Arabic Codicology Week in Paris, May 13-16, 2025

We are pleased to announce an exceptional week devoted to the study of manuscripts and book culture in Arabic script, through two colloquia organized in Paris by the EPHE and the Collège de France.

From Letters to Digits: The Legacy of Arabic Manuscripts in Contemporary Studies - 2nd Escorial Arabic Codicology Alumni Meeting

Tuesday May 13 and Wednesday May 14, 2025
Organized by Nuria de Castilla (EPHE-PSL)

• May 13: Collège de France, room D2
  11, place Marcelin-Berthelot, 75005 Paris
   

• May 14: Bibliothèque nationale de France Richelieu, conference room
  2, rue de Vivienne, 75002 Paris

Registration: mss.arabicscript@gmail.com

Le livre dans le monde musulman. Histoire et techniques / The Book in the Islamicate World. History and Techniques

Thursday May 15 and Friday May 16, 2025
Organized by François Déroche (Collège de France)

• May 15: amphitheatre Maurice Halbwachs, Collège de France
  11, place Marcelin-Berthelot, 75005 Paris

• May 16: Mireille Delmas-Marty amphitheatre, Collège de France
  11, place Marcelin-Berthelot, 75005 Paris

Free admission, subject to availability.

A meeting to think about manuscripts in Arabic script, at the crossroads of codicology, history, philology and digital technology, and to bring together disciplines and generations through the history of the Arabic manuscript book.