2-Day Seminar: Comparative Religion: The Universal & The Particular

Hast-o-Neest

Institute of Traditional Studies & Arts

Summer Study Programme 2014

2-Day Seminar

Comparative Religion:

The Particular & the Universal in Religions

Dr. Ejaz Akram

Thursday 24th & Friday 25th July 2014

5:00 to 7:00 pm (with iftar)

Programme:

·         The Theory & Philosophy of Religions

·         The Particular & the Universal in Religions

·         An Introductory Understanding of Different Religions

·         Religion in the World Today & Inter-Faith Dialogue

Dr. Ejaz Akram is an Associate Professor at Lahore University of Management Sciences in Religon & Politics. He holds a Ph.D. in World Politics from the Catholic University of America, Washington D.C. He holds two M.A. Degrees in Comparative & Reigional Studies from the School of International Service at American University in Washington D.C. and in International Relations from CUA, Washington D.C.

His research involves the political philosophies of the Abrahamic and Eastern religious traditions and the interface of religion and politics in international relations. Dr. Ejaz Akram is writing "Traditional Political Philosophy of Islam: Remedy for Disaster Times" and publishing Political Philosophy of Iqbal.

Reading material will be provided. Course fee is Rs. 3000/participant.

Certificates issued on request. Further queries on 0300 847 1855/hast.o.neest@gmail.com

To Register

Send in 'Course Title, Name, Cell No. & Email'

on hast.o.neest@gmail.com or 0300 847 1855.

Venue:

Hast-o-Neest

Institute of Traditional Studies & Arts, 31-G, Gulberg II, Lahore.

Seminar on Imam Ali (a.s.): "Ali-un-Babuha" (AUGUST 2014)

Hast-o-Neest

Institute of Traditional Studies & Arts

invites you to a seminar

Ali-un-Babuha

Ali [a.s.] is its [the City of Knowledge] Gate
Prophetic Saying: أنا مدينة العلم وعلی بابها

An insight into Teachings, Sayings and Impact of Imam Ali (a.s.)

Wednesday, 23^rd July 2014
(Date to be announced for August 2014 after Eid-ul-Fitr)

5:00 to 7:00 pm (with iftar)

Taimoor K. Mumtaz, Syed Hurr Hamadani
Syed Uzair Abdullah

PROGRAMME:

Excerpts from Sermons & Sayings of Hazrat Ali (r.a.)

Taimoor Khan Mumtaz

5:30 to 6:00 pm

Taimoor Khan Mumtaz is a practicing architect in Lahore, specializing in Islamic Architecture.  He holds an MA in South Asian Design & Architecture from De Montfort University, Leicester, UK (1999). He studied Architecture at National College of Arts, Lahore (1994).

He is also a Founding Member of Hast-o-Neest Institute of Traditional Studies & Arts.  

Imam Ali (r.a.): The Gateway to Knowledge (Bab-ul-Ilm)

Syed Uzair Abdullah

6:00 - 7:00 pm

With a post-graduate degree from Punjab University, Sahibzada Syed Uzair Abdullah belongs to a family connected to the Qadiriyya Sufi Order and known for its scholarly and mystical traditions. Syed Uzair has a special interest in and study of Sufic Metaphysics, Kalam, Quranic Exegesis, the Science of Hadith, Arabic Language & Poetry.

Background of Martyrdom of Imam Ali

Recital of Elegy-Marsiya by Mir Anees

Syed Hurr Hamdani

7:00-7:10 pm

 Syed Hurr Hamdani is a graduate from LUMS and a Masters Degree candidate at the University of Chicago (USA)

Registration is required for this event 
(although there are no charges and is open to all).

For Registration:

Send ‘Title, Name, Email Address & Cell Number’ on 0300 847 1855/hast.o.neest@gmail.com

Queries: 0300 847 1855

Calligraphy Exhibition - Peshawer

5-Day Workshop: Introduction to the World of Miniature Painting

Hast-o-Neest 

Institute of Traditional Studies & Arts
5-Day Workshop Summer Study Programme

Introduction to 

The World of Miniature Painting

Fyza Aamir

 & Murad Khan Mumtaz

Friday, 18th – Wednesday, 23rd July 2014

(Class will not be held on Sunday 20 July)

4:30 pm to 6:30 pm

The world of Miniature Art is essentially form. Any art cannot be called ' traditional ' or 'Islamic ' on the grounds that it's subjects originate in a spiritual truth ; it's formal language must bear witness to a similiar origin.

Every traditional art is founded on a science of forms, on the symbolism inherent in the forms. A symbol is not merely a conventional sign. As Titus Burkckhardt clearly defines it , a symbol manifests an archetype by virtue of a definite ontological law. It is this 'formal language ' within the world of miniature painting which we will explore in this course.

5-Day Schedule:

- Introduction to the Illustrated Manuscript & the Art of the Book

- Introduction to the Schools of Miniature Painting
-Presentation on the Lahore Museum Miniature Paintings

- Practical: Pencil Assignment & Simple Composition with Qalam & Wasli

Fyza Aamir 

has a BFA in Miniature Painting, National College of Arts, 

Lahore and teaches Miniatures at Hastoneest. 

Murad Khan Mumtaz

 has a BFA in Miniature Painting, National College of Arts and is a Phd candidate at Virginia University, USA.

Reading material will be provided. Course fee is Rs. 5000/participant. 

Certificates issued on request. Further queries on 0300 847 1855/hast.o.neest@gmail.com

To Register

Send in 'Course Title, Name, Cell No. & Email' 

on hast.o.neest@gmail.com or 0300 847 1855.

Venue: 

Hast-o-Neest 

Institute of Traditional Studies & Arts, 31-G, Gulberg II, Lahore.

5-Day Workshop on Traditional Calligraphy

Hast-o-Neest 

Institute of Traditional Studies & Arts

5-Day Summer Study Workshop: 

SUBTLETIES OF TRADITIONAL CALLIGRAPHY - LAHORI NASTALIQ

Khattat Irfan Qureshi

Thursday 10^th to Tuesday 15^th  July 2014

(No class on Sunday 13 July)

5:00 to 7:00 pm (with iftari)

The Five-Day Workshop will cover the following aspect with practicals:

·         Introduction to Calligraphy

- The seven classical scripts & Tools & Materials

·         The Invention of Nastaliq & Nastaliq in the Sub-Continent

- its great masters and different Schools/Dabistans

-Nastaliq script in the Mughal Era – (Multimedia Presentation)

·         Lahori Nastaliq

- Schools/Dabistans during the British Raj

- Ustad Abdul Majeed Parveen Raqam & the Invention of Lahori Nastaliq

·         Nastaliq after Partition

- Pakistani Masters

REGISTRATION

Send ‘Title, Name, Cell Number & Email Address’ on 0300 847 1855/hast.o.neest@gmail.com