The Sixth Islamic Manuscript Conference
Central Asian Islamic Manuscripts & Manuscript Collections
8-10 July 2010, Queens' College, University of Cambridge
Conference Programme
Thursday 8th July
| 7.45 – 8.45 | Breakfast in Cripps Dining Hall |
| 9.00 – 10.30 | Registration in the Angevin Room, Refreshments in the Conservatory |
WELCOMING SPEECHES
| 10.30 – 11.00 |
PROF. CHARLES MELVILLE President, The Islamic Manuscript Association and Professor of Persian History, University of Cambridge, UK |
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PROF. YASIR SULEIMAN Director, Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Centre of Islamic Studies and His Majesty Sultan Qaboos Bin Sa‘id Professor of Modern Arabic Studies, University of Cambridge, UK |
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MR DAVIDSON MACLAREN Executive Director, The Islamic Manuscript Association and Director, Thesaurus Islamicus Foundation and Dar al-Kutub Manuscript Project, Egypt |
RESEARCH & PUBLISHING PANEL I—CHAIRED BY PROF. CHARLES MELVILLE
| 11.00 – 11.30 |
DR MURTEZA BEDIR Associate Professor of Islamic Law, Faculty of Divinity, Sakarya University, Turkey Legal Manuscripts of Central Asia: 4th/10th–7th/13th Centuries |
| 11.30 – 12.00 |
DR AKRAM KHABIBULLAEV Librarian for Middle Eastern, Islamic, and Central Eurasian Studies, Indiana University Bloomington, USA Manuscripts of al-Mutarrizī’s Works in Tashkent |
| 12.00 – 1.15 | Lunch in Cripps Dining Hall |
| 13.30 – 14.00 |
PROF. DR SHAMSIDDIN KAMOLIDDIN Professor, Department of Central Asian History, Tashkent State Institute of Oriental Studies, Uzbekistan New Research on al-Qand fī dhikr ‘ulamā’ Samarqand by Abū Hafs al-Nasafī |
| 14.00 – 14.30 |
MR HAKIM ELNAZAROV Coordinator of Central Asian Studies, The Institute of Ismaili Studies, UK Chirāgh-nāma: A Masterpiece of the Central Asian Islamic Heritage |
| 14.30 - 15.00 | Refreshments in the Conservatory |
CONSERVATION PANEL—CHAIRED BY DR MANDANA BARKESHLI
| 15.00 - 15.30 |
MRS AMÉLIE COUVRAT DESVERGNES Freelance Book and Paper Conservator, France The Conservation of Islamic Bindings in the Musée du Louvre |
| 15.30 - 16.00 |
MS KARIN SCHEPER Conservator, Leiden University Library, The Netherlands Islamic Manuscripts from Xinjiang in Leiden University Library |
| 16.00 - 16.30 |
MR JEAN-LOUIS ESTÈVE Researcher and PhD Candidate, Practical School of Advanced Studies, France A Specific Repair Practice in the Process of Making Paper Sheets |
| 16.30 - 17.00 |
DR ANNE REGOURD Academic Head, Programme for Safeguarding the Manuscripts of Zabid, Yemen and Researcher, French National Centre for Scientific Research, France Strategies of Preservation and Conservation of the Programme of Zabid |
| 19.00 – 20.15 | Pre-Dinner Drinks Reception in the Old Kitchens |
| 19.30 – 20.45 | Dinner in the Old Hall |