The Fifth Islamic Manuscript Conference
Access and Rights
24-26 July 2009, Christ's College, University of Cambridge
Conference Programme
Sunday 26th July
| 7.45 - 9.15 | Breakfast in the Great Hall, Christ's College |
Conservation Panel - Chaired by Dr Mandana Barkeshli
| 9.30 - 10.00 |
Mrs Gillian Boal Conservation and Collection Care Manager, The Wellcome Library, UK Dr Athanasios Velios Research Fellow, Saint Catherine’s Library Conservation Project, Camberwell College, University of the Arts London, UK Mr Marco Di Bella Freelance Conservator, Italy Dr Theresa Zammit-Lupi Freelance Conservator, Malta Conservation for Digitisation: Surveying the Arabic Manuscript Collection at the Wellcome Library |
| 10.00 - 10.30 |
Miss Élise Franssen PhD Candidate, University of Liège, Belgium A Maghribī Copy of Kitāb al-Faraj ba‘d ash-shidda by the Iraqi qadi at-Tanūhī: Study of a Université de Liège Manuscript |
| 10.30 - 11.00 |
Dr Brent Seales Gill Professor of Computer Science, University of Kentucky, USA Mr David Jacobs Senior Conservator, British Library, UK The Virtual Opening and Conservation of Hidden Texts |
| 11.00 - 11.30 | Refreshments |
| 11.30 - 12.00 |
Mrs Rajabi Binti Abdul Razak Researcher, MARA University of Technology, Malaysia The 19th Century Malay Qur’an: A Comparative Study of Materials and Techniques |
| 12.00 - 12.30 |
Mr Stephen Chapman Manager, Open Collections Program, Harvard University Library, USA Mrs Katherine Beaty Book Conservator, Weissman Preservation Center, Harvard University Library, USA Harvard University Library Islamic Heritage Project: Challenges in Large-Scale Conservation and Digitization of Islamic Manuscripts |
| 12.30 - 1.45 | Seated Lunch in the Great Hall, Christ’s College |
| 2.00 - 2.30 | Conference Photo |
Digitisation Panel - Chaired by Mrs Carol Burrows
| 2.30 - 3.00 |
Ms Carol Burrows Assistant Librarian, Special Collections (Images), The John Rylands Library, The University of Manchester, UK Ms Caroline Checkley-Scott Head of Collection Care, The John Rylands Library, The University of Manchester, UK Enabling Access by Digitisation: Spotlight on a Shahnama |
| 3.00 - 3.30 |
Dr Stéphane Ipert Director, Centre de Conservation du Livre, France The Digitisation Projects of MANUMED (Manuscripts of the Mediterranean) |
| 3.30 - 4.00 |
Dr Jan van der Putten Associate Professor, Department of Malay Studies, National University of Singapore Riau Manuscripts: The Gateway to the Malay Intellectual World |
| 4.00 - 4.30 | Refreshments |
| 4.30 - 5.00 |
Dr Cécile Bonmariage Researcher, Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique, Belgium Organising Data: Shaping Scholarship on Manuscripts in the Digital Age |
| 5.00 - 5.30 |
Mr Boujdad Mkadem Abdelhamid Ph.D Candidate in Communication Sciences, Free University of Brussels, Belgium Dr Paul Nieuwenhuysen Professor of Science and Technology, Free University of Brussels, Belgium Digitisation of Manuscripts in Morocco: A Historical Research Issue |
Closing Speeches
| 5.30 - 6.00 |
Prof. Charles Melville President, The Islamic Manuscript Association and Professor of Persian History, University of Cambridge, UK Mr Davidson MacLaren Executive Director, The Islamic Manuscript Association and Director, Thesaurus Islamicus Foundation and Dar al-Kutub Manuscript Project, Egypt |
| 7.00 - 8.15 | Dinner in the Great Hall, Christ’s College |
| 8.15 - | Coffee in the Old Combination Room, Christ’s College |