‘Word of God, Art of Man: The Qur’an and its Creative Expressions’ opening sessions

The three-day international colloquium, “Word of God, Art of Man: The Qur’an and its Creative Expressions”,was launched on October 18, 2003 with an evening reception and plenary lecture by Gulru Necipoglu, Aga Khan Professor of Islamic Art and Architecture at MIT. The formal preceedings, beginning with an address by His Highness the Aga Khan on October 19, was followed by the Opening Lecture by renowned Art Historian, Oleg Grabar.

Attended by more than 250 scholars, students and artists, the inaugural conference of the Qur’anic Studies Unit of The Institute of Ismaili Studies is the second in a series of events inaugurating the 25th Anniversary of the founding of The Institute of Ismaili Studies, following the Nasir Khusraw Millenium Conference held earlier this year in Tajikistan.