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
Monday, 1 September 2014
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7.45-8.45 |
Breakfast in the Gallery |
KEYNOTE LECTURES
IN THE AUDITORIUM
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9.00-9.30 |
PROFESSOR CHARLES MELVILLE Professor of Persian History, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK; President, the Islamic Manuscript Association, Cambridge, UK Looking Forward, Looking Back: Ten Years of the Islamic Manuscript Association |
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9.30-10.00 |
MS KARIN SCHEPER Manuscript Conservator, Leiden University Library, The Netherlands The Islamic Manuscript Association’s Projects in Conservation |
PANEL 4 – CONSERVATION
IN THE AUDITORIUM
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10.00-10.30 |
DR CORDELIA ROGERSON Head of Conservation, The British Library, London, UK Future needs and Current Resources – Lessons for Updating Approaches to Manuscript Conservation from the British Library |
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10.30-11.00 |
Refreshments in the Gallery |
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11.00-11.30 |
MR SCOTT W. DEVINE Marie A. Quinlan Director of Preservation and Conservation, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, USA MS TONIA GRAFAKOS Chief Conservator, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, USA The ‘Umar Falke Collection: New Initiatives for Preservation and Access |
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11.30-12.00 |
MS ZOHREH MORADKHANY Conservator and Restorer of Historical Records, Institute for Iranian Contemporary Historical Studies (IICHS), Tehran, Iran The Reversibility of Paper Restoration Adhesives in Archives |
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12.00-12.30 |
MS AMELIE COUVRAT-DESVERGNES Paper and Book Conservator, Museum of Islamic Art, Doha, Qatar The Use of Interleaving Materials in Islamic Manuscripts: Evidence of Cultural Practices for Book Preservation |
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12.30-13.00 |
CONSERVATION DISCUSSION SESSION Chaired by Dr Mandana Barkeshli Associate Professor, Department of Applied Art and Design, International Islamic University Malaysia |
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13.00-14.15 |
Lunch in the Gallery |
PANEL 5 – CATALOGUING
IN THE AUDITORIUM
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14.15-14.45 |
DR ABDULLAH BILAL The State of Mauritianian Manuscripts TBC |
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14.45-15.15 |
MS ASLIHAN AKSOY-SHERIDAN PhD Candidate, Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey In the Margins: A Proposal for the Cataloguing of Miscellanies |
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15.15-15.45 |
MS JANINA KAROLEWSKI Research Associate, Centre for the Study of Manuscript Cultures (CSMC), Hamburg University, Germany DR RIZA YILDIRIM Associate Professor, TOBB University of Economics and Technology, Ankara, Turkey Alevi Manuscripts in Tranquil Conflict: Matters of Documentation and Representation |
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15.45-16.15 |
Refreshments in the Gallery |
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16.15-16.45 |
MR SALEH BIN SULEYMAN SALEH ALZEHEIMI Librarian for Omani Studies Centre, Sultan Qaboos University The Omani Manuscripts of Zanzibar following the 1964 Military Coup: A Study of their Present State and the Options for the Preservation, Conservation and Cataloguing of What Remains. |
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16.45-17.15 |
CATALOGUING DISCUSSION SESSION Chaired by Mr David Hirsch, Librarian for Middle Eastern Studies, University of California, Los Angeles, USA |
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17.15-17.45 |
Refreshments in the Gallery |
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17.45-19.15 |
Annual General Meeting (Association members only) |
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20.00-21.15 |
Dinner in the Old Hall |