The TSA Founding Presidents Award for the best paper presented at the 2012 Symposium, Textiles & Politics, was jointly awarded to Miriam Ali-de Unzaga and Kirsty Robertson.
Miriam Ali-de Unzaga earned an MA in Islamic Humanities from the Institute of Ismaili Studies, London, and a PhD from the Institute of Anthropology and Museum Ethnography, University of Oxford. She is currently Visiting Scholar at the Papyrus Museum-Austrian National Library researching Egyptian medieval textiles. Her paper, “Embroidered Politics” examines the rich, politically charged context of a magnificent embroidered tunic used and re-used by Andalusi and Castilian rulers during the 10th and 11th centuries.
via 2012 Founding Presidents Award Winners Announced | Textile Society.
Earlier related: Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, to present illustrated lecture on Fatimid and Andalusi Textiles
The Movie ‘A Road to Mecca The Journey of Mohammad Asad’ co-written by IIS graduate Miriam Ali de Unzaga
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