Khamseen: Islamic Art History Online is a scholarly platform for introducing concepts, terms, projects, and resources for teaching and working with the art, architecture, and visual culture of Islam. The project was founded in 2020 by a team of researchers and students, lead by Professor of Islamic art at the University of Michigan, Christiane Gruber, but has continued to grow in content and pedagogical offerings since. In addition to teaching resources (worksheets, lesson plans, glossaries, etc.) and off-shoot projects that engage with the project’s content, the platform is free and open-access, providing examples for scholarship and teaching. From the project’s homepage:
Besides aiding educators, curators, librarians, and other professionals to create dynamic and interactive learning environments through our roster of talks, pedagogical resources, and translations, Khamseen‘s mission is to help all individuals learn more about Islamic art in general. Over the last three years, our pages have been viewed from all over the world over a quarter of a million times. Propelled by a shared vision, Team Khamseen is dedicated to expanding and enriching our content and, above all, to building bridges across cultures through the arts.
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