Living Line: Legacies of Islamic Calligraphy and Illumination
| When | Thursday, April 9, 2026 from 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM |
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| Where | Hatcher Gallery Event Space Hatcher Library North, First Floor, Room 100 View building informationView floor plan |
| Event type | Lecture/Discussion |
Join us for a conversation and collection visit with artists specializing in Ottoman classical book arts. Aisha Imam, director of the Reed Society for the Sacred Arts will lead a panel discussion with:
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Dr. Nihad Dukhan — a resident of Farmington Hills who received his icazet (ijāzah — calligraphy diploma) in sülüs and nesih (thuluth and naskh) styles from Istanbul grand master calligrapher Hasan Çelebi in 2009, and in talik (taʿlīq) style in 2013 from master calligrapher Mohamed Zakariya
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Khalid Casado — a Madrid-based calligrapher who received his icazet in sülüs and nesih styles under the masters Hasan Çelebi, Ferhat Kurlu and Nuria García in 2014
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Behnaz Karjoo — a New York-based Iranian-American tazhib (illumination) artist who has been classically trained under a distinguished master of Turkish illumination
Following the panel, join the artists and curator Evyn Kropf for a guided viewing of pieces from the Islamic Manuscripts Collection. This collection includes a significant number of works by well-known Ottoman masters of calligraphy and illumination to which contemporary calligraphers and illuminators trained in Ottoman traditional practices trace their artistic lineage.
Organized in partnership with Reed Society for the Sacred Arts and sponsored by the University of Michigan Library and Global Islamic Studies Center.
We invite you to register for these related workshops:
The Art of Illumination (tazhib) with Behnaz Karjoo, April 8, 10am
Introduction to the Art of Calligraphy with Khalid Casado, April 9, 10am
Opening of Isl. Ms. 229 (Istanbul, 1791 or 2), an album of "taklid" (imitation) by the Ottoman calligrapher Mahmud Celâleddin Efendi (d.1829) reproducing pieces by the master Hafız Osman Efendi (d.1698).
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