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Register for a Thursday LectureThe Arabic Manuscripts from Kairouan in Historical Context

24 May 2022

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Entrance to the National Laboratory for the Preservation and Conservation of Parchment and Manuscripts, Raqqada, Kairouan, Tunisia.

On 16 June, Dr Jonathan Brockopp — professor of history, religious studies, and philosophy at Pennsylvania State University and member of the the KMP leadership team — will present a lecture entitled ‘Archive and Historical Memory: The Arabic Manuscripts from Kairouan in Historical Context’.

Starting at 6:00 pm CEST, the lecture will be delivered in hybrid format. Please find a description of the lecture here. This event is part of the workshop ‘Legal Texts and Scholarly Communities as Reflected in the the Raqqada Collection’, which will take place at the CSMC—and online —from 16 to 18 June 2022. Persons who register for the workshop are automatically registered for the Thursday Lecture. Those who wish to register for onsite or virtual attendance of the lecture only may do so via this form.

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