The Alhambra and Its Gardens: Reflections of the Past (Public Lecture or Presentation)
Title: The Alhambra and Its Gardens: Reflections of the Past
Abstract: Museum lecture on the Alhambra palace and its gardens, to accompany an exhibition on the same theme.
Author: D. Fairchild Ruggles
Date: 08/10/2016
Location: Aga Khan Museum in Toronto

Beyond Vision: Embodied Senses in Islamic Gardens (Public Lecture or Presentation)
Title: Beyond Vision: Embodied Senses in Islamic Gardens
Abstract: The talk -- the Norman and Roselea Goldberg Lecture in the Department of History of Art -- explored the sensory perception and ephemerality of the gardens of Islamic Spain as discernible in poetry, painting, and the gardens themselves.
Author: D. Fairchiuld Ruggles
Date: 03/31/2016
Location: Vanderbilt University, Nashville

Water and the Transformation of the Early Islamic Landscape (Public Lecture or Presentation)
Title: Water and the Transformation of the Early Islamic Landscape
Abstract: Delivered for the Environment, Ecology and Islam series, the lecture explained how early Islamic gardens emerged from environmental conditions that demanded careful management of water.
Author: D. Fairchild Ruggles
Date: 04/01/2016
Location: Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN

Sound and Scent in Andalusian Gardens (Public Lecture or Presentation)
Title: Sound and Scent in Andalusian Gardens
Abstract: Delivered for the Al-Bustan series "Words Adorned," this was a lecture about the senses in Andalusian gardens, specifically the ephemeral senses of sound and scent, as recorded in words in poetry and in images in a very few manuscripts and objects, and of course in the remaining gardens at the Alhambra, Madinat al-Zahra, and the Mosque of Cordoba.
Author: D. Fairchild Ruggles
Date: 11/03/2016
Location: Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, PA

Celebrating Islam in the Architectural Monuments of Modern Spain (Public Lecture or Presentation)
Title: Celebrating Islam in the Architectural Monuments of Modern Spain
Abstract: An examination of how modern stewards of cultural heritage care for and interpret monuments of the past--specifically the Great Mosque of Cordoba and the Alhambra Palace in Spain.
Author: D. Fairchild Ruggles
Date: 01/06/2016
Location: University of Education, Bandung, Indonesia

L’Alhambra, forteresse méditerranéenne (Film/TV/Video Broadcast or Recording)
Title: L’Alhambra, forteresse méditerranéenne
Writer: D F Ruggles (interviewed)
Producer: RMC Productions and Kwanza
Abstract: A filmed interview about the Alhambra palace for a French television documentary, which aired in 2o21.
Year: 2021
Primary URL: http://https://www.linternaute.com/television/documentaire-l-alhambra-forteresse-mediterraneenne-p5330738/
Primary URL Description: web address of the television program
Access Model: on French public television
Format: Film

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