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In late September, the GLOBAL DECO team participated in the “Materiality of Sufi Manuscripts” workshop, hosted by the Cluster of Excellence “Understanding Written Artefacts” and co-organized by Ilse Sturkenboom at the Centre for the Study of Manuscript Cultures in Hamburg. This event marked the conclusion of a three-part series within the research network on Sufi… Continue reading HAMBURG, September 2024

Starting off the workshop!   A brilliant conference awaited us in Uzbekistan at the end of May, organised by Dr Bruno De Nicola of the Austrian Academy of Sciences with his project “Nomads’ Manuscripts Landscape” and the Austrian Science in cooperation with the Institute of Iranian Studies of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, the Abu… Continue reading UZBEKISTAN, May 2024

At the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin (SBB)   In May, Theresa travelled to Berlin to assist Dr Sebastian Bosch from the Centre for the Study of Manuscript Cultures (CSMC) in Hamburg and master’s student Valentina Yanez with the analysis of several manuscripts. These analyses were already partially conducted before the pandemic, with Ilse as the partner… Continue reading BERLIN, May 2024

Chester Beatty Library   At the end of March, we went back to the Chester Beatty Library in Dublin, where we were now able to examine manuscripts and folios that had previously been on display, as well as some other exciting manuscripts. We would like to thank Dr Moya Carey and her amazing team for… Continue reading DUBLIN, March 2024

In February, Ilse was invited to give the Richard & Mary Rouse History of the Book Lecture at UCLA as a guest speaker on “On the Introduction of Chinese Decorated Paper to Iran and How it Revolutionised Manuscript Production in the Islamic World”. This lecture offered insights into the circumstances under which Chinese paper was… Continue reading LOS ANGELES/NEW YORK, February 2024

  At the CSMC At the end of January, we headed to Hamburg’s Centre for the Studies of Manuscript Cultures (CSMC), where we gave a talk at the “Facing New Materials: Changes of Writing Substances, Implements and Supports in Manuscript Cultures” workshop entitled “The Introduction of Chinese Decorated Paper to Iran and Its Huge Impact… Continue reading HAMBURG, January 2024

Impression of the Salar Jung Museum   In the period leading up to Christmas, we travelled to a very special destination, namely Hyderabad in India. Our 10-day visit to the Salar Jung Museum turned out to be extremely interesting, not only because the museum has an exceptionally great collection, but also because the people in… Continue reading HYDERABAD, December 2023

Chester Beatty Library   The second research trip over several days took us to the Chester Beatty Library in Dublin together with LMU doctoral student Mandana Bender, who will be supporting us in the project from October 2024. There, we were welcomed by the curator Dr Moya Carey, who provided us with the multitude of… Continue reading DUBLIN, October 2023

  The research trips were kicked off by a short stay in Vienna, where we studied a Safina manuscript (ANL N.F. 143) in the Austrian National Library. This manuscript contains a collection of poems, mainly ghazals by various Persian poets, and was completed in Shiraz in 865 AH/1460 CE, as can be gathered from the… Continue reading VIENNA, October 2023