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Qalamos: Connecting Manuscript Traditions

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Account of the DFG Project "Qalamos". #manuscripts #Asia #Africa #catalogs | @stabiberlin.bsky.social | Bayerische Staatsbibliothek | Universität Leipzig | Website: www.qalamos.net | Blog: od-portal.hypotheses.org

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Qalamos: Connecting Manuscript Traditions @qalamos.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
....The approximately 40,000 text fragments—manuscript finds from four expeditions between 1902 and 1914— bear witness to the religious diversity along the Silk Road(s). qalamos.net/receive/DE24... @stabiberlin.bsky.social
Old Uyghur Buddhist hymn, shelfmark Ch/U 6005.
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Qalamos: Connecting Manuscript Traditions @qalamos.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
#Qalamos: The end of an Old Uyghur Buddhist hymn, followed by a colophon (shelfmark Ch/U 6005), is part of the #TurfanCollection of the Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften. ..../1
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Qalamos: Connecting Manuscript Traditions @qalamos.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
#Qalamos Shelfmark Schoemann II 13 "Damar Wulan": The East Javanese version of a love story about a brave young man who defeats the enemy of the Queen of Majapahit and eventually marries her. The manuscr. contains 201 miniatures in Wayang style: qalamos.net/receive/DE1B... @stabiberlin.bsky.social
Title page fol. 1vfol. 15r
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Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz @kulturspk.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Am Mittwoch (26.8., 18h) startet unsere neue Diskursreihe "Provenienz und Vermittlung im Gespräch" im Haus Bastian. Für alle, die sich für Provenienzforschung begeistern und mehr über die Möglichkeiten und Grenzen des Forschungsfeld lernen wollen. Teilnahme ist kostenfrei, Anmeldung wird empfohlen:
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Provenienzforschung und Quellen
Der Auftakt der Diskursreihe widmet sich den Grundlagen und dem aktuellen Forschungsstand der Provenienzforschung. Dr. Meike Hopp (Deutsches Zentrum ...
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Jüdische Studien @juedstudien.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Forschungsdaten? Gibt’s doch schon! dhdhi.hypotheses.org/13772
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Forschungsdaten? Gibt’s doch schon!
<strong>Bevor neue Daten erhoben werden, lohnt sich die Suche nach bereits vorhandenen. Doch wo findet man Forschungsdaten für die Geschichtswissenschaft? Der Beitrag zeigt zentrale Suchwege, Reposito...
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Qalamos: Connecting Manuscript Traditions @qalamos.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
qalamos.net/receive/DEMU... @stabiberlin.bsky.social
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Qalamos: Connecting Manuscript Traditions @qalamos.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
In light of the topics of water scarcity and persistent dry weather—frequently discussed in the news these days—here is a miniature from Shiraz (#Qalamos shelfmark 77-11-398, "Maṭlaʿ al-anwār", Museum Fünf Kontinente, Munich) depicting a man bringing water to thirsty people .../1
Shelfmark 77-11-398
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Qalamos: Connecting Manuscript Traditions @qalamos.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Letter from Samuel ʿAlī Ḥusain to Heinrich Schäfer, 1910.
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Qalamos: Connecting Manuscript Traditions @qalamos.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
....were written between 1900 and 1927 and include translations of biblical and other Christian texts, letters, ethnographic texts, Nubian songs, travelogues, narratives, literacy and autobiographical material. More about the collection and its history: short-url.cc/1vPT1 @stabiberlin.bsky.social
Letter from Samuel ʿAlī Ḥusain to Heinrich Schäfer, 1910
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Qalamos: Connecting Manuscript Traditions @qalamos.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
New in #Qalamos: The collection of texts by the Nubian Samuel Ali Hussein (1863-1927) from the archives of the Evangeliumsgemeinschaft Mittlerer Osten e.V. (EMO) in Kunuuzi Nubian, a language originally spoken only orally. The texts, all of which are now available digitally in #Qalamos, ..../1
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Qalamos: Connecting Manuscript Traditions @qalamos.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
...Rāhu's lower body became Ketu, while his immortal head pursues the Sun and Moon, attempting to devour them. These 2 shadow planets are worshipped like the other 7 in order to ward off negative influences. Miniature entitled: Śrīrāhudarśanam, shelfmark Hs. or. 2376. @stabiberlin.bsky.social
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Qalamos: Connecting Manuscript Traditions @qalamos.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
#SolarEclipse #TotalEclipse #Qalamos: In Indian mythology, Rāhu is a demon who managed to become immortal by consuming a drop of the divine nectar Amṛta, reserved for the Gods. However, the Sun and Moon revealed the fraud to Viṣṇu who cut off Rāhu's head..../1
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Qalamos: Connecting Manuscript Traditions @qalamos.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
.....one can find lovingly decorated pages even in small manuscripts: @qalamos: qalamos.net/receive/DE1B... @stabiberlin.bsky.social
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Qalamos: Connecting Manuscript Traditions @qalamos.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
It is cool in the manuscript repository—something that can actually be pleasant on hot days. And even though Indian manuscripts are not illuminated as frequently as Persian-Arabic ones, there are still discoveries to be made:
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Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz @kulturspk.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Wie wird aus einer Steppe das Zentrum eines Weltreichs? Eine Reise zu den Ursprüngen des mongolischen Reiches führt nach Karakorum, ins Orchontal und zu den Geschichten hinter der Ausstellung „Dschingis Khan und die Welt der Mongolen“, ab 21.10. in der James-Simon-Galerie auf der Museumsinsel Berlin
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Wo die Steppe Geschichte schreibt – Eine Reise zu den Ursprüngen des mongolischen Weltreichs
Eine Delegation aus Berlin besuchte anlässlich der bevorstehenden Ausstellung „Dschingis Khan und die Welt der Mongolen“ im Neuen Museum die... weiterlesen Der Beitrag Wo die Steppe Geschichte schreib...
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Qalamos: Connecting Manuscript Traditions @qalamos.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
...but are merely attributed to him: qalamos.net/receive/MyMs... @stabiberlin.bsky.social The Śṛṅgerī Maṭh—the Southern of the tradition's four principal monasteries—was founded, according to tradition, by Śaṅkara himself. Photo by Anish Nellickal – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Qalamos: Connecting Manuscript Traditions @qalamos.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
As an exemplary representative, we would like to highlight the significance of the Advaita Vedānta philosopher and religious teacher Śaṅkarācārya (788 – 820) His page on #Qalamos provides links to numerous works—though it should be noted that some of these were not written by him personally... 2/
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Katalogisierungsanwendung für orientalische und asiatische Handschriften
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Qalamos: Connecting Manuscript Traditions @qalamos.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
India celebrates Gurupūrṇimā, thereby honouring its spiritual and academic teachers. It is a beautiful tradition that can inspire us to thank all the teachers in our lives: spiritual, academic, and school teachers, as well as our music and sports instructors, and our parents. .../1
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Qalamos: Connecting Manuscript Traditions @qalamos.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
As an exemplary representative of all teachers, we would like to highlight the significance of the Indian Advaita Vedānta philosopher and religious teacher Śaṅkarācārya (788 – 820) who also made a contribution to the renewal of Sanātana Dharma through his commentaries. ...2/
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Qalamos: Connecting Manuscript Traditions @qalamos.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
.../2 Perhaps a new source of inspiration for the summer holidays? 🌞 Find out more about its history here: qalamos.net/receive/DE1B... @stabiberlin.bsky.social
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Katalogisierungsanwendung für orientalische und asiatische Handschriften
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Qalamos: Connecting Manuscript Traditions @qalamos.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Maps can also be admired online in #Qalamos, such as this beautiful Ottoman-Turkish atlas containing 50 nautical charts depicting the islands and coasts of the Mediterranean (shelfmark Diez A fol. 57: Kitāb-i Baḥriyye)..../1
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Qalamos: Connecting Manuscript Traditions @qalamos.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
..../2 A digital copy of the beautiful entire manuscript can be viewed on #Qalamos: qalamos.net/receive/DE1B... @stabiberlin.bsky.social
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Qalamos: Connecting Manuscript Traditions @qalamos.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Two folios from an illuminated Coptic Psalter (shelfmark Ms. or. fol. 2194), featuring occasional Arabic annotations. Includes marginal and interlinear notes, rubra highlighting the beginnings of psalms and initials, interlaced borders, and depictions of animals. ...../1
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Qalamos: Connecting Manuscript Traditions @qalamos.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
The manuscripts can be found via the archive database (archiv.francke-halle.de) of the Franckesche Stiftungen and are currently also being catalogued on the #Qalamos platform. @stabiberlin.bsky.social
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Qalamos: Connecting Manuscript Traditions @qalamos.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Some of these are copies of the first translations of Christian texts into the two South Indian languages and are therefore of great historical significance. /2
Source: Colas, Gérard ; Colas-Chauhan, Usha: A Descriptive Catalogue of the Telugu Palm-Leaf Collection in the Archives of the Franckesche Stiftungen zu Halle. Halle: 2017, p. xi, photo 8.
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Qalamos: Connecting Manuscript Traditions @qalamos.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
The Franckesche Stiftungen in Halle hold, amongst other manuscripts, more than 200 palm-leaf manuscripts from South India. These manuscripts, written in Telugu and Tamil, contain Christian texts that were produced in Tamil Nadu as part of missionary activities from the 18th century onwards. /1
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Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz @kulturspk.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Heute erinnerte die Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz mit einer Gedenkfeier im Hamburger Bahnhof – Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart an den Sammler und Mäzen Egidio Marzona (1944–2026). Seine großzügigen Schenkungen haben die Sammlungen der Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin nachhaltig geprägt.
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Sammler mit Mission. Eine Begegnung mit Egidio Marzona
Sammler, Verleger, Mäzen – Egidio Marzona hat im Laufe seines Lebens viel für die Kunst geleistet und die SPK verdankt ihm einen unbezahlbaren Schatz an Minimal Art, Conceptual Art, Arte Povera und Ku...
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Qalamos: Connecting Manuscript Traditions @qalamos.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
/2 Shown here: Excerpts from: Ms. or. oct. 1264; Petermann II Nachtrag 57; Ms. or. oct. 3739 @stabiberlin.bsky.social
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Qalamos: Connecting Manuscript Traditions @qalamos.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
#Qalamos: Some beautiful ḥaräg (“vine” or “tendril”) ornaments from @stabiberlin’s Ethiopian manuscript collection. These ribbon-shaped ornaments often serve as headpieces: they decorate Ethiopian manuscripts and sometimes frame or divide the text. They vary widely in design. /1
Ms. or. oct. 1264Petermann II Nachtrag 57Ms. or. oct. 3739
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Qalamos: Connecting Manuscript Traditions @qalamos.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
/2 We hope that this beautiful Buddhist manuscript can be digitised in the future and thus made available to the public via #Qalamos, where the record can already be found: qalamos.net/receive/DE1B... @stabiberlin.bsky.social
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Qalamos: Connecting Manuscript Traditions @qalamos.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Discover an illuminated Sinhalese palm-leaf manuscript bound between ebony covers (shelfmark Hs. or. 2389). It contains the "Vessantarajātakakāvyaya", a poetic adaptation of the "Vessantarajātaka" comprising 691 verses and 87 drawings, including three full-page illustrations and two colored ones. /1
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Stabi Berlin @stabiberlin.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
#GutenMorgen☕ Das Programm der Woche: ☀️ Di, 16.6: 100 Bände „Kleine Kulturwissenschaftliche Bibliothek“ im Wagenbach Verlag ☀️ Mi, 17.6: „Being Jewish Today, Jüdische Stimmen aus Amerika“ ☀️Do, 18.6: Präsentation der Shortlist für den Deut.-Franz. Jugendliteraturpreis 👉 blog.sbb.berlin/termine/
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TERMINE - SBB aktuell
Ausstellungen und Veranstaltungen der Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin
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Qalamos: Connecting Manuscript Traditions @qalamos.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
.....who built and maintain the entire Qalamos infrastructure. The remaining phase 2 team members will be leaving #Qalamos at the end of September.
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Qalamos: Connecting Manuscript Traditions @qalamos.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
The photos feature team members from phases 1 (2020-2023) and 2 (2023-2026)—from @stabiberlin.bsky.social and the Bavarian State Library—as well as permanent Stabi staff members involved with #Qalamos, and, last but certainly not least, employees from Leipzig University Computing Centre..../2
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Qalamos: Connecting Manuscript Traditions @qalamos.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
A potluck farewell party for Team #Qalamos, phase 2: As the first Qalamos team member marks his final day of work today, an early farewell party was held yesterday. .../1
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LECTIO Institute @lectio-institute.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
V LECTIO Interdisciplinary Summer School “Translations in the Premodern and Early Modern World” 8-9 September 2026, Old Abbey of Kortenberg. Masterclasses, research pitches, and a lot of conversations across disciplines! Program and registration (until 30 June): www.kuleuven.be/lectio/event...
A banner with a white background and an image of the Abbey of Kortenberg as an illustration, as well as the logos of LECTIO Institute and KU Leuven. The text reads: "Translations in the Premodern and Early Modern World. V LECTIO Interdisciplinary Summer School. 8-9 September 2026, Oude Abdij Kortenberg. 8 masterclasses - 7 disciplines - 3 main topics: material dimensions of translation, translation techniques and methods, and translators and interpreters in their societies. Register by 30 June at [link].
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Invisible East @invisibleeast.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
📚 Series launch for 'The Islamicate East' and 'Ancient and Medieval Afghanistan', both published by @edinburghup.bsky.social 📅 Wednesday 17 June, 6.30pm 📍 Fondation Maison des sciences de l'homme (FMSH) at 54 boulevard Raspail, Paris 🔗 For full info & to book: bit.ly/ParisSeriesLaunch
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TRANSLAPT @translapt.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Second Day of the Balkans Workshop On Wednesday, 3 June, the workshop continued with panels featuring a total of nine lectures. These lectures focused on multilingual manuscript collections and practices (Kadir Turgut, Josh Mugler), educational sources ...
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HMML @visithmml.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Dr. Josh Mugler, curator of Eastern Christian & Islamic manuscripts at HMML, presents today at a workshop in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Details: bit.ly/4nHQst1. Learn more about HMML's projects to preserve manuscripts located in Bosnia and Herzegovina: bit.ly/4wAxM2t
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June 3, 2026

What is Persian about the Persianate? Manuscripts from Ottoman Bosnia and Herzegovina. 

Josh Mugler, curator of Easter Christian and Islamic manuscripts.

Fondacije Meyli (Kaćuni) T-38 (1907), fol. 2v
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Peter Tarras @petertarras.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Last week, I gave a guest lecture on Jewish-Arabic Bible translations. I began with a series of examples of their physical form to illustrate the diversity of the Arabic Bible. I’m sharing the images here for your viewing pleasure in this thread, along with a few notes. 1/n
Cambridge, Cambridge University Library, T-S Ar. 53.8
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dehypotheses @dehypotheses.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Was passiert mit Gegenständen nach der Trennung? Das Museum of Broken Relationships in Zagreb sammelt Alltagsgegenstände – von Föhnen bis zu Büchern – und ihre emotionalen Geschichten. Ein Ort der Trauer, Heilung und neuen Verbindungen. ↩️
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Alltägliche Objekte und zerbrochene Beziehungen
Rostige Föhne, alte Armbanduhren, zurückgelassene Kaffeemaschinen – alltägliche Gegenstände. Was denken wir, wenn wir solche Objekte sehen? Können sie auch in einem Museum ausgestellt werden? Solche Gegenstände verweisen auf Beziehungen; separierte Beziehungen, zerstörte Beziehungen, Beziehungen – die uns umgeben und überall präsent sind. Was passiert mit den Objekten, wenn eine Beziehung unterbrochen wird? Lässt sich…
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Qalamos: Connecting Manuscript Traditions @qalamos.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
The Qalamos portal hosts #metadata for over 4,000 #manuscripts from various libraries and institutions in Indonesia, which were previously hosted in the #Nusantara database./2
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Qalamos: Connecting Manuscript Traditions @qalamos.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Last Monday, our colleagues Dr. Thoralf Hanstein and Dr. Yoones Dehghani Farsani introduced the Portal #Qalamos to students and staff members of the philological department of Diponegoro University (UNDIP) in Indonesia./1
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Peter Tarras @petertarras.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Most of the words I post as #WOTD are new to me. This is a quadriliteral verb formed by reduplication (from حزّ "remove", perhaps even زاح "go away"), in Form II quadriliteral verbs take a t-preformative, which normally has intrasitive-reflexive meaning, here however it's passive.
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TeTra | Text and Transmission Research Seminar @tetraseminar.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Tomorrow!!!
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HMML @visithmml.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
The #Hajj—the pilgrimage to Mecca—takes place this year between May 26–29. Dr. Ali Diakite and Dr. Paul Naylor share a variety of travelogues documenting this important experience, written by pilgrims from West Africa: hmml.org/stories/series-travel-west-african-hajj-travelogues
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West African Hajj Travelogues
“The Hajj--or the Pilgrimage to Mecca, present-day Saudi Arabia--is one of the pillars of the Islamic faith, undertaken at least once...”
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Kordula Wolf @kordulawolf.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
CFP: Working on #Mediterranean #entanglements? Want to present your research and gain international visibility? Apply for one of our sessions in 2026-2027! Deadline: June 8, 2026 👉 t1p.de/cfp-entangle... #medievalsky #medievalmediterranean @ghilondon.bsky.social @dhi-paris.fr @maxweberstiftung.de
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TRANSLAPT @translapt.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Preparations for Workshop in Sarajevo From 2–4 June, the workshop "The Ottoman Balkans as a Space for Multilingualism: Actors, Practices, and Sites of Translation" will take place at the Gazi Husrev Beg Library in Sarajevo. Organised jointly ...
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H-Sicily on H-Net @hsicilyonhnet.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
NEW POST: ‘Legal cultures in Arab-Norman Sicily and Italy’ (29 –30 October 2026). Read the full post and call for papers on H-Net: networks.h-net.org/group/announ...
Official call for papers.
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Invisible East @invisibleeast.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
May's Document of the Month explores a surprising phenomenon among the Cairo Geniza documents: Muslim blessings for the prophet Muḥammad in mercantile letters sent by C12th Jewish traders. Read Alan Elbaum's piece now on our project website: bit.ly/DotMMay26 #medievalsky #cairogeniza #documents
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