The Sixth Islamic Manuscript Conference
Central Asian Islamic Manuscripts & Manuscript Collections
8-10 July 2010, Queens' College, University of Cambridge
Conference Programme
Friday 9th July
| 7.45 – 8.45 | Breakfast in Cripps Dining Hall |
| 9.30 – 10.00 |
DR MARIE EFTHYMIOU Researcher, French National Centre for Scientific Research, France Overview of the Collection of Qur’an Manuscripts at the Al-Biruni Institute of Oriental Studies, Republic of Uzbekistan |
| 10.00 – 10.30 |
DR AFTANDIL ERKINOV Professor, Tashkent State Institute of Oriental Studies, Uzbekistan The Court Library of Muhammad Rahim Khan II as a Means of Opposition to Being a Protectorate of the Russian Empire |
| 10.30 – 11.00 | Refreshments in the Conservatory |
| 11.00 – 11.30 |
DR GOODARZ RASHTIANI Director and Researcher, Georgian Studies Department, Caucasus Studies Institute, Iran The Heritage of Sufism in the National Center of Manuscripts of Georgia |
| 11.30 – 12.00 |
DR SHAMIL SHIHALIEV Head, Collection of Oriental Manuscripts, Library of the Institute of History, Archeology and Ethnography at the Daghestani Scientific Center, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia The History of Oriental Manuscripts in the Library of the Institute of History, Archeology and Ethnography at the Daghestani Scientific Center, Russian Academy of Sciences |
| 12.00 – 13.15 | Lunch in Cripps Dining Hall |
DIGITISATION PANEL —CHAIRED BY MS CAROL BURROWS
| 13.30 – 14.00 |
MRS MARYAM RAHNEMOONFAR PhD Candidate, Salford University, UK Challenges in Exploring the Text Inside Digitised Historical Manuscripts |
| 14.00 – 14.30 |
DR AMY LANDAU Assistant Curator, Manuscripts and Rare Books (Islamic and Armenian), Walters Art Museum, USA MR MICHAEL TOTH President, R. B. Toth Associates and Program Manager, The Islamic Digital Resource, Walters Art Museum, USA Meeting the Challenges: The Digitisation of Islamic Manuscripts at the Walters Art Museum |
| 14.30 – 15.00 | Refreshments in the Conservatory |
| 15.00 – 15.30 |
MR EMAD KHAZRAEE Director, IT Department, The Encyclopaedia of Iranian Architectural History, Iran and PhD Candidate and Research Assistant, Drexel University, USA MS SHADI SHAKERI Researcher, The Encyclopaedia of Iranian Architectural History Strategies for Cultural Digital Collections in Islamic Countries |
| 15.30 – 16.00 |
MRS ALBA FEDELI Lecturer, University of Milan, Italy MR GRANT YOUNG Digitisation and Digital Preservation Specialist, Cambridge University Library, UK MISS DEBORAH FARNDELL Book Conservator, Cambridge University Library, UK Digitisation of the Mingana-Lewis Palimpsest at Cambridge University Library: A Preliminary Report of the Project |
| 16.00 – 16.30 | Break |
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF THE ISLAMIC MANUSCRIPT ASSOCIATION
| 16.30 – 18.00 | AGM Attendance is Members Only |
| 19.00 – 20.15 | Dinner in the Old Hall |