History of Art Research Seminar Series | Dr Yusen Yu
Schedule
Thu Mar 19 2026 at 05:15 pm to 06:30 pm
UTC+00:00Location
Hunter Lecture Theatre | Edinburgh, SC
About this Event
Join History of Art for the next talk in the Research Seminar Series chaired by Dr Glaire Anderson.
This lecture will be hybrid. Please book your ticket for attendance in person or online.
This talk explores the changing meaning of furniture in Iran during the Mongol century, revealing how the aesthetics of everyday life were integral to social transformation. It examines how the arrangement of furniture, such as chairs, beds or tables, mediates the relationship between space, objects and the perceiving body.
About Dr Yusen Yu
Yusen Yu is Lecturer in Iranian Islamic Art History at the University of St Andrews. He researches the art and cultural history of medieval Islam and broader Eurasia, with a focus on Iran and Central Asia during the Mongol and Timurid centuries.
Image: Detached manuscript page showing Uljaytu and his Ambassadors, Herat, c. 1415, British Museum. © The Trustees of the British Museum.
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