The Islamic Manuscript Association

Traditions of Papermaking in the Islamic World

27 March 2015, The British Library, London, UK

Programme

9.30- 9.45	Welcome and Introduction
9.45- 10.30	Katharina Siedler Papermaker and Historian, Berlin, Germany The Reconstruction of Islamic Papers
10.30- 11.15	Evyn Kropf Librarian for Near Eastern and Religious Studies and Curator of the Islamic Manuscript Collection, University of Michigan Library, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA Assessing Material Qualities : A Survey of Papers from the Islamic Manuscript Collection at the University of Michigan
11.15-11.30	Refreshments
11.30-12.15	Flavio Marzo Gulf History Arabic Science Project Conservator, British Library, London, UK Zoe Miller Conservator, British Library, London, UK Conservation and Digitisation of 'Islamic' Manuscripts within the British Library
12.15- 13.30	Lunch
13.30-14.15	Alexandra Soteriou Paper Historian, New Jersey, USA Journey in Search of Indo-Islamic Papermaking Heritage
14.15-15.00	Jean-Louis Estéve Independent Researcher and Emeritus Professor at École Supérieure Estienne des Arts et Industries Graphiques, Paris, France Some Reflections on the Mysterious Zigzag Mark in Arab-Andalusian Papers
15.00-15.15	Refreshments
15.15- 16.00	Jacques Brejoux Master Papermaker, France TBA
16.00- 16.30	Final Questions and Closing
16.30-17.30	Timothy Barrett Associate Professor, University of Iowa Center for the Book and the University of Iowa School of Library and Information Science, Iowa City, Iowa, USA Katharina Siedler Papermaker and Historian, Berlin, Germany Practical Demonstration of Papermaking Programme subject to change; This event may be recorded and photographs will be taken