LAHORE: (Tuesday, December 04, 2012): Punjab University College of Art and Design in collaboration with Calligraphers Association of Pakistan is holding a week long International Conference on Calligraphy under the title "Sarir-e-Khama: Art of the Pen" from December 10.

Giving the details of the event in a press conference, PUCAD Principal Prof Dr Rahat Naveed Masood said that through the conference, it was intended to address the various facets of the art of calligraphy both in time and space. She said it was expected that the conference would be attended by experts and well recognized persons in the field of calligraphy from around the world specifically from the region consisting of the Turkey, Iran, Syria, Iraq, England etc. She said that the conference would also be well represented by experts in the field of calligraphy from within Pakistan itself. Dr Rahat Naveed said that the main focus of the conference would be development and evolution of calligraphy and its impact on art and architecture of Islam. She said that issues related to art of the contemporary world would be discussed in order to ascertain and identify the potential direction that the art of calligraphy might take in future and its impact on the overall art and architecture of the Muslim world. Dr Rahat Naveed highlighted that the conference would be accompanied by an exhibition and a workshop. She said the conference would be conducted in the form of academic reading of research papers by experts followed by a five day workshop, conducted by well known experts in the field of calligraphy, which would be attended by potential participants whereby the participants would learn the art of calligraphy in different styles. She said that to add to the overall creative/ pedagogical ambience of the event, certain renowned book dealers would have their book stalls set up on campus for the purpose of display and selling of the books.