Recovering Collective Memory: Tracing Gümüşhanevî foundation libraries' manuscripts
When and Where
Thursday, March 09, 2023 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm
Hybrid
Speakers
Evyn Kropf (University of Michigan)
Description
Michael E. Marmura Lectures in Arabic Studies
"Recovering Collective Memory: Tracing the Arabic, Persian, and Turkish manuscripts of Gümüşhanevî foundation libraries across dispersal and collection"
On Zoom and in-person: Bancroft Building BF200B
Evyn Kropf is a librarian and curator of Islamic manuscripts at the University of Michigan Library. As a specialist of Islamic codicology and Arabic manuscript culture, her particular interests include writing material (especially paper), structural repairs, reading and collecting practices of the Ottoman era as well as the significance of pictograms and other visual content for Sufi knowledge transmission.
Sponsors
DEPARTMENT OF NEAR AND MIDDLE EASTERN CIVILIZATIONS, THE ELAHÉ OMIDYAR MIR˜DJALALI INSTITUTE OF IRANIAN STUDIES , THE SEMINAR IN OTTOMAN AND TURKISH STUDIES