The Holy Qur’an Center at Imam Ali Sanctuary in Iraq is organizing its second conference dedicated to ancient Qur’anic manuscripts, titled: “The authenticity of the Qur’anic text through its manuscripts” (Ar. Salāmat al-naṣṣ al-Qurʼānī min khilāl al-maṣāḥif al-makhṭūṭah). The conference will be held virtually via Zoom on 21-22 December 2021.
The two-day conference will be attended by a number of researchers and international manuscript experts from Canada, the United States, France, the Netherlands, Italy, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, and Iran. Participants will present their papers in both Arabic and English.
At QMSB, we are delighted to invite you to join us in this exceptional event.
Conference program:
| Name | Affiliation | Paper title | Date/Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Asma Hilali | University of Lille | تأريخ النصوص من خلال المصاحف المخطوطة “History of Texts through Qurʼān Manuscripts” | Dec. 22, 2021 9:05 pm |
| Arianna D’Ottone Rambach | Sapienza-University of Rome | Some Iconic Early Qur’anic Manuscripts from East and West: the Qurʼān of Amajur and the Blue Qurʼān | Dec. 21, 2021 8:40 pm |
| Marijn van Putten | Independent scholar | The Muṣḥafs of Ibn Masʿūd and the Traces of his Reading in Manuscripts | Dec. 22, 2021 8:35 pm |
| Éléonore Cellard | Collège de France | Some Remarks About the Ḥijāzī Script Style in Early Qurʼānic Manuscript | Dec. 21, 2021 9:30 pm |
| Aḥmad Jāsim Muḥammad | Centre of the Holy Quran at Imām 'Alī Sanctuary | مصاحف الخزانة الغرويّة تعريفٌ بها وبأهميتها “Qurʼānic Manuscripts at al-Ghurawīyah Library: An Introduction to the Collection and Its Importance” | Dec. 22, 2021 9:30 pm |
| Hythem Sidky | International Qur’anic Studies Association | الاختبار الكربوني: أصوله ومبادئه والردُّ على بعض الإشكاليات حوله “Radiocarbon Dating: Origins, Principles, and Responding to Objections Concerning It” | Dec. 21, 2021 9:10 pm |
| Bashīr al-Ḥimyarī | Taibah University | المصاحف القديمة والرسم العثماني – الاستدلال والشواهد “Paleo- Qurʼānic Manuscripts and ʿUthmānic Rasm: Evidence and Inference” | Dec. 22, 2021 8:15 pm |
| Morteza Karimi-Nia | Encyclopaedia Islamica Foundation | المصحف المنسوب إلى الإمام علي بن أبي طالب (عليه السلام) في الخزانة الغروية رقم 1 “The Qurʼān Manuscript Attributed to Imām 'Alī at al-Ghurawīyah Library (No. 1)” | Dec. 21, 2021 8:20 |
