The first dialogue will focus on artist Abul Hisham and his artwork Forgotten Prayers Of The Nameless And Unidentified. Together with Ulbe Bosma, Aleeha Ali and Laurens Minnema, Hisham will discuss the topic of history and religion in the context of migration. The audience is invited to participate in this discussion.
ART SCIENCE dialogue: Abul Hisham: History& Religion in Migration 21 January 2025 16:00 - 18:00
Programme
16:00 VU ART SCIENCE gallery (NU Building): viewing Forgotten Prayers Of The Nameless And Unidentified with artist Abul Hisham
16:30 3D (W&N Building): ART SCIENCE dialogue with speakers and audience
17:30 Closure and after-discussion
About ART SCIENCE dialogue: Abul Hisham: History& Religion in Migration
Starting date
- 21 January 2025
Time
- 16:00 - 18:00
Location
- VU ART SCIENCE gallery
- New University Building
Address
- De Boelelaan 1111
- 1081HV Amsterdam
Organised by
- VU ART SCIENCE gallery
Language
- English
About the researchers
Ulbe Bosma is senior researcher at the International Institute of Social History and professor of International Comparative Social History at VU University Amsterdam. He focuses on colonial and postcolonial history, commodity production, migration and slavery.
Aleeha Z. Ali is a Pakistani anthropologist at VU University Amsterdam. Her ongoing PhD is an ethnography of Shi'ism and digitisation, exploring ritual, sensory experience and authenticity. Through her Substack blog, she explores sensory writing as an (auto)ethnographic practice and method for alternative knowledge creation.
Dr Lourens Minnema is associate professor of Religious Studies at VU Amsterdam and Amsterdam University College, specialising in cross-cultural comparisons of religions and religious phenomena worldwide and across the centuries.
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