CSMC News (2021)26 October 2021|CSMC NewsExploring Written ArtefactsPhoto: CSMCThe new edition of ‘Studies in Manuscript Cultures’ is published as a Festschrift in honour of Michael Friedrich. The two volumes trace key concepts that scholars associated with CSMC have developed and refined for the systematic study of manuscript cultures.21 October 2021|CSMC NewsNew Faces at CSMCPhoto: CSMCWith the beginning of the new semester, we welcome several new and some returning CSMC members in various capacities: professors, senior professors, associated researchers at the Cluster of Excellence, and Petra-Kappert Fellows. 20 October 2021|CSMC NewsJuliane Noth Accepts Professorship at FU BerlinPhoto: Universität HeidelbergThe art historian and sinologist will take up the professorship in East Asian art history this winter semester. At the Cluster of Excellence 'Understanding Written Artefacts', she investigated popular calligraphy practices in socialist China. 18 October 2021|CSMC NewsThe King’s Quest for EternityPhoto: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and AnthropologyIn the new edition of our series 'Artefact of the Month', a king with a penchant for building projects comes up with an innovative idea to literally imprint his name on posterity. 15 October 2021|CSMC NewsTextual Criticism and Editorial Technique of Multilingual Manuscript TraditionsPhoto: The British LibraryThis winter semester, the CSMC offers a special lecture series in cooperation with the Göttinger Akademie der Wissenschaften. The kickoff is next Tuesday, 19 October. 8 October 2021|CSMC NewsPreserving Nepalese ManuscriptsPhoto: Bidur BhattaraiWith an opening event on 29 September, CSMC and the Central Department of Nepalbhasa officially launched their joint effort to preserve a collection of written artefacts that offer valuable insights into Nepalese history and culture.4 October 2021|CSMC News'Art and Science Shake the Same Tree'Photo: Axel MalikThe workshop ‘Removed and Rewritten’ on 7 and 8 October ends with a special event: Axel Malik, currently Artist in Residence at CSMC, will present his ‘Intervention Palimpsests’. In this interview, he talks about the transformative power of writing and the common cause of art and science. 29 September 2021|CSMC NewsSoutheast Asian Manuscripts Database LaunchPhoto: DREAMSEADREAMSEA is launching an open-access data base to preserve the diversity of texts contained in Southeast Asian manuscripts. The opening event takes place this Friday, 1 October.24 September 2021|CSMC NewsIslamic Digital Humanities in the FieldPhoto: Islamic Digital Humanities NetworkOrganised by Scott Reese, the Islamic Digital Humanities Network holds its workshop 'Islamic Digital Humanities in the field: On methods and ethics' on 29 September. The workshop explores the social, political, and ethical hurdles of preserving the Islamic written tradition through digital means. 21 September 2021|CSMC NewsJosé Maksimczuk New President of the Argentine Committee of Byzantine StudiesPhoto: Comité Argentino de Estudios BizantinosThe CSMC Research Associate takes over the office for an initial three years. The Argentine Committee of Byzantine Studies gathers scholars from Argentina and Europe and facilitates research on Byzantine culture.20 September 2021|CSMC NewsNew Issue of ‘manuscript cultures’ on Colour Meets MapPhoto: CSMCThe exhibition catalogue 'Colour Meets Map' has been published as issue 16 of 'manuscript cultures'. The culture-comparative study provides a foundation for understanding a thus far underexplored topic: the central meaning of colour in maps and mapping. 16 September 2021|CSMC NewsThe Music of the SalonsPhoto: Stadtgeschichtliches Museum LeipzigThe ‘musical friendship album’ of the pianist and singer Marie Pohlenz is a treasure chest of forgotten compositions from the 19th century. The CSMC digitised the book in cooperation with the Stadtgeschichtliches Museum Leipzig. Now it’s your turn: Play the pieces and send us your contribution!8 September 2021|CSMC NewsA Survival from a Sixteenth-Century Bardic SchoolPhoto: The Board of Trinity College DublinIn the latest edition of our series ‘Artefact of the Month’, a Welsh philologist and naturalist travels to late 17th-century Ireland. He collects whatever falls into his hands. In the process, he saves – almost inadvertently – an entire class of verses and versifiers from oblivion.2 September 2021|CSMC NewsVacant Research Associate and Doctoral PositionsPhoto: CSMCCSMC invites applications for two research associate and two doctoral positions on the project ‘The Development of Literacy in the Caucasian Territories (DeLiCaTe)’.1 September 2021|CSMC NewsCounting Up In SignsPhoto: A. MalikStarting today, Axel Malik, currently Artist in Residence at CSMC, begins his ‘Increasing Countdown’. In this unique project, he will extend a sequence of script-like characters day by day - for 754 days, until 25 September 2023.23 August 2021|CSMC NewsColour Meets MapPhoto: MARKK Hamburg & Hanseatic Business Foundation ArchiveStarting this week, the Museum am Rothenbaum is showing the exhibition ‘Colour Meets Map’. It is based on three years of research in which scientists of the CSMC were significantly involved.19 August 2021|CSMC NewsThe Persian Documents from al-Ḥaram al-SharīfPhoto: Andrew ShivaNew DFG project at CSMC: ‘The Persian Documents from al-Ḥaram al-Sharīf in Jerusalem, 1300-1353’ examines the textual and archival practices of the eastern medieval Islamic world.18 August 2021|CSMC NewsDemarginalizing Medieval AfricaPhoto: Jacopo GnisciA new AHRC-DFG project, carried out in cooperation with University College London, intends to illuminate the art, history, and culture of the Ethiopian Empire during the early Solomonic period.17 August 2021|CSMC NewsWorkshop on Computational PaleographyPhoto: ICDARAs part of the ICDAR Conference 2021, the first edition of the Workshop on Computational Paleography will take place this September at the University of Lausanne. The programme for the event has now been published.16 August 2021|CSMC NewsWhat Could Not Be ErasedPhoto: I. Shevchuk, K. A. Huskin (CSMC)CSMC researchers were able to reconstruct Nazi slogans on Torah scrolls looted from the Harburg synagogue during the Reichspogromnacht. These fragments are a centrepiece of a current exhibition on Jewish life in Harburg, which is open until 17 October. Previous articlesMore articles