According to the Miras Maktoub (written heritage) Research Center, the association invites all interested researchers to submit their articles to the secretariat of the conference on Islamic manuscripts, codicology, and conservation as well as management of manuscript collections.
Submitted abstracts are needed to address the conference themes: science of manuscripts and scientific manuscripts. Papers about manuscript materials like inks, colors, paper kinds, size and the like can be categorized as addressing the former theme. Examination of scientific manuscripts, cataloguing manuscripts and lessons learned from manuscript contents should address the latter theme.
Moreover, the conference addresses the four main concerns of the association, which are cataloguing, conservation, digitization and academic publishing of Islamic manuscripts.
The papers should not exceed 25 pages and can be tendered in English or Arabic.
Interested researchers may submit their at-most-250-word abstracts to the association's address on
The Islamic Manuscript Association Ltd
c/o 33 Trumpington Street
Cambridge CB2 1QY
United Kingdom
Fax: +44 1223 302 218
Email: admin@islamicmanuscript.org
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19 December 2011 - 20:30
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The Islamic Manuscripts Association, the Thesaurus Islamicus Foundation and the Al-Waleed bin Talal Islamic Research Center will jointly hold an Islamic manuscript conference at Cambridge University from 9 to July 11, 2012.
