PUBLICATIONS
+ “Islamic art exhibition, Orientalism and contemporary socio-politics: Demystifying connections” in: Bowker, S. et.al. (eds), (2021) Deconstructing the Myths of Islamic Art, New York: Routledge.
+ “In Transition: Art Museums and Frames of Migration in New York City,” FWD: Museums, In Transit, (2021).
+ Eid, H. and Forstrom, M. (eds), (2021) Museum Innovation: Building More Equitable, Relevant and Impactful Museums, New York: Routledge.
+"Innovation in Interpretation: museological responses to the travel ban” in Eid, H. and Forstrom, M. (eds), (2021) Museum Innovation: Building More Equitable, Relevant and Impactful Museums, New York: Routledge.
+"Museum Maps and the Edge: Arts of Islam at the Louvre”, Media Fields Journal, Issue 14: At the Edge, July 2019. http://mediafieldsjournal.org/museum-maps-and-the-edge/
EXPERT REVIEWER EXPERIENCE
+NEH Cares Reviewer, Public Program, National Endowment for the Humanities, May 2020.
+Expert Evaluator, Art Exhibitions, National Endowment for the Humanities Spring 2019.
+Expert Reviewer, “Public Spaces: Culture and Integration in Europe”, Humanities in the European Research Area (HERA) Summer 2018.
INVITED LECTURES
+“New Strategies, Approaches and Responses in Representing Islamic Art” P21 Gallery, London, UK, January 2020.
+“Spaces, Photographs, Texts: Reinterpretation in International Islamic Art Exhibition” Darat al Funun, Amman, Jordan, February 2019.
+“Museum Activism: NYC Museums Respond to the Muslim Travel Ban” Triangle Studios, London, UK, April 2019.
+“International Interpretative Approaches to Islamic Art Exhibition” Arts and Minds lecture series, Detroit Institute of the Arts, Detroit, Michigan, October 2018.
+“Knowledge Creation in Islamic Art Exhibition” The New School, New York, NY October 2018.
+“Interpretative Responses: NYC Museums and the Muslim Travel Ban” University of the Arctic, Department of Archaeology, History, Religious Studies and Theology, Tromsø, Norway, September 2018.
+“Islamic Art Display in New York City”,Dealing with Islam in Berlin’s Museum Context Workshop, CARMAH, Institut fuer Europaeische Ethnologie, Berlin, Germany, January 2018.
+“Islamic Art Reinterpreted”,University of Oslo, Department of Culture Studies and Oriental Languages, Center for Museum Studies, Oslo, Norway, January 2018.
+“Reinterpreting Islamic Art”Arts of Asia, Museum of Fine Arts- Boston, Boston, MA, July 2018.
+ “The Museum Context”, University of Wales, Swansea College of Art, Swansea, UK, November 2016.
+“The Language of Islamic Art Exhibition”, P21 Gallery, London, UK, October 2016.
+"Written Interpretation in Islamic Art exhibition and the Mass Media" University of Wales, UK. April 2016
+“Mapping the Museum Territory” P21 Gallery, London, UK. July 2015
+ “Maps in the Museum” Wertheim Study Talk, New York Public Library. New York, NY, January 2015.
+ “Text Panels in Exhibition / Reinstallations of Islamic Arts and their Relationship to the Mass Media”, The Innovation Edge Conference-International Forum, Roundtable Discussion, American Alliance of Museums. Seattle Convention Center, Seattle, Washington, May 2014.
+ “Text Panels in Exhibitions / Reinstallations of Islamic Arts”, National Museum of the American Indian-Smithsonian Institution. Washington, DC, September 2013.
+ “Text Panels in Exhibitions that Represent Islam and Muslim Peoples”, Wertheim Study Talk, New York Public Library. New York, NY. July 2013.
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
+“Ecologies of Islamic Art Exhibition” Media Ecology Association Conference, Adelphi University, Garden City, New York, June 2020.
+“The Photographic Image as Interpretation in Islamic Art & Archeology Exhibitions” Image studies and museum practice: the image as the focal point of research versus the image as exhibited object,Humboldt University, Berlin Graduate School of Ancient Studies, Berlin, Germany, November 2018.
+“Interpretative Approaches and Media Representation in Islamic Art Exhibition” Museology- Museum studies in the 21stcentury: problems of studies and teaching, Saint Petersburg State University, Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 2018.
+“Reinterpreting Islamic Art Exhibition and the Mass Media” Malacca to Manchester: Curating Islamic Collections Worldwide University of Manchester, Manchester, UK, February 2017.
+“Why Aren’t Moving Images Islamic?” International Forum on Contemporary Islamic Art, Design, and Architecture: Where/How Does the North Meet the East? Joint Conference of School of Art, Design and Media Nanyang Technological University, AMCA, Associations for Modern and Contemporary Art of the Arab World, Iran, Turkey and VCU, Qatar, Singapore, Singapore, October 2015.
+ “Erasure of States and Borders in Islamic Art Reinstallations”, World History Theory and Practice: States, Border, and Migration Conference. History Department. St. John’s University, New York, NY, May 2014.
+ “Metamorphosis of Islamic Art Exhibition Space: Two Permanent Reinstallation Case Studies”, Museum Metamorphoses: The Adaptable and Changing Museum Leicester University, Leicester, UK November 2013.
+ “Media Representations and Museum Exhibitions of Islam and Muslim Peoples: Connections and Importance”, Archbishop Desmond Tutu for War and Peace Studies and the Centre for the Applied Study of Muslims and Islam in the UK: Representations of Religions in the Media: Multidisciplinary Approaches Conference. Liverpool Hope University, Liverpool, UK, July 2013.
+ President’s Travel Grant Awardee- “The Public Image and Museum Exhibitions of Islam and Muslim Peoples: Relationship, Connections and Importance”, International Visual Sociology Association: The Public Image. Goldsmiths College, London, UK. July 2013.
+ Graduate Scholar Awardee- “Representations of Muslim peoples and Islam in Two Western Museum Exhibitions”, Religion and Spirituality in Society: Third International Conference. State University of Arizona, Tempe, AZ. March 2013.
+ “The construction of identity and difference at the Hajj: journey to the heart of Islam exhibition at the British Museum”, Inter-Disciplinary.Net: 6th Global Conference – Multiculturalism, Conflict and Belonging. Mansfield College, Oxford University, UK. September 2012.
+ “Three exhibitions of Muslims/Islam in New York City cultural institutions in 2011”, International Visual Sociology Association: Re-visualizing the City Conference. St. Francis College, Brooklyn, NY. July 2012.
+ “Remembrance of 9/11 at Three New York City Cultural Institutions”, English Graduate Student Association Conference: Memory Remains. Northeastern University, Boston, MA. March 2012.