News (2015)11 December 2015|Timbuktu Project NewsDigitisation in Bamako continuesSAVAMA-DCI and Hill Museum & Manuscript Library (HMML) signed another one-year extension of the digitization work funded by HMML.16 November 2015|Timbuktu Project NewsMeeting of the German institutions with SAVAMA-DCI in BerlinOn 16 November 2015, after their ten-days research visit to CSMC in Hamburg, Dr. Haïdara and Dr Traoré of SAVAMA-DCI attended a meeting in Berlin...15 November 2015|Timbuktu Project NewsSAVAMA-DCI works with CSMC in HamburgDr Abdel Kader Haïdara and Dr Banzoumana Traoré came to Hamburg to take part in research activities at CSMC and to discuss progress and future steps...2 November 2015|Timbuktu Project NewsTraining workshop in Djenné supported by Gerda Henkel FoundationMs Michaelle Biddle, Head Conservator at Wesleyan University Library, conducted training in basic conservation and box making at the Djenné...30 October 2015|Timbuktu Project NewsFord Foundation gives a two-year grant to SAVAMA-DCIFollowing successful discussions at the regional office of the Ford Foundation in Lagos, Nigeria, 'SAVAMA-DCI' will receive financial support for...9 October 2015|Timbuktu Project NewsBamako – Workshops on preservation, cataloguing, and digitization of West African manuscriptsFrom 2 to 9 October, as part of the Malian-Franco-German manuscript awareness event “Paroles de sagesse” in Bamako, CSMC organized a series of very...1 September 2015|Timbuktu Project NewsStart of cataloguing and preservation work in DjennéSupported by shared funds from the Gerda Henkel Foundation and Endangered Archive Programme, British Library (EAP-BL), the Djenné Manuscript Library...1 September 2015|Timbuktu Project NewsStart date of the project “African voices in Islamic manuscripts from Mali: a study of African languages written in Arabic-based script (Ajami)”With the support of Gerda Henkel Foundation, CSMC started a two-year project dedicated to the study of the African languages preserved in the...1 July 2015|Timbuktu Project News6 – 7.30pm - Public Event A dialogue with Dr Abdel Kader HaïdaraDr Abdel Kader Haïdara joined Dr Elmar Frank and Dr Dmitry Bondarev in a talk devoted to the past and present problems of safeguarding the manuscripts...30 May 2015|Timbuktu Project NewsAppointment of Ms Maria Luisa Russo as co-manager on SaMaT porjectIn March 2015 Ms Maria Luisa Russo, a specialist in conservation, cataloguing and codicology of Arabic manuscripts, joined the team of the project as...More articles
