Planned Events of the International Hajji Baba Society DATE: September 23, 2012 SPEAKERS: David and Sue Richardson SUBJECT: Qaraqalpaq Culture and Textiles DATE: October 7, 2012 SPEAKER: Jon Thompson SUBJECT: TBA DATE: November 11, 2012 SPEAKER: Karthika Audinet SUBJECT: Indian Textiles Some Other Upcoming Textile Events and Other Events of Interest DATE: January 8-June 24, 2012 Fowler Museum at UCLA: Japanese Pictorial Ikats from the Krauss Collection Fowler Announcement DATE: Thursday, May 31, 2012, 7 pm LOCATION: Meyer Auditorium, Freer SUBJECT: Impressions of Ottoman Culture in Europe, 1453-1699 Dr. Nurhan Atasoy, scholar in residence at the Turkish Cultural Foundation, discusses her new book Impressions of Ottoman Culture in Europe, 1453-1699. The book explores the multi-faceted cultural influences and the impressions of Ottoman material culture on Europe in the early modern age when the expansion of Ottoman territory created common borders and intensive political, diplomatic and trade ties with Europe. DATE: September 12-15, 2012 Complex Weavers Seminar National 4H Conference Center Chevy Chase, MD See here for details. DATE: September 19-22, 2012 Textile Society of America 13th Biennial Symposium Washington DC See here for details. DATE: September 4-October 17, 2012 Exhibition of Jacquard and Dobby Textiles Visarts Center Rockville MD Watch here and here for details. DATE: mid September -mid October 2012 Abstractions and Variations of Traditional Symbols in Japanese E-gasuri (Picture Ikat) Japan Information and Culture Center Washington DC DATE: October 18-20, 2012 ARTS Antique Rug & Textile Show San Francisco CA See here for details. Tour to Uzbekistan and Tajikistan. Small group in August-September. Possible to skip Uzbekistan if you've already been there and join the tour in Tajikistan. See Cultural Travels (Vedat Karadag) for details. return to home page