KMP News8 January 2025|Kairouan Project NewsMysterious Damage: Valuable Manuscripts from Kairouan, Tunisia Analysed in HamburgPhoto: CSMCNumerous artefacts from one of the world’s most important collections of Islamic manuscripts are affected by an unusual form of degradation. In late...9 October 2024|Kairouan Project NewsTunisian Consul Visits the CSMCPhoto: CSMCOn 8 October, representatives of the CSMC welcomed the Tunisian consul, Nizar Jebabli, to Warburgstraße, who came to get an impression of the research...26 July 2022|Kairouan Project NewsKairouan Manuscript Project Announces Partnership with the Cologne Institute of Conservation SciencesPhoto: Davidson MacLarenThe Institute will cover consultancy fees of research associate Marlen Börngen, who is currently preparing a course on treating iron gall ink...24 May 2022|Kairouan Project NewsThe Arabic Manuscripts from Kairouan in Historical ContextPhoto: Ismail AbdelghaffarOn 16 June, Dr Jonathan Brockopp — professor of history, religious studies, and philosophy at Pennsylvania State University and member of the the KMP...23 May 2022|Kairouan Project NewsHamburg and Lille Workshops on Kairouani Manuscript CulturesPhoto: Chekib MahjoubThe Raqqada Collection contains exceptionally valuable early Islamic manuscripts. A two-part workshop will focus on new research into the texts...28 March 2022|Kairouan Project NewsBarakat Trust Early-Career Conservation Interns Present First International Conference PapersPhoto: NLPCPMAs part of the Kairouan Manuscript Project (KMP), the Barakat Trust funds a one-year internship for early-career conservators at the National...24 March 2022|Kairouan Project NewsKairouan Manuscript Project Starts 2022 Training in Collection Care and ManagementPhoto: Wadie MissaouiThe Kairouan Manuscript Project (KMP) has started its 2022 Training in Collection Care and Management. It is supported by two new partners: the School...28 June 2020|Kairouan Project NewsVirtual training in Emergency Preparedness and ResponseFor five days at the end of June, staff at the NLPCPM met with conservator Marco Di Bella for a virtual training in Emergency preparedness and...31 March 2020|Kairouan Project NewsNew MOU signed between the CSMC and the National Heritage InstituteProf. Dr. Faouzi Mahfoudh and Prof. Dr. Michael Friedrich signed a new Memorandum of Understanding that will support emergency preparedness and...15 December 2019|Kairouan Project NewsKairouan Laboratory Personnel Visit GermanyFrom December 9-13, 2019, four manuscript conservators from Tunisia traveled to Hamburg for a week of workshops and meetings, part of a cooperation...Show all news
