IIS-LAS Lecture: From Baghdad to the Potters of Puebla
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The IIS-LAS Islam and Latin America Series presents:
"From Baghdad to the Potters of Puebla: How an Islamic Art Form Became a Mexican Icon"
Dr. Farzaneh Pirouz Moussavi
Friday, February 12, 2021
2 to 3:30 pm
Online via Zoom
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Dr. Farzaneh Pirouz studied at the University of Oxford, where she conducted doctoral research into the history and geography of tin-glaze ceramics. As a Barakat Fellow at the University, she developed and curated exhibitions – in Mexico City, Puebla and Dallas, Texas – about the tin glaze pottery from the Middle East to Spain and Mexico. She also wrote an illustrated book entitled Clay Between Two Seas: From Baghdad to the Talavera of Puebla, published in 2017 by Planeta Lunwerg.