Discussions
On-line session on Manuscripts Conservation with Experts from Al-Abbas Holy Shrine Library (Iraq)
The National Library of Qatar is hosting on-line manuscript conservation sessions with experts from the Al-Abbas Holy Shrine Library in Iraq (in Arabic).
June 8&9, 2020, 10:00-11:30 am (Qatar time). Please use the link below to register for the event.
New Publication: Building the Caliphate - Jennifer Pruitt
Dear colleagues,
I am delighted to announce the publication of my book, Building the Caliphate: Construction, Destruction, and Sectarian Identity in Early Fatimid Architecture (Yale University Press).
New Qur'an Search Facility on the Islamic Painted Page website
The University of Hamburg’s Centre for the Study of Manuscript Cultures and Islamic Painted Page are happy to announce a further facility specifically to assist Qur’an manuscript scholars and researchers.
Online Symposium on “Epidemic Urbanism: Reflections on History”
Epidemic Urbanism: Reflections on History
Announcement: TOC of Middle Eastern Crafts, ed. Mariam Rosser-Owen
Submitted by Margaret Graves
Dear colleagues,
Call for Application: Gulbenkian Visiting Scholar 2020-21
Submitted by Jessica Hallett
POSTPONEMENT: School of Mamluk Studies 2020, NICOSIA
Dear Colleagues,
In light of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, we have come to the decision that the Seventh Conference of the School of Mamlūk Studies, scheduled to be held in Nicosia, Cyprus, July 2–4, 2020, will be postponed, not cancelled. All being well, the conference will be held in the same location July 1–3, 2021. The accompanying intensive course will be held June 28–30, 2021, and the trip to visit Famagusta will follow the end of the conference on July 4, 2021.
CFP: Special Issue of IJIA on “Hinterland Forces: Architectural Responses at the Margins”
CALL FOR PAPERS International Journal of Islamic Architecture (IJIA)
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