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The Tenth Islamic Manuscript Conference

Manuscripts and Conflict

Celebrating the Tenth Anniversary of the Islamic Manuscript Association

31 August-2 September 2014, Magdalene College, University of Cambridge

With an Optional Special Programme on 3 September 2014, including a Workshop on Disaster Planning for Islamic Manuscript Collections

Conference Programme

Papers and Panel Discussions

Papers and panel discussions are organised by day. Please click on a date in the sidebar menu or list below in order to view the papers and panel discussions taking place on that day.

Posters and Exhibitors

Poster presentations of attendees’ projects and research with Islamic manuscripts will be displayed in the Orangerie and East Room throughout the conference. Please see the Poster Presentation page for further details.

Commercial exhibitor stalls will be located in the same area. 

Workshops and Film Screenings

Workshops and film screenings will be repeated throughout the conference to ensure that as many delegates as possible have the chance to attend. Sign-up sheets will be provided at registration. 

All workshops and film screenings are free of charge and are included in the conference registration, with the exception of the Disaster Planning for Islamic Manuscript Collections workshop on September 3rd, for which there is a small additional charge. For more information about this workshop please see this page.

Workshops and film screenings will include: 

Workshops

  • The Midas Touch: Experiments in Imaging Gold in Manuscripts

    Presented by Ms Gwen Riley Jones, The John Rylands Library, The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK

        Sunday 31 August, 18.00-19.15

        Tuesday 2 September, 18.00-19.15

  • Introduction to Using the International Treasury of Islamic Manuscripts: The Islamic Manuscript Association’s Online Manuscript Cataloguing Database

    Presented by Dr Stefanie Brinkmann, Lecturer, Asia-Africa-Institute, University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany; Project Coordinator, International Treasury of Islamic Manuscripts, The Islamic Manuscript Association, Cambridge, UK

        Sunday 31 August, 18.00-19.15

        Tuesday 2 September, 18.00-19.15

  • Managing Projects in Conservation and Collection Care

    Presented by Mr Andor Vince, Collections Care Officer, ­The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK

  Monday 1 September, 14.15-17.15

  Tuesday 2 September, 14.15-17.15

  • Disaster Planning for Islamic Manuscript Collections (special additional programme on 3 September; an extra charge applies)

    Presented by Mrs Emma Dadson, Divisional Manager, Harwell Document Restoration Services, Harwell, UK

 Wednesday 3 September, 14.00-17.30

Film Screenings

  • The Love of Books - A Sarajevo Story

    Dir. Sam Hobkinson, Oxford Film & Television, 2012, 1h 14 min

  • Premiere: Armed Conflict and Islamic Manuscripts in the Caucasus

    Dir. Mr Hamed Kazemzadeh, Centre for Eastern European Studies, Warsaw University, Poland, 2014, 15 minutes