The Fifth Islamic Manuscript Conference
Access and Rights
24-26 July 2009, Christ's College, University of Cambridge
Conference Programme
Saturday 25th July
| 7.45 - 8.45 | Breakfast in the Great Hall, Christ’s College |
Research and Publishing Panel - Chaired by Dr Muhammad Isa Waley
| 9.00 - 9.30 |
Dr Zahra Faridany-Akhavan Independent Scholar, France The Mughal Manuscript of the Hamzanama: Correction and Reconstruction, Narrative Cycles, Comparison and Comprehension |
| 9.30 - 10.00 |
Mr Adam Gacek Faculty Lecturer, Institute of Islamic Studies, McGill University, Canada The Osler Codex of Nasīr ad-Dīn at-Tūsī’s Commentary on Avicenna’s al-Ishārāt wa’t-tanbīhāt |
| 10.00 - 10.30 |
Mr Philipp Bruckmayr PhD Candidate, Institute of Oriental Studies, University of Vienna, Austria Islamic Manuscripts from Cambodia |
| 10.30 - 11.00 | Refreshments |
| 11.00 - 11.30 |
Prof. Bahija Chadili Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, University of Hassan II, Morocco African Arabic Manuscripts and their Role in a Re-reading of Sub-Saharan African Political History in the Nineteenth Century |
| 11.30 - 12.00 |
Mr Ali Akbar Ziaee Researcher, Manuscript Unit, International Institute of Islamic Thought and Civilization, Malaysia Hasan Kāfī al-Aqhisārī and his Azhār al-Rawdāt fī Sharh Rawdāt al-Jannāt |
| 12.00 - 1.15 | Seated Lunch in the Great Hall, Christ’s College |
Cataloguing Panel - Chaired by Mr David Hirsch
| 1.30 - 2.00 |
Dr Jonathan Rodgers Head of Near Eastern Division, University of Michigan Library, USA Mrs Roberta Dougherty Middle Eastern Studies Librarian, University of Texas at Austin Library, USA Collaboration in Cataloguing: Islamic Manuscripts at Michigan - History and Future |
| 2.00 - 2.30 |
Dr Oliver Watson Director, Museum of Islamic Art, Qatar Islamic Manuscripts in the Museum of Islamic Art, Doha, Qatar |
| 2.30 - 3.00 |
Dr Oman Fathurahman Senior Researcher, Centre for the Study of Islam and Society, State Islamic University Jakarta, Indonesia Thesaurus of Indonesian Manuscripts (T2IM): An Effort to Develop a Comprehensive Database for Academic Purposes |
| 3.00 - 3.30 | Refreshments |
| 3.30 - 4.00 |
Mr Mostafa Derayati Head, Al-Javad Cultural and Research Institution, Iran Presenting the Only Private Information Bank of Manuscripts in Iran |
| 4.00 - 4.30 |
Dr Hamadou Adama Associate Professor, Department of History, University of Ngaoundéré, Cameroon Arabic Manuscripts in Cameroon: Accessibility and Cataloguing |
| 4.30 - 5.00 | Break |
| 5.00 - 6.00 | Annual General Meeting of the Islamic Manuscript Association (Members Only) |
| 7.00 - 8.15 | Dinner in the Great Hall, Christ’s College |
| 8.15 - | Coffee in the Old Combination Room, Christ’s College |
Documentary Film Screening (Second Screening)
| 8.30 - 9.30 |
Mr David Jacobs Senior Conservator, British Library, UK A Digital Renaissance: Imaging the Iliad |