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The Aga Khan Historic Cities Programme Seminar Series
May 22, 2008
 
 

AGA KHAN TRUST FOR CULTURE

and

His Highness Prince Aga Khan Shia Imami Ismaili Council for Canada

Present

The Aga Khan Historic Cities Programme Exhibition
Pendulum Gallery - 885 West Georgia Street, Vancouver, BC
May 12 - 28, 2008

The exhibition provides insight into how the preservation of historic cultural and religious monuments serves as a catalyst for socio-economic development
 and how the revitalization of architecture can build bridges,
 not only between the past and the present in the Muslim world,
but also between the Muslim world and the West.


Seminar Series


Thursday, May 15, 7:00 - 8:30 pm
At the Pendulum Gallery - 885 West Georgia Street, Vancouver, BC

Inge Roecker, UBC School of Architecture
Lus Social Enterprise Pharmacy for Woman in the Downtown Eastside 

Thursday, May 22, 7:00 - 8:30 pm
 At the Pendulum Gallery - 885 West Georgia Street, Vancouver, BC

Janice Abbott, CEO, Atira Property Management Inc.
Michael Clague, former Director of the Carnegie Centre, Hank Bull, Executive Director, Centre A"Tools for Empowerment: Arts and Culture on the Downtown Eastside"
www.centrea.org


Wednesday, May 28, 7:00 - 8:30 pm
At the Pendulum Gallery - 885 West Georgia Street, Vancouver, BC

Centre for the Comparative Study of Muslim Societies and Cultures, SFU
Anthony Welch, Professor of Islamic Art and Architecture, Iranian Painting,
Architecture of Muslim India, University of Victoria
"The Emperor's Grief: Two Early Mughal Tombs of Delhi"


RSVP: hcp-seminar at ijkc.com or 604-438-4010 Ext 2 (Please state which seminar you will attend)
www.akdn.org/agency/aktc.html


 
 
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