Revisiting Byzantium and Turkey
in Washington D.C.
February 5-7, 2003
Thursday, February 6, 2003
Chebeague visits The Textile Museum - special exhibition
"The Classical Tradition in Anatolian Carpets"
Visit the Dumbarton Oaks Collection and gardens
Dinner at the Anatolia Cafe on Capitol Hill
Friday, February 7, 2003
Visit the Walters Art Museum - Baltimore - meet the director, Mr. Gary Vikan and tour the Byzantine collections
Jordanian Embassy - meet the Ambassador Karim Kawar and have a special lecture by Professor Irgan Shahid on Byzantiium and Arab Jordan (Professor Shahid is professor of Arabic Studies and since 1982 the Oman Professor of Arabic and Islamic Studies at Georgetown University.
Farewell at the Bisharats on Captitol Hill
