Past Events of the International Hajji Baba Society


April 20, 2008 Turkish Felt Rug Making and Dyeing, Lecture by Mehmet Girgiç and Theresa May-O'Brien

March 30, 2008 Some Musings on the Origins of the Turkmen Göl, Lecture by Richard Wright

February 2, 2008 Annual Meeting, Potluck Dinner and Lecture by Daniel Walker

January 20, 2008 Shibori: the Japanese Art of Tie Dyeing, Lecture by Jeffrey Krauss

Keshishian's 2007 Christmas Party

November 11, 2007 Contemporary Textile Production in Uzbekistan, Lecture by Christine Brown

October 21, 2007 Ronald Graham in 19th c. Persia: Rugs and Textiles in his Photo Album, Lecture by Jeff Spurr

September 9, 2007 Picnic at the Zimmerman's

August 19, 2007 Tremendous Transatlantic Turkmen Treffen

August 13, 2007 From Sagdak to Salor, Lecture by Jürg Rageth

March 25, 2007 Iranian Bags, Covers and Bands as Woven and Used in the Nomad Context, Lecture by Raoul Tschebull

February 18, 2007 Looking at Carpets on the Diagonal, Lecture by Carol Bier

January 27, 2007 Annual Meeting and Wendell Swan's Talk on Shahsavan Weavings Party

January 21, 2007 Afshar Salon

Keshishian's 2006 Christmas Party

September 10, 2006 Picnic

April 29, 2006, Carbon Dating of Turkmen Rugs and Dye/Mordant Analysis, Lecture by Jurg Rageth

March 5, 2006, Malagasy Textiles, Talk by Julia Brennan and Sarah Fee

November 13, 2005, Transylvanian Rugs in their Context, Talk by Alberto Boralevi

September 25, 2005 Picnic

September 11, 2005, How the Great Carpets Were Made, Talk by Jon Thompson,







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