Workshop/Webinar: Princeton-UCLA Arabic Manuscript Workshop
The Princeton-UCLA Arabic Manuscript Workshop will be held on August 23-27, 2021. Full details for the workshop can be found here, including signup details and a complete list of presenters. While the application process is now closed for full participation, interested readers can still sign up for the webinars online at the official website.
Description: This week-long workshop will be led by leading authorities in the historical, philological and material study of Arabic manuscripts. Co-organized by Princeton and UCLA, which house the two largest repositories of Islamicate manuscripts in North America, the workshop will equip emerging scholars with the basic tools to conduct research using original handwritten texts in Arabic script. Over the course of four days, participants will learn the basics of codicology, palaeography, and manuscript production and circulation, and receive exposure to an expansive vision of current debates in Arabic manuscript research. Topics include:
- anatomy of the codex
- text blocks, colophons, audition notes, owners’ notes, readers’ notes
- supports, inks, bindings
- scribes and other craftspeople
- scripts, canonical and informal; strategies for decipherment
- technical terminology
- transmission practices and patterns
- digital collections; contemporary ethics and best practices
Organizers: Marina Rustow (Princeton) and Luke Yarbrough (UCLA)
For questions about the application process, contact cnes@international.ucla.edu.
For questions about content, contact the organizers: Marina Rustow (Princeton) and Luke Yarbrough (UCLA).
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