The title and location of the next Symposium of the Fourth Biennial Hamad bin Khalifa Symposium on Islamic Art, a leading international conference on Islamic art co-sponsored by Virginia Commonwealth University School of the Arts, VCUQatar and the Qatar Foundation, was "God Is Beautiful - He Loves Beauty", held at the new Museum of Islamic Art (designed by I.M. Pei) October 29-31, 2011 in Doha, Qatar where twelve experts in Islamic art and culture gave original papers on objects in the Museum's collection. The speaking program was announced to the public on the website www.islamicartdoha.org.

On this website you may also find podcasts of the talks given at the 2009 Symposium "And Diverse Are Their Hues - Color in Islamic Art and Culture", held in Cordoba, Spain and the 2007 Symposium, "Rivers of Paradise - Water in Islamic Art and Culture", held in Doha, Qatar. All of these podcasts may be viewed or downloaded at no charge – to take advantage of this terrific new resource on Islamic art, visit podcast.islamicartdoha.org, and please forward this email to your friends and colleagues.