Autor: Theresa Zischkin

Humayun’s Tomb, Red Fort, and Ugrasen ki Baoli The next work trip brought Ilse and Theresa back to India. During the first stop in Delhi, they celebrated the Diwali festival and visited the Red Fort, the Tomb of Humayun, and the National Museum of Delhi. At Red Fort’s Chhatta Chowk Bazar, they had an interesting… NEW DELHI & RAMPUR, November 2024 weiterlesen

Exploring NYC Following the success of the Hamburg workshop, Ilse and Theresa set off for New York City to continue their research on manuscripts at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Theresa looking at the art of paper cutting and the Nan wa Halwa (MET 1999.157) After a day of sightseeing—complete with a boat tour, a… NEW YORK, September 2024 weiterlesen

In late September, the GLOBAL DECO team participated in the „Materiality of Sufi Manuscripts“ workshop, hosted by the Cluster of Excellence „Understanding Written Artefacts“ and co-organized by Ilse Sturkenboom at the Centre for the Study of Manuscript Cultures in Hamburg. This event marked the conclusion of a three-part series within the research network on Sufi… HAMBURG, September 2024 weiterlesen

Starting off the workshop!   A brilliant conference awaited us in Uzbekistan at the end of May, organised by Dr Bruno De Nicola of the Austrian Academy of Sciences with his project „Nomads‘ Manuscripts Landscape“ and the Austrian Science in cooperation with the Institute of Iranian Studies of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, the Abu… UZBEKISTAN, May 2024 weiterlesen

At the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin (SBB)   In May, Theresa travelled to Berlin to assist Dr Sebastian Bosch from the Centre for the Study of Manuscript Cultures (CSMC) in Hamburg and master’s student Valentina Yanez with the analysis of several manuscripts. These analyses were already partially conducted before the pandemic, with Ilse as the partner… BERLIN, May 2024 weiterlesen

Chester Beatty Library   At the end of March, we went back to the Chester Beatty Library in Dublin, where we were now able to examine manuscripts and folios that had previously been on display, as well as some other exciting manuscripts. We would like to thank Dr Moya Carey and her amazing team for… DUBLIN, March 2024 weiterlesen

In February, Ilse was invited to give the Richard & Mary Rouse History of the Book Lecture at UCLA as a guest speaker on „On the Introduction of Chinese Decorated Paper to Iran and How it Revolutionised Manuscript Production in the Islamic World“. This lecture offered insights into the circumstances under which Chinese paper was… LOS ANGELES/NEW YORK, February 2024 weiterlesen

  At the CSMC At the end of January, we headed to Hamburg’s Centre for the Studies of Manuscript Cultures (CSMC), where we gave a talk at the „Facing New Materials: Changes of Writing Substances, Implements and Supports in Manuscript Cultures“ workshop entitled „The Introduction of Chinese Decorated Paper to Iran and Its Huge Impact… HAMBURG, January 2024 weiterlesen

Impression of the Salar Jung Museum   In the period leading up to Christmas, we travelled to a very special destination, namely Hyderabad in India. Our 10-day visit to the Salar Jung Museum turned out to be extremely interesting, not only because the museum has an exceptionally great collection, but also because the people in… HYDERABAD, December 2023 weiterlesen

Chester Beatty Library   The second research trip over several days took us to the Chester Beatty Library in Dublin together with LMU doctoral student Mandana Bender, who will be supporting us in the project from October 2024. There, we were welcomed by the curator Dr Moya Carey, who provided us with the multitude of… DUBLIN, October 2023 weiterlesen