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Hi! I'm Glaire Anderson

Islamic Visual Culture, Games, & GLAM

I'm an award-winning author and expert in Islamic architecture, art, and history.

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A quick guide to the Digital Lab

Hi Reader! We put together a new Digital Lab resource to share with you - it's a quick two-page guide to who we are, what we do, who we work with, and WHY we do this work! Get it instantly below: Yes, I want the guide! Our diverse global community is growing every day across games/XR+, GLAM, and Islamic art, architecture, history, and allied fields. If you know someone who shares our commitments and values, could use our support, or would be perfect for our community, please forward this...

4 days ago • 1 min read

Hello! It's been a busy and eventful spring and I have lots of news to share: January finally saw the publication of my second book, A Bridge to the Sky. After more than a decade of research and preparation it was incredible to finally see my exploration of 'Abbas b. Firnas and his 'medieval first in flight' in print! From my ongoing work across Islamic art, games, and GLAM: March: me and two of our Digital Lab team brought our Assassin's Creed collaboration to the game industry's premier...

23 days ago • 1 min read
Digital Lab for Islamic Visual Culture & Collections

ANNOUNCEMENT 5 April 2024 We are delighted to announce that Maxime Durand, Ubisoft's World-Design Director and a long-time franchise historian for Assassin's Creed, will be our Digital Lab World-Designer in Residence in 2024-25! Thanks to support from Edinburgh College of Art and the University of Edinburgh, Durand will hold a Knowledge Exchange Fellowship from May 2024 to February 2025, supporting the conception phase for Digital Munya 3, our planned free-to-play educational game and GLAM...

about 1 month ago • 1 min read
Cover showing stone sculpture of winged figure, for A Bridge to the Sky by Glaire Anderson

A Bridge to the Sky: The Arts of Science in the Age of 'Abbas Ibn Firnas Now available! Hello! Thank you for signing up! I hope you're enjoying my resources on 'Abbas Ibn Firnas. I'm happy to say that my book on Ibn Firnas and his medieval 'first in flight' is now out! You can find it on the Oxford University Press website below. Take me to the book Please do let me know if you read it - I'd love to hear from you! Thanks again, all best wishes, Glaire Glaire D. Anderson, PhD Senior Lecturer...

3 months ago • 1 min read

NEWS FROM THE DIGITAL LAB Hi Reader! In case you missed these, here are three recent podcast interviews about our work on Assassin's Creed Mirage. Enjoy! Glaire ________________________ Curious as to the behind-the-scenes dynamics of working with Ubisoft on Assassin's Creed Mirage? Check out the 10th Anniversary episode of the History Respawned podcast, and our new work in progress, a mini-podcast series: Behind the Scenes with the DLIVCC! Glaire Anderson on History Respawned In the 10th...

6 months ago • 1 min read
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