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Rediscovering Words & Worlds: Arabic Script Collections at Columbia University
February 16, 2017 @ 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
On behalf of the Muslim World Manuscripts Project at Columbia University, we would like to invite to attend our two-day workshop (Feb. 16-17) on our collections held at the Rare Book and Manuscript Library (RBML) at Columbia University in the City of New York. A full program with schedules for panels, roundtables, and workshops can be found here.
Our workshop keynote will be delivered by Professor Sabine Schmidtke from the Institute for Advanced Study. The keynote, titled “
Preserving, Democratizing, and Studying the World Heritage of Islamic Manuscripts, will take place on Thursday, February 16, 2017 from 4:30pm-6:00pm.
We are eager to host the myriad prestigious academics, scholars, and intellectuals who will be participating in our workshop, and likewise look forward to you joining a conversation at the crossroads of a deep intellectual tradition, medieval paleography and codicology, and contemporary digital humanities.
We invite you to register for the event here.