04/17/2026
Dear AKPIA Community,
Please join us at the MIT Media Lab on Saturday May 23 for Critical Historiography as Method: A Symposium in Honor of Nasser Rabbat.
For more than 35 years, Nasser Rabbat’s work has critically challenged methodologies inherited from the study of Western art and architecture. His vocal interrogations of the status quo have influenced generations of scholars and practitioners to search for new ways of critically reconstructing history. To recognize Rabbat’s lifetime of scholarly achievements—including his impact in and beyond the field—a Festschrift is being organized in his honor. This symposium will gather some of the volume’s contributors, who will present their methodologically framed papers, demonstrating how criticality and a concern for historiography has oriented the research of Nasser’s students, mentees, and close colleagues over the years.
This event will not be live streamed, but a recording will be available online in the days following the symposium.
PLEASE REGISTER IN ADVANCE: https://sites.mit.edu/festschrift/register/
Full schedule can be found on the symposium website: https://sites.mit.edu/festschrift/schedule/
