J. M. Rogers

John Michael Rogers is a specialist in Islamic art history, and Khalili Professor Emeritus of Islamic Art, SOAS, University of London (since 1991).

Biography

Born in 1935, Rogers studied philosophy, politics and economics (PPE) at Corpus Christi College, Oxford (1958), after which he was awarded a research fellowship in philosophy at Oriel College, and taught philosophy at Pembroke College and Wadham College. As his interests shifted from philosophy to Islamic art, he learned Turkish, and earned a PhD on the architectural patronage of Seljuq Anatolia under Samuel Stern and Victor Ménage. Rogers taught Islamic art at the American University in Cairo, 1965-1977. In 1977 he joined the British Museum, as a curator in the Department of Oriental Antiquities, where he organized several exhibitions including "Islamic Art and Design" (1983), and "Suleyman the Magnificent" (1988). He was also responsible for the installation of the Islamic collections in the John Addis Gallery in 1989.[1]

From 1991 to 2000, Rogers was the Nasser D. Khalili Professor of Islamic Art and Archaeology at SOAS, University of London. Since 1992, has been Honorary Curator of the Nasser D. Khalili Collection of Islamic Art. He was a Member of Council at the British Academy, 1992-1995.[2][3]

Honours
  • 1972 Elected as a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries.[4]
  • 1988 Elected as a Fellow of the British Academy.[5]

Selected publications

For a fuller bibliography, 1965-2004, see Essays in Honor of J.M. Rogers, ed. by Gülru Necipoğlu, Doris Behrens-Abouseif and Anna Contadinia (Brill, 2004)

  • The Spread of Islam
  • Islamic Art and Design 1500-1700 (1983)
  • Suleyman the Magnificent (1988)
  • Sinan (Makers of Islamic Civilisation Series, I.B. Taruis)
  • Mughal Miniatures (1993)
  • Rogers, J. M. (1995). Empire of the Sultans : Ottoman art from the collection of Nasser D. Khalili. Geneva: Musée d'art et d'histoire. ISBN 2-8306-0120-3. OCLC 34380041.
  • Mughal Miniatures (2006)
  • Rogers, J. M. (2008). The Arts of Islam : treasures from the Nasser D. Khalili Collection. Abu Dhabi. OCLC 1008337672.

A special publication was prepared in his honour in 2004: Essays in Honor of J.M. Rogers, ed. by Gülru Necipoğlu, Doris Behrens-Abouseif and Anna Contadinia (Brill, 2004)

References
  1. Essays in Honor of J.M. Rogers, ed. by Gülru Necipoğlu, Doris Behrens-Abouseif and Anna Contadinia (Brill, 2004), pp. 7-8.
  2. British Academy website https://www.britac.ac.uk/users/professor-michael-rogers Retrieved 19 Feb 2018.
  3. British Museum Collections Online database http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/search_the_collection_database/term_details.aspx?bioId=137605 Retrieved 19 Feb 2018.
  4. Essays in Honor of J.M. Rogers, ed. by Gülru Necipoğlu, Doris Behrens-Abouseif and Anna Contadinia (Brill, 2004), pp. 7-8.
  5. British Academy page https://www.britac.ac.uk/users/professor-michael-rogers retrieved 19 Feb 2018.
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