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WORKSHOP – Material Aspects of Manuscripts of the Islamicate World, with a Special Focus on Bookbinding

Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Summerschool 09/2024

News vom 03.05.2024

The summer school is held at the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin in cooperation with the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities (Corpus Coranicum) and the Al-Furqan Islamic Heritage Foundation (London).

 

When: 9th to 13th September 2024

Where: Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin, Unter den Linden 8, 10117 Berlin-Mitte

The workshop will cover the following topics: Islamic bookbinding and its techniques, function and ornamentation; Papers of the Islamic world; Re-use of manuscripts in bindings; Material analysis of Islamic manuscripts; Conservational practices, etc. Many lectures will be supplemented by hands-on sessions.

 

The summer school will be conducted by: Annabel Gallop (UK), Beate Wiesmüller (Berlin), Boris Liebrenz (Leipzig), Claus-Peter Haase (Berlin), Christoph Rauch (Berlin), Claudia Colini (Hamburg), Julia Bispinck (Berlin), Katharina Siedler (Berlin), Katharina Wewerke (Berlin), Kristine Rose-Beers (UK), Meliné Pehlivanian (Berlin), Michael Marx (Berlin), Sebastian Bosch (Hamburg).

Registration: https://staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/fileadmin/user_upload/zentrale_Seiten/orientabteilung/pdf/Call_for_Applications__Berlin_TC_-_Workshop_2024__Final.pdf

 

Applications should include
Motivation letter
Curriculum vitae (table)
Summary of your current research project (one page including the title of your topic)

 

Invitation by:
Christoph Rauch, Leiter der Orientabteilung
Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz -
christoph.rauch@sbb.spk-berlin.de

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