Conferences
I took part in the leading international conferences regarding Yemen and Arabia:
2009
Seminar for Arabian Studies (SAS)
At Seminar for Arabian Studies (SAS) I had two posters presented regarding two phenomena in the corpus of the postdoctoral research and the problems derived out of them.
The first is the Arabic writing in ‘carpet pages’ of Hebrew Illuminated Bibles from Yemen entitled: San’a & Aden: Arabic Writing in carpet pages of Hebrew Illuminated Bibles.
The second is the Rasulid coinage in Yemen (1229-1454) as a source of inspiration for some of the Art programs in Hebrew Illuminated Bibles from Yemen, entitled: Fishes (Huti).
A Special workshop on the subject ”The Development of Arabic as a Written Language”, was included in the Seminar. I addressed the workshop my main question regarding the Arabic writing in carpet pages of Hebrew Illuminated Bibles from Yemen, which is, ”Is it readable?”.
Thanks to them, it is now clear that Arabic writing in carpet pages of Hebrew Illuminated Bibles from Yemen is rooted, at the latest, in the Rasulid praising titling. Though, it needs farther research and collaboration with these experts, that is a break through.
You are welcome to download the photos of the Arabic writing and the paper I had addressed that workshop.
2008
Seminar for Arabian Studies (SAS)
I gave a lecture entitled Mi’dad מעצ’ד (bracelet): Jewish Art or Islamic Art?. It based on my Ph.D. dissertation. I showed that the concept of the bracelet, dated to the eighteenth century, is based on and inspired from a carpet pageof a Hebrew Illuminated Bible from Yemen from the fifteenth century.
The lecture’s abstract as appears in the Seminar for Arabian Studies (SAS) website:
Yemenite Jewellery is famous. However, Jewellery from the 18th century has been less scrutinized. The aim of this paper is in respect of Mi’dad (bracelet) from the 18th century, San’a. It will be examined from new attitudes of comparative research of Jewish and Islamic Art.
Even though the concept for Mi’dad (bracelet) was based on Carpet Pages of Hebrew Illuminated Bible from the 14th /15th centuries, the actual work was operated under the new Law of the Zaydi Imams from the beginning of the 18th century – known as Qanun San’a.
Mi’dad (bracelet) is very important as a test case to analyze Yemenite Jewellery in the 18th century as it juxtaposes Jewellery, Hebrew Illuminated Bibles, Islamic Art and the Islamic Law.
Society for Arabian Studies
The subject of the Biennial Conference of Society for Arabian Studies was Death, Burial, and the Transition to the Afterlife in Arabia and Adjacent Regions. I presented a poster entitled THE SCORPION, in respect of al-Shabazi Illuminated Pentateuch and the phenomena of pilgrimage to his grave in Ta’izz as implemented in Jewellery.
You can also download the conference program, as it does not appear at the conference’s website (my poster presentation is mentioned in page 5).