Arthur Upham Pope and his research methods in Muhammadan art:Persian carpets

This paper looks at the emergence of Persian carpet scholarship in the early twentieth century, and the formative role played by Arthur Upham Pope, one of the American pioneers of Iranian art studies and collecting. By examining the background to his article published in the Art Bulletin in 1925, the paper considers how Persian carpets were incorporated into Islamic art-historical discourse in the early twentieth century

Отчет о проведении IX межрегиональной олимпиады по японскому языку, Екатеринбург, 2015

В статье рассматриваются принципы организация и итоги проведения IX межрегиональной олимпиады по японскому языку усилиями преподавателей японского языка кафедры востоковедения УрФУ. Раскрыто содержание конкурса, проанализированы его итоги в контексте развития навыков японской устной разговорной речи и методов преподавания японского языка.This article reported how the ninth Yekaterinburg Japanese Language Speech Contest was organized by a novice Japanese language teacher at the Department of Oriental Studies at Ural Federal University. After the contest, the survey was conducted and the result showed that it was clear that providing such a contest was a worthwhile opportunity for learners of Japanese to actually use Japanese with a clear purpose, to improve their language skills, and to expand their confidence in speaking in Japanese. Although there was positive feedback from the contestants, as a language teacher as well as an organizer there were several issues to deal with in the future in order to improve the event

Assessing the Digital Maturity Level of Higher Education Institutions

The primary focus of this paper is to propose a methodology for prioritizing the elements in the Digital Maturity Framework for Higher Education Institutions (DMFHEI) and assessing the digital maturity level (ML) of HEIs in Croatia. Developing the DMFHEI requires the application of a sophisticated methodology, which includes a set of methods, techniques, and instruments. Some of the analyses performed are qualitative, such as the comparison of similar frameworks and strategic documents, while others are quantitative, such as the Q-sorting method, focus groups, and multi-criteria decision-making methods. In the framework development phase, the well-known multi-criteria decision-making method the analytic hierarchy process/analytic network process (AHP/ANP) was implemented to prioritize the main areas and elements identified in the framework. The results of prioritization are shown in this paper, as well as the influence of the area and element priorities on the general digital ML of the institution

George Lane (ed.). The Phoenix Mosque and the Persians of Medieval Hangzhou

Edited by George Lane, The Phoenix Mosque and the Persians of Medieval Hangzhou intends to contextualise one of the historic mosques on the coastal region of East China and their related cultural relics, particularly tombstones and stelae, some of which are masterfully carved and inscribed. Located in Hangzhou (the capital of the Southern Song Dynasty) and known as the Phoenix (Fenghuang) Mosque, this architectural complex is uniquely blending Chinese and Islamic styles. Although its original..

Nancy Shatzman Steinhardt. China’s Early Mosques

China’s Early Mosques is one of the latest additions to the Edinburgh Studies in Islamic Art and among the most unique publications in the field of so-called “Islamic architecture” in recent years. While the history of Middle Eastern (i.e. Iran, Turkey and the Arab world) architecture since the seventh century remains the focal point in this field of research, Steinhardt enters the field from East Asia. As a study of Chinese architectural history, too, China’s Early Mosques is far too unique ..

Atefeh Seyed Mousavi. Narrative Illustration on Qajar Tilework in Shiraz

This book is the forty-sixth volume of an interdisciplinary series in Islamic and Middle Eastern studies, Beiträge zur Kulturgeschichte des Islamischen Orients, published by Verlag für Orientkunde since 1949. Based on the author’s doctoral dissertation, Narrative Illustration on Qajar Tilework in Shiraz, explores a group of illustrated tiles from nineteenth-century public and private buildings in Shiraz. This unique artistic phenomenon has received little scholarly attention, compared with a ..

Marie-Catherine Rey, Huei-Chung Tsao (eds.). Jade: Des empereurs à l'art déco / Jade: From Emperors to Art Deco

This beautifully illustrated volume has been published to accompany an exhibition on the arts of jade, organised jointly by the Musée National des Arts Asiatiques - Guimet in Paris and the National Palace Museum in Taipei in autumn 2016 - winter 2017. Showcasing more than 200 pieces drawn from not only the Chinese imperial collection but also local French collections, the exhibition demonstrates the significance of jade culture across Eurasia from ancient to modern times. Although jade is clo..

Lamia Balafrej. The Making of the Artist in Late Timurid Painting

How did Persian artists self-represent themselves within paintings in the absence of a tradition of self-portraiture? How did Persian beholders engage themselves with the style of painting in the past? By addressing these fundamental questions in the study of Persian painting, The Making of the Artist in Late Timurid Painting examines the performative and self-representational abilities of Persian artists through the detailed examination of the Cairo Bustan, the earliest surviving illustrated..