The conference ‘Shifting Scripts: Contemporary Arabic and Persian Graphic Design’ examines Arabic and Persian typographic design from SWANA (Southwest Asia and North Africa) and its diasporas within the broader academic framework of script studies. The event is organized by the Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg (MK&G) in collaboration with the Centre for the Study of Manuscript Cultures (CSMC) at the University of Hamburg and the Khatt Foundation. It is held in conjunction with the exhibition ‘Inner Structures – Outer Rhythms: Contemporary Arab and Persian Graphic Design’, currently on view at MK&G.

The program includes panel discussions and workshops. Among the contributors is Asghar Seyed-Gohrab, who will speak on Hafez’s Poetry as part of the panel “Rhythm in Music, Poetry, and Script”.

Find the complete program and further details here.

Image: Page of Calligraphy from an Anthology of Poetry by Sa`di and Hafiz. Calligrapher: Sultan ‘Ali al-Mashhadi (Iranian, Mashhad 1453–1520 Mashhad). Source: Metropolitan Museum of Art, Object number 11.84.12