Event: “Why Yemen Matters: The Heritage of a Land in Crisis,” Princeton University

Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton (White Levy Room)

Why Yemen Matters: The Heritage of a Land in Crisis Wednesday, February 19, 2020, 5-6:30 pmWhite-Levy Room, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, NJYemen’s war and humanitarian crisis are in the news, but very little is known about the rich cultural heritage of the southwestern corner of Arabia throughout history. Also largely unknown are Yemen’s geographic

Call for Proposals: Colophons in Middle Eastern Manuscripts Workshop (12-13 Jun, 2020 | Princeton)

Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton (White Levy Room)

Colophons in Middle Eastern Manuscripts WorkshopVenue Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton (White Levy Room)Date: June 12–13, 2020Conveners: Sabine Schmidtke and George A. Kiraz (Institute for Advanced Study)The colophon, the ultimate or “crowing touch” paragraphs of a manuscript, provides readers with a the historical context in which the scribe produced the manuscript. At its most fundamental