Shii News – Online: “Towards a History of Libraries in Yemen” – S Schmidtke (3.11.21)

ONLINE Humboldt Research Award Lecture / Goettinger Orient-Symposium: “Towards a History of Libraries in Yemen” by Prof. Sabine Schmidtke, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, NJ, 3 November 2021, 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm CET
Zaydi Yemen is characterized by a religio-dynastic continuance that stretched over nearly a millenium until the abolition of the Zaydi imamate in 1962. During this periods, the production of books increased exponentially and new libraries were founded. The preserved material allows for a meticulous longue durée study of Yemen’s religio-cultural history through its libraries, the outlines of which will be sketched out in the lecture.
Information and registration: https://www.uni-goettingen.de/de/651367.html

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