‘Lectures’ Archives
Folk kilims from Romania by Naïry Vrouyr and Stefano Ionescu
The ICOC Stockholm lecture program included a lecture "Scoartze: Folk kilims from Romania" by Naïry Vrouyr as presenting author and Stefano Ionescu as co-author. This presentation discussed the folk kilims produced in the area between the Danube and Ukraine, a region that was divided, at the beginning of the 19th century, in different countries: Walachia, Transylvania, Moldavia and [...]
ICOC lectures: Scandinavia
The lectures on Scandinavian textiles were divided in two sessions on Friday 17 June 2011. Anette Granlund and Margareta Nockert were moderators and the speakers included Margareta Nockert, Marina Zasetckaia, Désirée Koslin, Gunnar Nilsson and Wendel Swan. Margareta Nockert spoke about "The Soumak Technique in Scandinavia from the 5th Century to the End of the 13th Century". The [...]
ICOC lectures: Central Asia
The Central Asia lectures were divided in two sessions 17 June 2011 in the morning. Dennis Dodds and Elena Tsareva were moderators and the lecturers included Christine Martens, Clive Rogers, Elena Tsareva, Irina Bogoslovskaya, Elmira Gyul and Jeff Spurr. Christine Martens lecture "Quilts and patchwork of Central Asia" examined the quilt and patchwork traditions of the Kyrgyz, Tajik, [...]
ICOC lectures: Turkey
The ICOC Turkey session took place 18 June in the morning and included lectures by Suzan Bayraktaroðlu, Vedat Karadag and Stefano Ionescu. Sumru Krody was moderator. Suzan Bayraktaroðlu's lecture "Two Ottoman Carpets in Vakiflar Administration of Cyprus" included presentation of two remarkable carpets collected by the Vakiflar foundation from mosques in Nicosia, Cyprus. Vedat [...]
ICOC lectures: Persia
ICOCs two "Persia" sessions took place in the afternoon 18 June. Raoul Tschebull and Wendel Swan where moderators. The lecturers included Jessica Hallett, Hadi Maktabi, Peter Willborg and Afsaneh Ghani. Jessica Hallett held a speech "Three ‘Salting’ Carpets Discovered in the Palace of the Dukes of Braganza, Portugal" and told how rug enthusiasts, and among them Michael Franses, had [...]
