Discoveries Part V: Day 2, Nishapur

Learn more about the New Galleries for the Art of the Arab Lands, Turkey, Iran, Central Asia, and Later South Asia: http://www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/... Discoveries New Research on the Collections of the Department of Islamic Art at the Metropolitan Museum This two-day symposium celebrates the reopening of the Galleries for the Art of the Arab Lands, Turkey, Iran, Central Asia, and Later South Asia. Internationally renowned scholars and curators present recent scholarship in themed sessions. Part V: Nishapur Nishapur in the New Galleries: New Research and New Contexts for the Metropolitan Museum's Excavations Marika Sardar, The Metropolitan Museum of Art Scientific Investigation of Early Islamic Glass from Nishapur Mark Wypyski, The Metropolitan Museum of Art Nishapur in History Richard W. Bulliet, Columbia University Carved Alabasters in Ghazni and Nishapur Martina Rugiadi, Sapienza Università di Roma This symposium is made possible by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.