Björn Bentlage, Orientalisches Institut,
Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg
A rare find from the late Mamluk period offers new insights into
the origins of a literary form and practice which, over the next
centuries, would continue to...
How did orientalists read, learn languages, and produce
dictionaries, editions, and other works? Annotated manuscripts in
particular offer a glimpse into the orientalist’s study, showing
the sources they used...
Middle Eastern Manuscript Traditions (MEMaT) is a
multidisciplinary project which aims at studying various aspects of
manuscript production, utilization, and transmission history. The
project is a collaboration between Sabine
Schmidtke (IAS) and Geo...
September 19: Symposium, Medieval (and Premodern)
Muslim Scholars at Work: A Symposium in Honor of Etan
Kohlberg. Convenors: Joseph
Witztum (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
and Sabine Schmidtke (Institute for
Advanced Study). To be...