Bridging The Divide Between The United States And The Muslim World Through Arts And Ideas: Possibilities And Limitations
Appendix II: List Of Participants
Sulayman al–Bassam, Founder and Director, Sabab Theater (Kuwait)
Sabiha al–Khemir, Art Historian, British Museum (Tunisia)
Jon Anderson, Professor of Anthropology, Catholic University (United States)
Margaret Ayers, President, Robert Sterling Clark Foundation (United States)
Tahar Ben Jelloun, Poet and writer (Morocco)
Richard Bulliet, Professor of History, Columbia University (United States)
Joni Cherbo, Executive Director, Resource Center for Cultural Engagement (United States)
Michael Conforti, Director, Francine and Sterling Clark Art Institute (United States)
Rachel Cooper, Director, Cultural Programs, Asia Society (United States)
Vishakha Desai, President, Asia Society (United States)
Dale Eickelman, Professor of Anthropology, Dartmouth College (United States)
Baghat El Nadi [Mahmoud Hussein], Writer (Egypt)
Sandra Gibson, President and CEO, Association of Performing Arts Presenters (United States)
Farid Hafez, Research Fellow, University of Vienna (Austria)
Darcy Hector, Program Officer, Robert Sterling Clark Foundation (United States)
Stephen Heintz, President, Rockefeller Brothers Fund (United States)
Frank Hodsoll, Chair, Center for Arts and Culture, George Mason University (United States)
Hamid Ismailov, Writer and Head, Asia Bureau, BBC (Uzbekistan)
Bruce Lawrence, Professor of Religion, Duke University (United States)
Theodore Levin, Professor of Music, Dartmouth College (United States)
Ambassador William Luers, Former Chairman, United Nations Association of the U.S.A. (United States)
Mohd Anis Md Nor, Professor of Ethnomusicology, University of Malaya (Malaysia)
Sharon Memis, Director, British Council U.S.A. (United Kingdom)
Mohiaddin Mesbahi, Professor of International Relations, Florida International University (Iran)
Kenizé Mourad, Writer (Turkey)
Zarqa Nawaz, Executive Producer, FUNdamentalist Films (Canada)
Farhan Nizami, Director, Oxford Center for Islamic Studies (India)
Pennie Ojeda, Director, International Activities, National Endowment for the Arts (United States)
Samina Quraeshi, Gardner Fellow, Harvard University (Pakistan)
Anne Imelda Radice, President, Institute of Museum and Library Studies (United States)
Adel Rifaat [Mahmoud Hussein], Writer (Egypt)
Iqbal Riza, Under–Secretary General, United Nations (Pakistan)
Nadia Roumani, Program Officer, Doris Duke Foundation (United States)
Neda Sarmast, Documentary filmmaker (Iran)
Mourad Sakli, Musicologist, Centre des Musiques Arabes & Méditerranéennes (Tunisia)
Philip Schuyler, Professor of Music, University of Washington (United States)
Anthony Shay, Assistant Professor of Dance and Culture, Pomona College (United States)
Faouzi Skali, Director, Fes Festival of World Sacred Music (Morocco)
Isaac Solotaroff, Documentary filmmaker (United States)
Huzir Sulaiman, Dramatist (Malaysia)
Ivan S. Weinstein, Political Officer, Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs, U.S. Department of State (United States)
Hillary Wiesner, Director, Islam Initiative, Carnegie Corporation (United States)
Back to the top.Table of Contents
- Director’s Preface
- Executive Summary
- Opening Session
- Session I – World of the Artist
- June 6th Lunchtime Keynote Speech
- Session II – World of the Artist: Venues and Institutions
- Session III – Art and Social Commentary
- Session IV – Art and Social Commentary: Fusion and Satire
- June 7th Lunchtime Keynote Speech
- Session V – Cultural Exchange: Cultural Capital
- Session VI – Re–envisioning U.S. Cultural Diplomacy
- Conclusion
- Notes to Sessions
- Appendix I: Conference Program
- Appendix II: List of Participants
- Appendix III: Mustapha Tlili’s Opening Statement
Appendix IV: Background Paper
- Introduction
- Changing impressions — Muslim Voices: Arts & Ideas
- The Arts of Islam in the Eyes of the West: A Historical View
- Cultural exchanges: viewing history through gifts and commerce
- Gift exchanges: Harun al–Rashid and Charlemagne
- Gift exchanges: Venice and the Ottoman Empire
- Commerce: coins, jewelry, and other goods
- Commerce: twentieth–century changes
- Creative Lives Under Changing Circumstances
- Early Muslim Society
- The Post–Mongol Muslim World
- The Early Modern Muslim World
- The Muslim World in 1900
- The Muslim World Today
- The Arts of Islam: A Brief History
- A. Poetry and Song
- B. Qur’anic Chant
- C. Calligraphy
- D. Belles Lettres
- E. Music and Dance
- F. Theater
- G. Painting, Sculpture, and Design
- H. Architecture
- Islamic Art Today
- Conclusion
- Recommended Further Readings
- Notes to Background Paper
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