Welcome to H-Islamart, promoting high standards of scholarship and instruction in the history of Islamic Art; to facilitate communication among its members through meetings and through the HIA Newsletter and Directory; and to promote scholarly cooperation among persons and organizations concerned with the study of Islamic Art.

- New Field Manual on Stability Operations: A Step Forward for Cultural Heritage Protection  Jeff Spurr <spurr@fas.harvard.edu> - Death of Ralph Pinder-Wilson  Grube & Sims <Grube_Sims@compuserve.com> - Professorship at Edinburgh University  "Andrew J. Newman" <anewman@staffmail.ed.ac.uk> - Second Call for Papers: Rhetoric of the Image  "Christiane J. Gruber" <chgruber@INDIANA.EDU> - Conference Announcement: Indo-Muslim Cultures in Transition  Alka Patel <alkap@uci.edu> - National Gallery of Armenia: Exhibition of Qajar Art  "Ara Sanjian" <arasan@umd.umich.edu> - University of Toronto Scarborough: Modern Middle Eastern Art Position  Mohamad Tavakoli-Targhi <m.tavakoli@utoronto.ca>