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Irene Bierman, PhD

Associate Professor of Art History
Director, Center for Near Eastern Studies
10286 Bunche Hall
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1480

bierman@ucla.edu

(above: dust jacket from WRITING SIGNS The Fatimid Public Text, Irene A. Bierman)

Sultan Eyup cami- Janisary Band chanting / commemorating centuries of Ottoman military tradition (continued below).

Medieval Cairo for a Modern World (co-editor with Nasser Rabbat ). Kevorkian Award Lectures 1999.

The Ottoman City and Its Parts: Urban Form and Social Order. Irene A. Bierman, Rifa'at Ali Abou-El-Haj and Donald Preziosi, editors. (New York: Caratzas Bros. Pub., 1991)

Identity and Materiel Culture in the Early Islamic World. UCLA Near East Center Colloquium Series, Irene A. Bierman, editor. (Center for Near Eastern Studies, UCLA, 1995)

Egypt and the Fabrication of European Identity. UCLA Near East Center Colloquium Series, Irene A. Bierman, editor. (Center for Near Eastern Studies, UCLA, 1995)

Writing Identity in Medieval Cairo. UCLA Near East Center Colloquium Series, Irene A. Bierman, editor. (Center for Near Eastern Studies, UCLA, 1995)

Seattle Art Museum Handbook. Seattle Art Museum, 1991. "Bird and Two Lovers and Attendant", "Candlestick" and "Qur'an page."

"The Iconographic Significance of the Interlocked Arabic Script: Lam/Alif, Alif/Lam. In Center 2: Research

Reports and Record of Activities. Center for Advanced Studies in the visual Arts, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. 1983.

"Saying 'No" to Difference: Interlocked Arabic Script" In Center 3: Research Reports and Record of Activities. Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. 1983.

Patterns of Fibre, Islam. Exhibition Pamphlet. Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington. Exhibition, Winter, 1980, pp. 63-69.

Yurts. Exhibition Pamphlet. Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, Washington, Exhibition, Winter, 1979.

The Warp and Weft of Islam. Jere L. Bacharach and Irene A. Bierman. Seattle: The Henry Art Gallery, 1978

Prayer, and Materials, and Nomads. Three pamphlets for The Warp and Weft of Islam. Prepared with Jere L. Bacharach, 1978.

“Franchising Ottoman Istanbul: The Case of Ottoman Crete” In “ 7 Centuries of Ottoman Architecture- A Supra-national heritage” (Istanbul: forthcoming)

“The Time and Space of Medieval Cairo” In Guardians of Memory, Ed. Flora Kaplan. (NYU Press, forthcoming)

"Art and Architecture in the Medieval Period" Cambridge History of Egypt. (Cambridge University Press 1998): 339-374.

‘Mediterranean” chapter in The Extraordinary in the Ordinary Textiles and Objects from the Collections of Lloyd Cotsen and the Neutrogena Collection, ed. Mary Hunt Kahlenberg (New York: Harry N. Abrams,1998):140-161.

“Inscribing the City: Fatimid Cairo” Islamische Text, Kunst des Mittelalters: Actuelle Probleme (Abegg-Stiftung: Riggisberg, 1997): 105-114.

"Architecture, Traditional Forms" The Oxford Encyclopaedia of the Modern Islamic World (1995):118-128.

“Parallax of Judgment” In Identity and Medieval Cairo Working Papers Los Angeles: Gustav von Grunebaum Center for Near Eastern Studies, (1995)

"Urban Memory and the Preservation of Monuments" in Restoration and Conservation of Islamic Monuments in Egypt, ed. Jere L. Bacharach ( American University in Cairo Press, 1995): 1-12.

“Urban Transformations and Political Hegemonies” pp. 301-9. In Urbanism in Islam (ICUIT II) (Tokyo: The Middle East Culture Center, 1994).

"The Politics of Design: Ottoman Hegemony and Urban Form" In Proceedings of the Fourth Annual Congress of the Hellenic Semiotic Society, 1992 (forthcoming)

"The Near East Gallery," Arts of Asia (vol. 22, no. 3 (May-June 1992). pp. 120-127.

"Painting the Future by Re-Presenting the Past" in Dragons, Heroes and Lovers Revival of Manuscript Painting Traditions in Uzbekistan and Iran. Wing Luke Museum: Seattle, 1991. pp. 22-26.

"The Ottomanization of Crete" In The Ottoman City and Its Parts: Urban Form and Social Order. eds. Irene A. Bierman et al. New York: Caratzas Bros. 1991

"The Art of the Public Text: Medieval Islamic Rule" In World Art Themes of Diversity , Acts of the XXVIth International Congress of Art, 3 vols. ed. Irving Lavin, Penn State University Press, 1989, Vol. II, pp. 283-91.

"Saying 'No' to Difference." In Semiotics 1983, edited by Jonathan Evans and John Deely. New York: University Press of American, 1987, pp. 3-12.

"Rewriting the Urban Text." With Donald A. Preziosi. In Semiotics 1983, edited by Johnathan Evans and John Deely. New York: University Press of American, 1987, pp. 29-38.

"The Messages of Urban Space: The Case of Crete" in Espace et Societe , Spring 1986, pp. 377-88.

"Writing in Arabic a Mediterranean Sign" In Semiotics 1985 ed. John Deely. (New York: University Press of America, 1986): 597-607.

"The Significance of Arabic Writing in Oriental Carpets." Hali: International Journal of Carpets and Textiles. vol. 5, no. 2, 1982, pp. 18-22.

Articles on: "Fatimid Art", "Islamic Ivories," Khil'a", "Kiswa," and "Tiraz stuff, Products of," Dictionary of the Middle Ages. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, (Serial beginning 1982).

"Oriental Carpets, Islamic Society and the West." American Art and Antiques, March - April, 1981, pp. 64-73. Written with Jere L. Bacharach.

"Medieval Flatweaves in the Urban Middle East." Flat Weaves. The Arthur D. Jenkins Collection. Vol. I. Edited by Cathryn Cootner. Washington, D.C.: The Textile Museum, 1981, pp. 161-67

"Oriental Rugs in the Pacific Northwest." In The Warp and Weft of Islam. pp. 53-57. Edited by Jere L. Bacharach and Irene A. Bierman. Seattle: The Henry Gallery, 1978.

Iznik by Nurhan Atasoy and Julian Raby, Middle East Studies Association, Bulletin, Summer 1992, p. 234.

Qasr Kharana in the Transjordan by Stephen K. Urice, in Middle East Studies Association, Bulletin, Dec. 1988.

Islam: Konst och Kultur Statens Historiska Museum, Stockholm, Sweden 1985 in Middle East Studies Association, Bulletin, Vol. 21.2, Dec.1987, p.229.

Arab Art as Seen Through the Monuments of Cairo from the Seventh to the Eighteenth Centuries by Emile Prise d'Avennes trans. by J.I. Erythrasppis, orig. pub. in 1877. al-Saqi Books, London, 1983, in Middle East Studies Association, Bulletin, Vol. 21.2, Dec. 1987, p.222.

Traditional Textiles of Tunisia and related North African Weavings by Irmatraud Reswick. Craft Folk Art Museum, Los Angeles, 1985, in Middle East Studies Association, Bulletin, vol. 21.2, Dec. 1987, pp. 249-50.

Art et Societe dans le Monde Iranien edited by C. Adle. In Middle East Studies Association, Bulletin, Vol. 18.2, Dec. 1984, pp. 232-3.

Studies in Medieval Iraqi Architecture by Dr. Tariq Jawad al-Janabi. In Middle East Studies Association, Bulletin, Vol. 18.2, Dec. 1984, pp. 242-3.

The Influence of Turkish Textiles and Costumes in Eastern Europe by Veronika Gervers. In Middle East Studies Association, Bulletin, Vol. 17.2, Dec. 1983, pp. 184-5.

The Art of Arabic Calligraphy by Dr. Yousif Mahmud Ghulam. In Middle East Studies Association, Bulletin, Vol. 17.2, Dec. 1983, pp. 183-6.

The Image of the Word by Erica C. Dodd and Shsheen Khairallah. In Middle East Studies Association, Bulletin, Vol. 16.2, Dec. 1982, pp. 44-5.

Calligraphy in the Arts of the Muslim World by Anthony Welch. In The Journal of Asian Studies,

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston - Visual Materials for Teaching Islamic Art. In Middle East Studies Association, Bulletin, Vol. 14,1, July 1980, pp. 72-3.

Orientalism by Edward Said. In Middle East Studies Association, Bulletin, Vol. 13.1, July, 1979, p.68.

Visiting Curator, Permanent Installation of Islamic Art Galleries, New Seattle Art Museum, Seattle Washington, 1989-92.

Consultant, "The Common Cord" Exhibition, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington, Winter, 1986.

Guest Curator, "Patterns of Fibre" Islamic Textiles Section, Seattle Art Museum, Washington. December, 1980-81.

Co-Curator, "Society in Stitches: Islamic Embroidery of the 19th and 20th Centuries. " University of Washington, May, 1980.

Co-Curator, The Warp and Weft of Islam. Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, Washington, March-April, 1978; Portland Art Museum, July-September, 1979.

Consultant, Collections, exhibition of Western Washington and Vancouver, B.C., Canada. Bellingham Art Museum, Bellingham, Washington, December 1978-January 1979.

Curator, "Eastern Washington Collections - The Warp and Weft of Islam." Cheney Cowels Museum, Spokane, Washington, February-March, 1979.

Co-Curator, "Reno Collections -- The Warp and Weft of Islam", Sierra Nevada Museum of Art, Reno, Nevada, April, 1979.

Co-Curator, "The Arts of the Middle East." Islamic Section, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington, May-October, 1978.

"Symbols of Islam" Telecourse. Thirteen one-half hour programs. Prepared with Jere L. Bacharach. University of Washington. 1980.

"Islamic Mosques" Produced for High School and Jr. College, 28 minutes. Prepared by the University of Washington, 1978.

Eyup is the burial site of Eyup Sultan and is a holy site for visitation Ziyara. Over the centuries many pious institutions such as soup kitchens Imarat, libraries Kutupkhane as well as mausolea were built near the tomb of Eyup.