The Eleventh Islamic Manuscript Conference
Sufism and Islamic Manuscript Culture
13–15 September 2016, Magdalene College, University of Cambridge, UK
Conference Programme
Simultaneous Arabic-English and English-Arabic interpretation will be available throughout the conference.
Wednesday, 14 September
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08.30–08.55 |
Registration in the Foyer and Garden Room |
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PANEL 3: CATALOGUING In the Sir Humphrey Cripps Auditorium |
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09.00–09.05 |
Chairperson’s Introduction |
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09.05–09.25 |
Intricacies of Cataloguing Arabic Sufi Manuscripts Dr Florian Sobieroj Manuscript Cataloguer and Lecturer, Göttingen Academy of Sciences, Göttingen, Germany |
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09.25–09.45 |
Procurement, Preservation, and Conservation of Arabic and ‘Ajami Manuscripts in Northern Nigeria: Sufi Manuscript Classification in the Arewa House Collections Mr Musa Salih Muhammad Chief Archivist, Arewa House, Centre for Historical Documentation and Research, Ahmadu Bello University, Kaduna, Nigeria |
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09.45–10.05 |
Cataloguing and Collecting Sufi Manuscripts in Dagestan: Introducing the Ziya’ al-Din Yusuf Hajji al-Kurikhi al-Naqshbandi Library Ms Anahita Shahrokhi PhD Candidate, Institute of Archaeology, Warsaw University, Warsaw, Poland Mr Hamed Kazemzadeh Senior Researcher, The Oriental Faculty, Warsaw University, Warsaw, Poland |
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10.05–10.40 |
Refreshments in the Denis Murphy Gallery |
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10.40–11.00 |
Waqf and Sufism: Between Books and Libraries Mr Mahmoud Zaki Research Fellow, Georgetown University, Doha, Qatar |
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11.00–11.20 |
The Library of al-Khanqah al-Sumaysatiyyah in Damascus During the Ayyubid and Mamluk Periods Dr Said Aljomani Professor, Libraries and information Department, University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan |
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11.20–11.40 |
What Does A Dervish Lodge Library Tell Us? Miss Fulya İbanoğlu Teacher and Editor, Istanbul, Turkey |
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11.40–12.15 |
Discussion |
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12.15–13.30 |
Lunch in the Denis Murphy Gallery |
| 13.30–15.00 |
Workshop: Exploring Painted Works: The Islamic Painted Page Database (Room 5) PANEL 4: EDITING In the Sir Humphrey Cripps Auditorium |
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13.30–13.35 |
Chairperson’s Introduction |
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13.35–13.55 |
Manuscripts and Printed Editions of Works by ‘A’ishah al-Ba‘uniyyah Dr Th. Emil Homerin Professor of Religion and Chair, Department of Religion and Classics, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, USA |
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13.55–14.15 |
Some Fourteenth-Century Transmission Histories of Sa‘d al-Din al-Hamuyah’s Kitab al-Mahbub Dr Elizabeth Ross Alexandrin Associate Professor, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada |
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14.15–14.35 |
The Need for a New Critical Edition of the Ma‘arif of Baha’ Walad Dr Sassan Zand Moqaddam Freelance Researcher, Isfahan, Iran |
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14.35–14.55 |
The Pen and the Voice of the Shaykh: Orality and the Diwan of Abu ’l-Hasan al-Shushtari Dr Carl Davila Associate Professor, The College at Brockport: State University of New York, Brockport, New York, USA |
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14.55–15.15 |
Zandawisati and His Risala’s Place in Early Sufism Dr Zafar Najmiddinov Post-Doctoral Independent Researcher, Uzbekistan |
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15.15–15.45 |
Discussion |
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15.45–16.30 |
Refreshments in the Denis Murphy Gallery |
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16.30–18.00 |
The Islamic Manuscript Association's Annual General Meeting In the Sir Humphrey Cripps Auditorium |
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19.30 |
Dinner in the Old Hall, Magdalene College, Cambridge |
This programme may be subject to change