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Topic 1: The Rise of Islam and the Artistic Climate of the Period
Topic 2: The Mosque: The Core of Islamic Architecture
- Pedersen, J., Hillenbrand, R., Burton-Page, J., Andrews, P.A., Pijper, G.F., Christie, A.H., Forbes, A.D.W., Freeman-Greenville, G.S.P. and Samb, A., “Masd̲j̲id”, in: Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition, Edited by: P. Bearman, Th. Bianquis, C.E. Bosworth, E. van Donzel, W.P. Heinrichs. Consulted online on 14 June 2016 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1573-3912_islam_COM_0694> First published online: 2012 First print edition: ISBN: 9789004161214, 1960-2007
Topic 3: The Art and Architecture of the Umayyads (c.650-c.750)
- Creswell, K.A.C., “Architecture”, in: Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition, Edited by: P. Bearman, Th. Bianquis, C.E. Bosworth, E. van Donzel, W.P. Heinrichs. Consulted online on 14 June 2016 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1573-3912_islam_COM_0062> First published online: 2012 First print edition: ISBN: 9789004161214, 1960-2007
- Tabbaa, Yasser, “Architecture”, in: Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE, Edited by: Kate Fleet, Gudrun Krämer, Denis Matringe, John Nawas, Everett Rowson. Consulted online on 14 June 2016
- Bosworth, C.E., Darley-Doran, R.E. and Freeman-Greenville, G.S.P., “Sikka”, in: Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition, Edited by: P. Bearman, Th. Bianquis, C.E. Bosworth, E. van Donzel, W.P. Heinrichs. Consulted online on 14 June 2016 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1573-3912_islam_COM_1076> First published online: 2012 First print edition: ISBN: 9789004161214, 1960-2007
- Grabar, Oleg. 1993. Umayyad Palaces Reconsidered. In Ars Orientalis, Vol. 23. Gülru Necipoglu, ed. Ann Arbour: Department of History, University of Michigan.
Topic 4: The Art and Architecture of the ‘Abbasids (c.750-c.950)
- Creswell, K.A.C., “Architecture”, in: Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition, Edited by: P. Bearman, Th. Bianquis, C.E. Bosworth, E. van Donzel, W.P. Heinrichs. Consulted online on 14 June 2016 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1573-3912_islam_COM_0062> First published online: 2012 First print edition: ISBN: 9789004161214, 1960-2007
- Tabbaa, Yasser, “Architecture”, in: Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE, Edited by: Kate Fleet, Gudrun Krämer, Denis Matringe, John Nawas, Everett Rowson. Consulted online on 14 June 2016
- Welch, A.T., Paret, R. and Pearson, J.D., “al-Ḳurʾān”, in: Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition, Edited by: P. Bearman, Th. Bianquis, C.E. Bosworth, E. van Donzel, W.P. Heinrichs. Consulted online on 14 June 2016 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1573-3912_islam_COM_0543>First published online: 2012 First print edition: ISBN: 9789004161214, 1960-2007
Topic 5: The Umayyads of al-Andalus (c.750-c.1000)
Topic 6: The Maghreb and al-Andalus
- Ennahid, Said (2011), Cities of the Almohad Empire. World History Encyclopedia, Era 5: Intensified Hemispheric Interactions, 1000-1500. Editor: Alfred J. Andrea, Vol. 9, pp. 38-40, ABC-CLIO, Santa Barbara, CA. (PDF on file)
- Deverdun, G., “al-Ḳarawiyyīn”, in: Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition, Edited by: P. Bearman, Th. Bianquis, C.E. Bosworth, E. van Donzel, W.P. Heinrichs. Consulted online on 20 June 2016 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1573-3912_islam_COM_0446> First published online: 2012 First print edition: ISBN: 9789004161214, 1960-2007
- Ferhat, Halima, “Tinmal”, in: Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition, Edited by: P. Bearman, Th. Bianquis, C.E. Bosworth, E. van Donzel, W.P. Heinrichs. Consulted online on 20 June 2016 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1573-3912_islam_SIM_7560> First published online: 2012 First print edition: ISBN: 9789004161214, 1960-2007
- Lévi-Provençal, E. and Troin, J.-F., “Ribāṭ al-Fatḥ”, in: Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition, Edited by: P. Bearman, Th. Bianquis, C.E. Bosworth, E. van Donzel, W.P. Heinrichs. Consulted online on 20 June 2016 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1573-3912_islam_SIM_6283> First published online: 2012 First print edition: ISBN: 9789004161214, 1960-2007
Topic 7: The Nasrids of Granada
Topic 8: Sa'adians and Alawites
Topic 9: Learning and Worship: The Madrasa
- Pedersen, J., Makdisi, G., Rahman, Munibur and Hillenbrand, R., “Madrasa”, in: Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition, Edited by: P. Bearman, Th. Bianquis, C.E. Bosworth, E. van Donzel, W.P. Heinrichs. Consulted online on 14 June 2016 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1573-3912_islam_COM_0610> First published online: 2012 First print edition: ISBN: 9789004161214, 1960-2007
Topic 10: Islamic Urbanism: Fès as Example
Topic 11: Crafts and Guilds: Craftsmen, Materials, and Techniques
- Marçais, G., “Bināʾ”, in: Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition, Edited by: P. Bearman, Th. Bianquis, C.E. Bosworth, E. van Donzel, W.P. Heinrichs. Consulted online on 20 June 2016 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1573-3912_islam_SIM_1422> First published online: 2012 First print edition: ISBN: 9789004161214, 1960-2007
Topic 12: The Ottomans
- The Ottomans (Video Projection and discussion)