Carol Bier

Madrasa-Midrasha Calligraphy Workshop

The Madrasa-Midrasha Program at the GTU is delighted to welcome you to an evening of interactive Hebrew and Arabic calligraphy. The event will feature presentations by Peretz Wolf-Prusan and Arash Shirinbab moderated by Carol Bier. The workshop will be in-person with limited space, so please register at the link below. Snacks and socializing to follow.

Join us for this special event co-sponsored by the Madrasa-Midrasha Program and the Center for the Arts and Religion (CARe) at the GTU, which will feature presentations by Liat Berdugo (University of San Francisco) and Pantea Karimi (Santa Clara University).

Register Here for the Zoom Webinar.

CIS is pleased to announce that Carol Bier, Historian of Islamic Art and CIS Research Scholar, will be presenting a lecture at the Hillside Club in Berkeley (2286 Cedar Street) on Impressions of Uzbekistan: From Remnants of the Old Silk Road to Seismic Modernism, followed by discussion and refreshments, co-sponsored by the Center for Islamic Studies. For more info: http://bhcweb.wixsite.com/hillsideclub/firesidemeeting

Join the Center for Jewish Studies, Center for Islamic Studies, and Center for Religion & the Arts at the Graduate Theological Union for "Aesthetics and the Divine," featuring Francesco Spagnolo and Carol Bier. 

Tuesday, April 4, 5:00 pm
Doug Adams Gallery
2465 Le Conte Avenue, Berkeley

The Hillside Club (2286 Cedar Street, Berkeley) is hosting this illustrated lecture by CIS Visiting Scholar Carol Bier, curator of the exhibition, Reverberating Echoes: Contemporary Art Inspired by Traditional Islamic Art, on display at the Doug Adams Gallery from January 31-May 26, 2017.  This lecture is co-sponsored by the Center for Islamic Studies and the Hillside Club.