Falconry Database
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Project Director
Reindert Falkenburg
Special Academic Advisor; Visiting Professor of Early Modern Art and Culture, NYUAD -
Project Description
The project is creating a database of artistic representations of falcons and falconry, serving research of the history and culture of falconry worldwide. It seeks to provide scholars and practicing falconers with knowledge and awareness of falconry's rich cultural traditions. They have found expression in the visual arts from different times and places. In addition, it aims to support scholarly publications and dissemination of knowledge and imagery of falconry traditions to the general interested audience.
Publications
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Oliver Grimm, Karl Heinz-Gerzman, and Anne-Lise Tropato, eds. Raptor on the fist: falconry and related imagery throughout the millennia on a global scale. Wachholtz, 2020.
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Oliver Grimm, Karl Heinz-Gerzman, and Anne-Lise Tropato, eds. Raptor on the fist: falconry and related imagery throughout the millennia on a global scale. Wachholtz, 2020.
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Hadjinicolaou, Yannis. Visual Engagements: Image Practices and Falconry. De Gruyter, 2020.
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Hadjinicolaou, Yannis. "Kinetic Symbol: Falconry as Image Vehicle in the United Arab Emirates." In All Things Arabia, eds. Ileana Baird and Hülya Yağcıoğlu, 127-142. Brill, 2020.
News
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Falconry: The history of hunting with birds of prey
Anne-Lise Tropato’s insight into the roundtable discussion with other leaders in the field of falconry was featured on the BBC World Service’s program ‘The Forum’.
June 17, 2021
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L’antica arte della falconeria, patrimonio dell’umanità (in Italian)
Falconry Researcher Anne-Lise Tropato talks about NYUAD's falconry project in this episode of the Italian podcast 'The Voice of Focus History'.
June 16, 2020
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Falconry Research Project: database by UAE researchers shows ubiquity of predatory bird
Researchers at New York University Abu Dhabi are compiling a database of falconry imagery through history.
December 7, 2017
Events
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Man, Death, and Birds of Prey
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Raptor and Falconry Depictions throughout the Millennia on a Global Scale
Conference
Convened by Oliver Grimm, Senior Researcher, Center for the Baltic and Scandinavian Archaeology Schleswig
March 5-8, 2018
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4th International Falconry Festival
Conference
Chair: Oliver Grimm, Senior Researcher, Center for the Baltic and Scandinavian Archaeology Schleswig
December 5, 2017