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
Sunday, 31 August 2014
| 7.45-8.45 |
Breakfast in the Gallery |
| 9.00-10.30 | Registration in the Foyer and Garden Room
Refreshments in the Gallery |
| 10.30-10.45 | WELCOMING SPEECHES
In the Auditorium |
MANUSCRIPTS AND CONFLICT – PART 1
IN THE AUDITORIUM
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10.45-11.30 |
MR ANDRÁS RIEDLMAYER Bibliographer in Islamic Art and Architecture, Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA Manuscripts and Conflict: The Balkan Wars of the 1990s |
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11.30-12.00 |
MR STÉPHANE IPERT Expert in Preventative Conservation, Restoration, and Digital Libraries, France DR NABIL AL-TIKRITI Associate Professor, School of History and American Studies, University of Mary Washington, Fredericksburg, Virginia, USA A Survey of Iraqi Libraries Before and After the American Intervention |
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12.00-12.30 |
DR SCOTT MORRISON Associate Professor of International Law and Politics, Akita University, Japan; and Barrister, Gray’s Inn, London, UK The Legal Protection of Islamic Manuscripts in War: International and British Law, and the case of Syria |
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12.30-14.00 |
Lunch in the Gallery |
MANUSCRIPTS AND CONFLICT – PART 2
IN THE AUDITORIUM
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14.00-14.30 |
MR NA‘IM HAYMAD Teacher of Philosophy, Mahdi Bin Barka Secondary School, Tiznit, Morocco The Manuscripts of Timbuktu in the Face of the Clash of Civilisations |
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14.30-15.00 |
FATHER COLUMBA STEWART OSB Executive Director, Hill Museum and Manuscript Library, Saint John's University, Minnesota, USA Digital Preservation of Endangered Manuscripts: The Work of the Hill Museum & Manuscript Library in the Middle East, Africa, and India, with an Update on the Manuscripts of Timbuktu |
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15.00-15.30 |
MS GAIA PETRELLA Independent Paper and Manuscript Conservator, Milan, Italy MS IRENE ZANELLA Independent Paper and Manuscript Conservator, Florence, Italy Manuscripts, Conflict, and Conservation: A Conservation Survey Form and Terminological Glossary in the Arabic, Kurdish (Sorani), and English Languages Related to Islamic Printed Books and Manuscripts |
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15.30-16.00 |
MR HUSSEIN AL-HASANI Director, Manuscript Department, Public Library of Imam Amir al-Mu’minin, Najaf, Iraq; and Employee, Directorate of Shi‘i Awqaf, Najaf, Iraq Manuscripts, Conflict, and Cataloguing: Islamic Manuscripts in the Shrines of Najaf |
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16.00-16.30 |
Refreshments in the Gallery |
MANUSCRIPTS AND CONFLICT – PART 3
IN THE AUDITORIUM
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16.30-17.00 |
DR DAVID HOLLENBERG Assistant Professor of Arabic Language and Religious Literature, Department of Religious Studies, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, USA Manuscripts, Conflict, and Digitisation: Preserving Manuscripts Under Erasure — The Yemeni Manuscript Digitisation Initiative |
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17.00-17.30 |
MS ANAHITA SHAHROKHI Visiting Scholar, Institute of History, Archaeology and Ethnography, Dagestan, Russia Manuscripts, Conflict, and Research and Publishing: The Destructive Impact of the North Caucasus Ethnic Conflicts of the 1990s on Islamic Manuscripts |
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17.30-18.00 |
MANUSCRIPTS AND CONFLICT DISCUSSION SESSION Chaired by Professor Yasir Suleiman Director, HRH Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Centre of Islamic Studies, University of Cambridge, UK |
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18.00-19.50 |
WORKSHOPS AND FILM SCREENINGS In the Auditorium and Seminar Rooms |
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20.00-21.15 |
Dinner in the Old Hall |