The Tenth Islamic Manuscript Conference
Manuscripts and Conflict
Celebrating the Tenth Anniversary of the Islamic Manuscript Association
31 August-2 September 2014, Magdalene College, University of Cambridge
With an Optional Special Programme on 3 September 2014, including a Workshop on Disaster Planning for Islamic Manuscript Collections
Conference Programme
Tuesday, 2 September 2014
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7.45-8.45 |
Breakfast in the Gallery |
PANEL 6 – DIGITISATION
IN THE AUDITORIUM
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9.00-9.40 |
MR MIKE TOTH President, R.B. Toth Associates, Oakton, Virginia, USA Digital Studies of Ancient Texts Amidst a Changing World |
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9.40-10.10 |
MS GWEN RILEY JONES Senior Photographer, The John Rylands Library, The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK The Midas Touch: Experiments in Imaging Gold in Manuscripts |
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10.10-10.40 |
MR ALEX BREY PhD Candidate, Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, USA NEP-27: Collaborative Study of a Seljuq Qur’an |
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10.40-11.10 |
Refreshments in the Gallery |
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11.10-11.40 |
DR AMR GOMAA Independent Scholar, Cairo, Egypt The Development of Optical Character Recognition for Arabic Script |
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11.40-12.10 |
DIGITISATION DISCUSSION SESSION Chaired by Mrs Carol Burrows Heritage Imaging Manager, The John Rylands Library, The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK |
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12.10-13.00 |
CONFERENCE PHOTO |
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13.00-14.15 |
Lunch in the Gallery |
PANEL 7 – RESEARCH AND PUBLISHING
IN THE AUDITORIUM
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14.15-15.00 |
DR SAMI SALEH ABD AL-MALIK Director General, North Sinai Antiquities and Heritage, Ministry of Antiquities and Heritage, Egypt Scientific Researcher, Faculty of Archaeology, Cairo University, Egypt Rare Islamic Manuscripts of Great Value: Manuscripts about the Kiswa of the Kaaba, the Stations of the Hajj, and El Tur (Sinai) |
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15.00-15.30 |
MR ‘ABDULLAH AL-SURAIHI Researcher and Investigator, Manuscript Department, National Library, Abu Dhabi Tourism and Culture Authority, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates A Millennial Manuscript: A Section of Bukhari Dating to 490 AH/1096-7 CE |
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15.30-16.00 |
DR AHMAD SAIDY Researcher, Academy of Education and Training, Agadir, Morocco A Millennial Manuscript: A Section of Bukhari Dating to 490 AH/1096-7 CE |
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16.00-16.30 |
Refreshments in the Gallery |
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16.30-17.00 |
DR GULDONA TANIEVA Lecturer, Tashkent institute of Railway Engineers, Tashkent, Uzbekistan Introducing New Findings in the Sources of the Central Asian Hajj Pilgrimage |
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17.00-17.30 |
MR ADAM ACMAD Assistant Professor, Department of History, College of Social Sciences and Humanities, Mindanao State University, Marawi, The Philippines Contemporary Studies and Efforts for Preserving Islamic Manuscripts in the Philippines, With Emphasis on the Lanao Region |
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17.30-17.50 |
CLOSING REMARKS In the Auditorium |
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18.00-19.50 |
WORKSHOPS AND FILM SCREENINGS In the Auditorium and Seminar Rooms |
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20.00-21.15 |
Dinner in the Old Hall |