels (University of Chicago), "Graphic-Esthetic Convergence in the Evolution of Scripts: A First Essay"; Solange Ory (Universite de Provence at Aix-Marseille, France), "Arabic Inscriptions and Unity of the Decoration"; Sussane Babarie (New York University), "The 'Aesthetics' of Safavid Epigraphy: An Interpretation"; Ali al-Bidah (Dar al-Athar al-Islamiyah), "Aesthetic and Practical Aspects of a Hexagonal Emerald in Dar al-Athar al-Islamiyah": and Howard Federspiel (McGill University, Canada), "Arabic Script on 589 590 The American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences 13:4 Covers of Popular Islamic Books in Southeast Asia: Background, Examination, and Illustrations.