08.30–08.55

Registration in the Foyer and Garden Room

 09.00–10.30

Workshop: An Introduction to TEI for the Description of Islamic Manuscripts (Room 5)

PANEL 5: CONSERVATION

In the Sir Humphrey Cripps Auditorium 

09.00–09.05

Chairperson’s Introduction

09.05–09.25

A Study on Interleaves in Moroccan Copies of Dala’il al-Khayrat

Ms Amélie Couvrat-Desvergnes

Paper and Book Conservator, Museum of Islamic Art, Doha, Qatar

09.25–09.45

Pigments in the ‘Umar Falke Collection

Mr Graham Patten

Conservation Fellow, Northwestern University Library, Northwestern University, Illinois, USA

09.45–10.05

Conservation and Analysis of a Fourteenth-Century Illuminated Masnavi

Miss Esra Demiröz

Assistant Manuscript Specialist, General Directorate of the Turkish Institute for Manuscripts, Istanbul, Turkey

Miss Gizem Erdem

Conservator, General Directorate of the Turkish Institute for Manuscripts, Istanbul, Turkey

10.05–10.30

Discussion

10.30–11.00

Refreshments in the Denis Murphy Gallery

PANEL 6: DIGITAL HUMANITIES

In the Sir Humphrey Cripps Auditorium 

11.00–11.05

Chairperson’s Introduction

11.05–11.25

Mapping Arabic Sufi Manuscripts at Cambridge Univeristy Library

Dr Meis Al Kaisi

Assistant Professor, American University of Shahjah, United Arab Emirates

Mr Huw Jones

Digital Content Specialist, Cambridge University Library, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK

11.25–11.45

ILLUMINATED: Manuscripts in the Making—A Digital Research Resource

Dr Paola Ricciardi

Research Associate, Department of Manuscripts and Painted Books, Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK

11.45–12.05

Challenges and Opportunities for Presenting Arabic Manuscripts Online

Dr Tristan Roddis

Head of Web Development, Cogapp, Brighton, UK

12.05–12.25

The Maps and Manuscripts of the Atlas of Islam, with a Special Focus on Sufi Influences

Dr Karen Pinto

Lecturer, Department of History, Boise State University, Idaho, USA

12.25–13.00

Discussion

13.00–14.15

Lunch in the Denis Murphy Gallery

14.15–14.45

Photograph

14.45–15.30 

Workshop: Customizing Imaging Supports for Manuscript Digitization (Room 5)

PANEL 7: KHANAQAH AND ISLAMIC MANUSCRIPT CULTURE

In the Sir Humphrey Cripps Auditorium 

14.45–14.50

Chairperson’s Introduction

14.50–15.10

Khanqahs as Centres for Manuscript Production and Distribution: Sufi Contributions to the Spread of Non-Sufi Islamic Intellectual Heritage

Mr Mojtaba Shahsavari

Independent Scholar, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

15.10–15.30

History of the Sufi Libraries in al-Maghrib al-Aqsa "The Farthest West": al-Zawiyah al-Nasiriyyah Library as a Model

Dr Karim Ifrak Ahmad

Researcher, National Centre for Scientific Research, Paris, France

15.30–15.50

The Adventures of a Dervish Lodge Library: Sütlüce Sadî Lodge Library and the Hasirîzade Family

Mrs Burcu Bayer

Research Assistant, Yıldırım Beyazıt University, Ankara, Turkey

Mr Fatih Tığlı

Lecturer, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey

15.50–16.20

Refreshments in the Denis Murphy Gallery

16.20–16.40

The Presence of al-Hikam al-Hafiziyyah in al-Rahmaniyyah Lodges in Southern Algeria

Dr Salim Bouadjadja

Professor of Modern Literature, University of Boumerdes, Boumerdes, Algeria

16.40–17.00

Zawiyah Tanoh Abee: A Sufi Lodge and Manuscript Library in the Indian Ocean World

Mr Hermansyah Hermansyah

Lecturer, Universitas Islam Negeri Ar-Raniry, Banda Aceh, Indonesia

17.00–17.20

The Mevlevi’s Earliest Manuscripts: The Islamic Arts of the Book in Konya and Sivas (1278–1332)

Ms Cailah Jackson

DPhil Student, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK

17.20–17.50

Discussion

17.50–18.00

Closing Remarks

19.30

Dinner in the Old Hall, Magdalene College, Cambridge