Writing for Bibliotheksmagazin, the magazine of the
Berlin State Library, Christoph Rauch covers the digital conversion
of the library's extensive manuscript collection taking place as
part of the Zaydi Manuscript Tradition (ZMT) project, headed
by...
The Institute for Advanced Study, the Hill Museum & Manuscript
Library (HMML), and the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Munich,
announce that digital copies of 53 additional South Arabian
manuscripts are now available online through vHMML (Virtual HMML)...
The Institute for Advanced Study (IAS) in conjunction with the
Persian Heritage Foundation (PHF) announce the award of a PHF grant
to support the study of Zaydism in Iran—part of a major research
project spearheaded by Sabine
Schmidtke, Professor in...
Sabine Schmidtke, Professor in
the School of Historical Studies, has been awarded a Humboldt
Research Award for her academic achievements. The grant will
support Schmidtke's project “Travelling Knowledge: Towards a
Historical Bibliography of the...
“Working together, the Institute for Advanced Study and HMML
provide an accessible digital platform, a sophisticated cataloging
system, and the capacity to keep the Zaydi corpus free and
available for the foreseeable future.
Sabine Schmidtke, Professor in
the School of Historical Studies, has been elected to the Académie
des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres as a Foreign Corresponding
Member. Also among the newly elected Foreign Corresponding Members
are former IAS Members...
Sabine
Schmidtke, Professor in the School of Historical Studies,
specializing in Islamic intellectual history, will participate in a
panel discussion hosted by the University of Pennsylvania at 5:00
p.m. on Wednesday, January 30, 2019.
Sabine Schmidtke, Professor in
the School of Historical
Studies, will give a public talk on Friday, October 12. Drawing
on her research and reading from her recent publication
Studying the Near and Middle East at the Institute for Advanced
Study...
