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Professor Alain George FBA

History of Islamic Art and Architecture; Early Qur'ans; Umayyad and Abbasid Art and Architecture; History of Arabic Calligraphy; Arabic Illustrated Manuscripts; the Indian Ocean Trade.
Fellow type
UK Fellow
Year elected
2024
Honours
FBA
Subjects
Art history
Sections
History of Art and Music
Website
https://www.ames.ox.ac.uk/people/alain-fouad-george

Current post

I.M. Pei Professor of Islamic Art and Architecture, Director, Khalili Research Centre, Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies

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