BY POPULAR DEMAND | IN PRAISE OF GOD: Islamic architecture and built form with Susan Scollay

Many features and concepts of religious and secular architecture overlap in the Islamic world, yet the mosque is so central to the Islamic faith that this session will focus on its origins and development, using examples such as the Great Mosque at Qairouan in Tunisia, its counterparts in Cairo, Damascus, Ottoman Turkey and Mughal India.

Susan Scollay is an internationally recognised specialist in textiles and carpets and Islamic art and culture. She is contributing editor of HALI, the London-based journal of carpet, textile and Islamic art, and is currently completing a PhD at La Trobe University, Melbourne