Delivered by Intellect to: Emily Neumeier (33326663) IP: 176.219.135.9 On: Tue, 10 Jan 2023 05:47:26 IJIA 12 (1) pp. 15–30 Intellect Limited 2023 International Journal of Islamic Architecture Volume 12 Number 1 www.intellectbooks.com 15 © 2023 Intellect Ltd Dialogues. English language. https://doi.org/10.1386/ijia_00100_7 EMILY NEUMEIER Temple University On Pedagogy: Islamic Art and Architecture in the Classroom Abstract IJIA’s Dialogues series brings together scholars and practitioners from across varied disciplines for discussions of critical contemporary issues that interrogate the bound- aries between architecture, art, anthropology, archaeology, and history. Its second instalment, held as a webinar in January 2022, was hosted by Associate Editor Emily Neumeier and featured Christiane Gruber, Stephennie Mulder, and Fernando Luis Martínez Nespral. Their conversation addressed a number of pressing issues related to the teaching of Islamic art in a wide range of classroom settings. The speakers touched upon the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, anti-racism and decolonizing initiatives within the field, and the future of several new and ongoing pedagogical endeavours. The following is an edited excerpt from the original discussion. 1 Christiane Gruber is a professor of Islamic art at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Her research interests span from medieval Islamic book arts to contemporary visual culture. She has written three books, including The Praiseworthy One: The Prophet Muhammad in Islamic Texts and Images (Indiana University Press, 2019), and edited a dozen volumes. Gruber is the founding director of Khamseen: Islamic Art History Online, an open-access platform of digital resources for the study of Islamic art, architecture, and visual culture. Stephennie Mulder is an associate professor of Islamic art and architecture at the University of Texas at Austin and president of Middle East Medievalists. She is a specialist in Islamic art, architectural history, and archaeology. She worked for over ten years as the head ceramicist at Balis, Syria, and has also conducted archaeological and art historical fieldwork in Syria, Egypt, Turkey, Keywords pedagogy higher education Islamic art and architecture learning resources decolonial studies