Past Events of the International Hajji Baba Society
January 22, 2012 Annual Meeting, Dinner and Talk by Bruce Baganz
October 9, 2011 Picnic at the Keshishian Farm
September 11, 2011 The Bechhoefer Collection
March 27, 2011 Fez & Kilim, Lecture by Peter Bichler
March 5, 2011 Palmettes, Split Leaves and Arabesques--Variations and Permutations on an Ornament, Lecture by Christian Erber
January 8, 2011 Annual Meeting, Potluck Dinner and
Lecture by Paul Hepworth on Topkapi Textiles
November 20, 2010 The China Silk Road
October 31, 2010 Great Anatolian Rugs Sourced In Transylvania
September 19, 2010 Collecting the Uncollectible: Kurdish Flatweaves of Afreen
September 12, 2010 2010 Picnic at the Summer Home of Ed and Cassie Zimmerman
April 11, 2010 Small South Persian Tribal Weavings, Lecture by Ann Nicholas and Richard Blumenthal
March 7, 2010 Transylvanian Rugs,
Lecture by Amy Rispin, Pat Reilly, and Tim Hayes
February 21, 2010 Feltmaking Traditions (Mongolia, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan and Turkey),
Lecture by Christine Martens
January 16, 2010 Annual Meeting, Potluck Dinner and
Lecture by Nurhan Atasoy on Ottoman Imperial Tents
November 11, 2009 A contemporary view of old Caucasian village rugs,
Lecture by Raoul Tschebull
September 13,2009- Picnic at the Zimmerman's
May 17, 2009 The Textiles of Kyrgyzstan A Mixture of Pragmatism and Artistic Values, Lecture by Ambassador Eileen A. Malloy
April 19, 2009 Renaissance Italy and the Oriental Carpet: Documents, Paintings and Survivors,
Lecture by Alberto Boralevi, Florence, Italy
March 1, 2009 The Origins of the Chintamani Motif and its Use in Ottoman Textiles, Lecture by
Dr. Sumiyo Okumura
February 8, 2009 Harold Keshishian's 80th Birthday Celebration
January 10, 2009 Annual Meeting, Potluck Dinner and
Lecture by Julia Brennan on Conserving Bhutanese Textiles
December 14, 2008 Textiles of Burma (Myanmar)
September 7, 2008 Nomads in Anatolia - Their Life and Their Textiles, Lecture by Harold Bφhmer
August 17, 2008 Picnic at the Keshishian's
July 20, 2008 The Language of East Asian Textile Design,
Lecture by Lee Talbot
April 20, 2008 Turkish Felt Rug Making and Dyeing,
Lecture by Mehmet Girgiη and Theresa May-O'Brien
March 30, 2008 Some Musings on the Origins of the Turkmen Gφl, Lecture by Richard Wright
February 2, 2008 Annual Meeting, Potluck Dinner and
Lecture by Daniel Walker
January 20, 2008 Shibori: the Japanese Art of Tie Dyeing, Lecture by Jeffrey Krauss
Keshishian's 2007 Christmas Party
November 11, 2007 Contemporary Textile Production in Uzbekistan, Lecture by Christine Brown
October 21, 2007 Ronald Graham in 19th c. Persia: Rugs and Textiles in his Photo Album, Lecture by Jeff Spurr
September 9, 2007 Picnic at the Zimmerman's
August 19, 2007 Tremendous Transatlantic Turkmen Treffen
August 13, 2007 From Sagdak to Salor,
Lecture by Jόrg Rageth
March 25, 2007 Iranian Bags, Covers and Bands as Woven and Used in the Nomad Context,
Lecture by
Raoul Tschebull
February 18, 2007 Looking at Carpets on the Diagonal, Lecture by Carol Bier
January 27, 2007 Annual Meeting and Wendell Swan's Talk on Shahsavan Weavings Party
January 21, 2007 Afshar Salon
Keshishian's 2006 Christmas Party
September 10, 2006 Picnic
April 29, 2006, Carbon Dating of Turkmen Rugs and Dye/Mordant Analysis, Lecture by Jurg Rageth
March 5, 2006, Malagasy Textiles, Talk by Julia Brennan and Sarah Fee
November 13, 2005, Transylvanian Rugs in their Context, Talk by Alberto Boralevi
September 25, 2005 Picnic
September 11, 2005,
How the Great Carpets Were Made, Talk by Jon Thompson,
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