April 2024
Workshop: Woodblock Printing
Woodblock printing (relief printing) belongs to manuscript culture. The earliest extant specimens have been found in China and are dated to the late seventh century, the technique soon spread to other regions in East and Central Asia and was used for ephemeral as well as literary texts such as Buddhist sutras or the Confucian canon. In the tenth century, woodblock printing was attested in Egypt...
PIER Workshop: Written Artefacts and Materials Science
Joint UHH and DESY Research Perspectives in Artefact Profiling: Written Artefacts and Materials Science
We are pleased to announce the first PIER Workshop on “Joint UHH and DESY research perspectives in artefact profiling: written artefacts and materials science” taking place at the DESY FLASH seminar room on 26 April 2024.
"Artefact Profiling" designates the cross-disciplinary research on...
May 2024
Workshop: The Calligraphy of Tagging
Tagging used to be underground knowledge. Mastering its secrets traditionally involved working one’s way into the ‘prestige economy’ of the graffiti scene to access its mentor-apprentice structure. With the advance of the Internet, access to these secrets has become less exclusive. Still, like in so many calligraphic traditions, the most genuine way to learn about tagging is to try it out hands-on...
Workshop: Manuscripts of Natural Philosophy
Manuscripts of Natural Philosophy
This workshop is the second in a series devoted to investigating the material manifestations of intellectual pursuits across diverse philosophical disciplines. The initial session, held in Hamburg in 2023, focused on medieval manuscripts of logic within the Greek, Arabic, Hebrew, and Latin linguistic realms. It featured discussions on codicology, philology...
Thursday Lecture: Ralph Bodenstein
Medieval Arabic Graffiti in a Coptic Monastery
Tracing Muslim and Christian Visitors in Dayr Anba Hadra (Aswan)
Ralph Bodenstein (German Archaeological Institute Kairo)
Since 2014, a multidisciplinary research project is being conducted at the Monastery of Anba Hadra (better known as the Monastery of St. Simeon) on the west bank of the Nile at Aswan in Upper Egypt. In a cooperation between the...
Workshop: Musical Heritage Across Borders
Musical Heritage Across Borders: Materiality as an Indication of Distribution Channels
Cross-border cultural relations have always existed between all cultures. Which cultural achievements found their way across borders depended, on the one hand, on their value for the source culture and, on the other hand, on their value for the receiving culture. In other words, cultural diffusion has always...