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The Middle East & The Islamic World: 7 Libraries and 2 Archives

Each library is offered complete. Catalogues of the libraries in pdf format are to be found on our website. Our current stock of collections includes libraries on Archaeology, Art, Architecture & Design from the Ancient World to Contemporary Art.

Professor Sheila Blair and Professor Jonathan Bloom

Islamic Art & Architecture: The Library of Professor Sheila Blair and Professor Jonathan M. Bloom, joint holders of the Norma Jean Calderwood University Chair of Islamic and Asian Art at Boston College, 2000-2018; and joint holders of the Hamad bin Khalifa Endowed Chair of Islamic Art at Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, 2006-2022

3,908 titles in circa 4,765 volumes

Link to the catalogue

Professor Daniel T. Potts

Archaeology of the Arabian Peninsula, Central & Western Asia & The Indus Valley: The Library of Professor Daniel T. Potts. Professor of Ancient Near Eastern Archaeology and History, Institute for the Study of the Ancient World, New York University; Freie Universität Berlin (1981-86); University of Copenhagen (1980-81, 1986-1991); Edwin Cuthbert Hall Chair of Middle Eastern Archaeology, University of Sydney (1991-2012); Founding editor of the journal Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy

2,611 titles in over 3,165 volumes  

Link to catalogue

Professor Roy P. Mottahedeh

Islamic Civilization: The Library of Professor Roy P. Mottahedeh, Gurney Professor of History, Emeritus, Harvard University; Director of The Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Harvard University from 1987-1990; Inaugural Director of the Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Islamic Studies Program at Harvard University, 2006-2011; MacArthur Foundation Prize recipient, 1981; Founder of the journal Harvard Middle East and Islamic Review

6,527 titles in over 8,125 volumes

Link to the catalogue

Professor Baber Johansen

The Library of Professor Baber Johansen, Professor of Islamic Religious Studies and Research Professor of Islamic Studies, Harvard Divinity School; Acting Director of the Islamic Legal Studies Program, Harvard Law School (2006-2010); Director of The Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Harvard University (2010-2013); Faculty Associate and Executive Committee Member of The Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University. Professor for Islamic Studies at the Freie Universität Berlin (1972-1995); Directeur d’études at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales (Centre d’étude des normes juridiques), Paris (1995-2005)

1,526 titles in circa 1,820 volumes

Link to the catalogue

The Ebrahim Motazedi Archive of Qajar Documents

The Ebrahim Motazedi Archive. A collection of more than 34 groups of documents and manuscripts of various size and character, dating from 1785-1925, largely of the Kings and Royal Court of Iran. Numbering in excess of 120,000 sheets of documents

Link to the prospectus

Art and Culture of Muslim Lands

The Library of a Private Collector of Persian Art

2,957 titles in over 3,000 volumes                         

Link to the catalogue

Dr. Mohammed B. Alwan

Photographs of the Near and Middle East, 1860s-1930s. The Dr. Mohammed B. Alwan Collection

An archive of circa 4,500 photographs, including albumen and silver prints, color photochroms, cartes de visite, cabinet cards, stereoviews, and glass magic lantern slides

Link to the prospectus

Professor Irene J. Winter

The Ancient Near East. he Library of Professor Irene J. Winter, William Dorr Boardman Professor of Fine Arts, Department of History of Art & Architecture, Harvard University, 1988-2010; Queens College, CUNY, 1971-1976; The University of Pennsylvania, 1976-1988; MacArthur Foundation Prize recipient, 1983; Editor of the Brill series, Culture and History of the Ancient Near East

1,944 titles in over 2,110 volumes                          

Link to catalogue

Science & Philosophy in the Islamic World

The Library of a Private Collector

673 titles
12 titles printed in the 15th century (Incunabula)
56 titles printed in the 16th century
37 titles printed in the 17th century
20 titles printed in the 18th century
55 titles printed in the 19th century

Link to the catalogue

Six Modern and Contemporary Art Libraries

We are pleased to offer for sale the libraries of these distinguished scholars, art professionals and artists: Coosje van Bruggen/Claes Oldenburg, Marjory Jacobson, Stephen C. Foster/Estera Milman, Athena Tacha, Kirby Gookin and Hans Joachim Beyer. Catalogues of the libraries in pdf format are to be found on our Collections page on the Ars Libri website. Each library is offered complete.

Coosje van Bruggen/Claes Oldenburg
Contemporary Art: The Coosje van Bruggen/Claes Oldenburg Library
2,060 titles in circa 2,325 volumes
Link to the catalogue

Marjory Jacobson
Contemporary Art: The Library of Marjory Jacobson
Former Director of Exhibitions at Hayden Gallery, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Founder of Marjory Jacobson & Associates, art advisory firm
4,570 titles in over 4,700 volumes
Link to the catalogue

Athena Tacha
Athena Tacha: An Artist’s Library on Environmental Sculpture and Conceptual Art1,192 titles in 1,270 volumes
Link to the catalogue

Stephen C. Foster & Estera Milman
Studies in the Fine Arts: The Avant-Garde. The Library of Professor Stephen C. Foster, including The Library of Estera Milman
1,833 titles in circa 1925 volumes
Link to the catalogue

Kirby Gookin
Contemporary Art: The Reference Library of Professor Kirby Gookin, New York University
4,468 titles in over 4,525 volumes
Link to the catalogue

Hans Joachim Beyer
Contemporary Art: The European Panorama and Its American Counterparts: Boltanski, Bourgeois, Clemente, LeWitt, Rainer, Richter, Tuttle, Weiner. The Library of Hans Joachim Beyer, Bismarck-Verlag, Publisher of Artists Books & Print Portfolios
6,994 titles in over 7,360 volumes
Link to the catalogue

Click here to view all available collections at our website 

Please email us at orders@arslibri.com for inquiries and further details

 

 

Call for Applications | 2025-2026 Getty Scholar Program at the Villa

 

The J. Paul Getty Museum is pleased to announce the research theme for the 2025 – 2026 Getty Scholars Program at the Villa, “Religious Experience in Antiquity.” Applications for residential scholar grants are due on 1 October 2024 by 5pm PDT.

Annual Theme: Religious Experience in Antiquity

A multitude of religions flourished in the Mediterranean and beyond from the second millennium BCE through the Late Roman era. Addressing the diversity of faiths and rituals, scholars will consider the consequences of contact between the Greek and Roman worlds and neighboring civilizations of the Near East, Africa, and transalpine Europe. The intersection of religions entailed continuity and coexistence as well as intolerance and conflict. Conquest, commerce, migration, and the foundation of “international” sanctuaries facilitated new forms of worship. These interactions, which both reflected and shaped religious experience, were widely manifested in art and material culture. Engaging systems of belief that range from state-sponsored religion and local cults to private devotion, researchers will investigate how communities reconciled the spiritually charged and socially fluid landscapes around them.

The Getty Scholars Program at the Villa focuses on the Classical World in Context, a multi-year initiative to explore the interconnectivity between the ancient Mediterranean region and the cultures of Africa and Eurasia. Priority will be given to research projects that apply interdisciplinary, comparative, transregional, and diachronic approaches to art, material culture, literature, and other sources for the study of antiquity.

Deadline: 1 October 2024 by 5pm PDT

How to Apply: The research theme statement, as well as detailed instructions, eligibility requirements, and a link to apply are available online.

Eligibility: Residential grants are available for established scholars who have attained distinction in their fields and received their PhD more than 5 years ago.

Address inquiries to:

Attn: (Type of Grant)

The Getty Foundation

Phone: 310.440.7374

E-mail: VillaScholars@getty.edu; researchgrants@getty.edu

 

Call for Papers: Kiel Conference 2025 Scales of Social, Environmental & Cultural Change in Past Societies

The Kiel Conference will be held March 24-28, 2025 in Kiel, DE. To learn more about the conference, visit www.kielconference.uni-kiel.de. The Institute’s Professor Robyn Price is co-organizing, with the SHAARP Network, https://shaarp.network, Session 27 of the conference. This session will focus on “Sensory Transformations: Tracing interactions within archaeological contexts.” Please expand the images for additional information about the conference and session.

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Registration Now Open: ARCE 2024 Annual Meeting (April and May 2024)

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ARCE is pleased to announce that registration is now open for the 75th ARCE Annual Meeting.

For 2024, ARCE will continue to host a dual access meeting consisting of both an in-person meeting and a live-virtual meeting held on two separate weekends, with each portion featuring new content.

The In-Person Annual Meeting will take place from April 19-21, 2024, at the Omni William Penn Hotel in Pittsburgh, PA. The in-person registration fee includes access to the Virtual Meeting.

The Virtual Meeting will be held online May 17-19, 2024. The Virtual Meeting will consist of new, live paper sessions.

Please visit arce.org/annual-meeting to register and learn more. 

For assistance, please email AMHelp@arce.org

REGISTER NOW

 

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Episode 2 of ARCE’s 75th Anniversary Podcast

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Episode 2:

Exploring the work of the American Research Center in Egypt: How ARCE programs, fellowships, and Publications impact the field

with Dr. Yasmin El Shazly and Dr. Emily Teeter

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The ARCE 75th Anniversary Podcast series is back. The second episode will focus on ARCE’s programs and publications as well as their impact on the field.

MORE INFORMATION HERE

“Context and Meaning XXII: Scandal” Student Conference

Join the Queen’s University Art History Department for their Graduate Student Conference “Context and Meaning XXII: Scandal.” It will take place online and in person on February 3-4, 2023. The Keynote Speaker will be John Geoghegan at 1:15-2:15pm on Friday 3, 2023. Register for the conferenc eat gvca.ca.

Unearthing History: The Remarkable Journey of John Wesley Gilbert

Read the article “Unearthing History: The Remarkable Journey of John Wesley Gilbert” by Tamara Shiloh to learn more about the first Black alumni from a Brown University masters department, as well as the first African American archaeologist in America!

The article can be accessed through this link.

ARCE 75th Anniversary Podcast Series

The American Research Center for Egypy podcast is back, and this season will focus on ARCE’s 75th Anniversary. The season will feature four episodes; the first of which will delve into the founding and early beginnings of the American Research Center in Egypt.

Click here to learn more!

 

We The Museum – New Episodes, and Smithsonian’s Stories from Main Street

New episodes of the podcast “We The Museum” by Hannah Hethmon are out! They include:

  • The First Americans Museum with Dr. heather ahtone (Director of Curatorial Affairs)
  • Hiring Icks and Fair museum Jobs with Sierra Van Ryck deGroot and Ashleigh Hibbins

Listen to We The Museum here.

Smithsonian’s Stories from Main Street is back with new episodes after a long hiatus. This podcast, from SITES’ Museum on Main Street program, is produced, written, and hosted by Hannah Hethmon, your friendly neighborhood museum podcast person.

The upcoming three episodes feature stories from their Crossroads: Change in Rural America exhibition. Educator and public historian Bobby Harley co-hosts. And stayed tuned after these episodes, as more mini-series are in the works.

Listen to Smithsonian’s Stories here.

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