Nancy Um

Art History. Indian Ocean Studies. Digital Humanities.

[Nancy Um @NancyUm1]

I've just voted for Tracing Art developed by Resn and @GettyMuseum for Site of the Month to win a year in the @Awwwards Directory https://t.co/xijx79pmjK #AwwwardsSOTM

[Dr. Ahmed Y. AlMaazmi أحمد ي. المازمي @Ahmed_Yaqoub]

"Oceanic Arabia: Promises and Pitfalls in a New Paradigm," our @MESA_1966 Roundtable on November 14 at 2:30 pm. The speakers are an Ottomanist, a South Asianist, an anthropologist, a historian of capitalism, a historian of occultism, and an art historian: https://t.co/95AQQkV5oy

[Crystal A. Ennis @Crystal_Ennis]

Check out these great @AgapsOrg sponsored panels at @MESA_1966 !

With papers by @TheNakhoda @Ahmed_Yaqoub @tsalrashoud @NancyUm1 @abshlimon among others !

[anwesha @odbhooture]

Please help to spread the word! We are looking for an additional speaker for our (accepted) panel 'Locating the Indian Ocean World in Global Middle Ages Studies,' in Medieval Academy of America (March, 2025) Conference. It is to be held in person in Harvard University.
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[Nancy Um @NancyUm1]

@SnehaAnnavarapu @michellehsho Love your clever CFP!

[Dr. Ahmed Y. AlMaazmi أحمد ي. المازمي @Ahmed_Yaqoub]

The 'Arabicate' World: Arabic in the Making of African, Asian, and Mediterranean Literatures Conference, October 18, 2024: https://t.co/nFdoIcYkvX

[Nancy Um @NancyUm1]

Great news!

[Nancy Um @NancyUm1]

Halloween at the Getty Center: PREY Screening and Discussion https://t.co/dXmT8dswOu via @calonewsla

[Allison Levy @AllisonMLevy]

Brown University Digital Publications releases multimodal publication centered on consent, introduces new form of visual literacy. Read more & explore the #openaccess ed. of Mortevivum by @kjuanitabrown, the inaugural title in the @brownlibrary - @mitpress series #OnSeeing @au@aupresses @LibPubCoalition @MellonFdn @NEHgov @US_IMLS https://t.co/lG2aS3DnX1

[Nancy Um @NancyUm1]

@CellardEleonore Will it be streamed online?

[Heghnar Watenpaugh @HeghnarW]

Looking forward to returning to the @GettyMuseum on 12/15 to give the Gaehtgens Lecture on #art and #culturalheritage in #Genocide. Reserve your free ticket through the link below. #medieval #manuscripts #museums #restitution #Armenian
https://t.co/PKjQJ2U18l

[Nancy Um @NancyUm1]

Right now - Cai Guo-Qiang ⁦@USC⁩ along with cAI

[Nancy Um @NancyUm1]

It's here!

[PST ART @PST_ART]

Science says art can reduce anxiety. Come see for yourself.

#TakeTimeArt #pstART Visit https://t.co/hKWVMsCT8T

[Nancy Um @NancyUm1]

Islamic Art Historians! Here's a great postdoc opportunity at University of Maryland:

[Matthew Thomas Miller (He/Him) @M_T_Miller]

Department of Art History & Archaeology at University of Maryland is searching for a postdoc in Islamicate art & architecture (600-1500 CE)!

Possibilities for collab w/ many units, including @Open_ITI @RoshanInstitute @PersDig_UMD

@AIS_1967 @MESA_1966
https://t.co/DfDx8UYJ1u

[Meha Priyadarshini @mehapri]

Join us for an event on the history of Madras textiles in India and the Caribbean at the @V_and_A on October 11th! We will be launching @connectthreads project website with a great line-up of speakers. Join us in London or online:
https://t.co/kxKy4XIBLG

https://t.co/epqbvcg7Ik

[Nancy Um @NancyUm1]

I cannot wait to read this book!!

[Getty @GettyMuseum]

Interested in the first Indigenous encyclopedia of the New World, a manuscript that documents the culture, politics, natural science, and history of the Mexica?

Experts from Getty and around the world will discuss how the Florentine Codex represents acts of resistance through art.

August 13 at 3pm PDT online.
https://t.co/b8Z6WjRpnm

[Vanessa Chen @VanessaChenZA]

Published an interactive map for the Indian Ocean Exchanges Fellowship! See my piece alongside other fellow participants.

[afikra | عفكرة @afikra]

"A detailed historical account of the Yemeni coffee trade, focusing on the port city of Mocha and its role in global commerce." @NancyUm1

[Nancy Um @NancyUm1]

@mohamedmuharram @sam1rsm1 Thank you for the very kind words! Feel free to contact me - my info is on my website:

https://t.co/MC8rgen0n3

[Nancy Um @NancyUm1]

Looking forward to reading this new novel based on the city of Mocha in Yemen and its key role in the global coffee trade in an era before coffee was cultivated around the world!

[محمد صالح @alwanibnal]

@NancyUm1
Do you read mocha city novel about mocha and coffee history during 17th century, the writer is SAMER MOHAMMED
@sam1rsm1