Al-Furqan Islamic Heritage Foundation (London), Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin, and Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften (Corpus Coranicum), organised an international training workshop entitled: "Material Aspects of Manuscripts of the Islamicate World, with a Special Focus on Bookbinding".
The Workshop, which is an advanced training course, took place in the German capital Berlin, from the 9th to the 13th of September 2024. It was attended by 25 participants from a number of different countries.
The Workshop addressed a range of subjects, including Islamic bookbinding and its techniques, function and ornamentation; Papers of the Islamic world; Re-use of manuscripts in bindings; Material analysis of Islamic manuscripts; Conservational practices, etc.
Many lectures were supplemented by hands-on sessions, in which the participants had the opportunity to observe the discussed features themselves in manuscripts of the Islamicate world from the Berlin collection.
The training course / workshop was intended for advanced MA and doctoral students, as well as other researchers in the fields of manuscripts of the Islamicate world, librarians, conservationists, and other related disciplines.
Representing Al-Furqan Foundation was its Managing Director, Mr Sali Shahsivari.
The training course was conducted by:
Annabel Gallop (UK), Beate Wiesmüller (Berlin), Boris Liebrenz (Leipzig), Claus-Peter Haase (Berlin), Christoph Rauch (Berlin), Claudia Colini (Hamburg), Julia Bispinck (Berlin), Katharina Siedler (Berlin), Katharina Wewerke (Berlin), Kristine Rose-Beers (UK), Meliné Pehlivanian (Berlin), Michael Marx (Berlin), Sebastian Bosch (Hamburg).
