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Manuscript Cultures

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Centre for the Study of Manuscript Cultures

The Centre for the Study of Manuscript Cultures (CSMC) brings together an international and cross-disciplinary research community to study written artefacts at Universität Hamburg.

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Cluster of Excellence 'Understanding Written Artefacts'

CSMC is home to the Cluster of Excellence 'Understanding Written Artefacts'. Funded by the DFG, it comprises over 50 research projects from 36 academic disciplines.

UWA Conference 2023

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Call for Papers

Studying Written Artefacts: Challenges and Perspectives

From 27-29 September 2023, the Cluster of Excellence will host a major international conference on ‘Studying Written Artefacts: Challenges and Perspectives’. The Call for Papers is now open. We welcome proposals for panels, papers, and posters. 

Deadline for submissions is 31 August.

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Artefact of the Month

Peeling Away the Layers

The Birth and Previous Life of a Byzantine Manuscript

Constantinople around the year 1450. The physician Demetrius Angelus has just bound a manuscript containing philosophical treatises. Several layers of annotations in different scripts testify to an intense use for over a century. Peeling away those layers allows us revealing insights into both the biography of the manuscript and its many Byzantine readers.

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5 Questions to... Olivier Bonnerot

In our series ‘5 Questions to…’, members of CSMC chat about their background, what motivates them, and their favourite written artefacts. This time, we talk to Olivier Bonnerot, who gets as excited about chemistry as he does about Greek myths and thus found the perfect area to work in: archaeometry.

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Artists in Residence

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Artists in Residence

'Increasing Countdown' by Axel Malik

Leading up to the international conference ‘Studying Written Artefacts: Challenges and Perspectives’, Axel Malik, Artist in Residence at CSMC, has launched the ‘Increasing Countdown’. This unique sequence of script-like characters will be extended day by day – for 756 days, until 27 September 2023.

Increasing Countdown

CSMC Image Film

What does it mean to do research on written artefacts? Employing concrete examples, this image film introduces to the work of scholars and scientists at CSMC.
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Universität Hamburg
Centre for the Study of Manuscript Cultures
Warburgstraße 26
20354 Hamburg