Once a vital hub of Ottoman culture, Süleyman Efendi’s library was dispersed across Europe as a result of conquest. PhD researcher Rawda El-Hajji shows how tracing these scattered manuscripts helps reconstruct lost intellectual communities and reveals the fate of cultural heritage in times of conflict.

Early Tamil poetry, rich with tales about journeys, patrons, and cultural exchange, reveals a vibrant blending of languages. PhD researcher Maanasa Visweswaran explores how Sanskrit influences and the use of Grantha script shaped these classical Tamil manuscripts.

The 10th IAPW conference in Andong, South Korea, focused on woodblock printing and digitalisation. A key achievement was the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between the Korean Studies Institute and CSMC, aiming to strengthen research networks on manuscript and woodblock printing heritage.