14220-GH
Introductory Course
Book Circulation and Arab Cultural Heritage in the Long Nineteenth Century
Ingrid Austveg Evans
Additional information / Pre-requisites
active and regular attendance
Comments
What were the political and cultural repercussions of the spread of print culture in Egypt
and Greater Syria in the thirteenth/nineteenth century? How did manuscripts and printed
books circulate between the Ottoman Arab provinces, Istanbul, and Europe? In this course,
we will examine the link between the circulation of books and developing ideas about
Arab cultural heritage. We will consider the writings and practices of leading Arab
authors, publishers, and editors as well as those of lesser-known book collectors and
traders, with a focus on the inherently transregional and diachronic nature of the shift from
a manuscript to a print culture. Additionally, we will examine the wider socio-political
context of nineteenth-century book culture, including perceptions of that pivotal time in
contemporary postcolonial debates and in the latest research into manuscript provenance. close
Additional appointments
Tue, 2025-04-15 16:00 - 18:00 Tue, 2025-04-22 16:00 - 18:00 Tue, 2025-04-29 16:00 - 18:00 Tue, 2025-05-06 16:00 - 18:00 Tue, 2025-05-13 16:00 - 18:00 Tue, 2025-05-20 16:00 - 18:00 Tue, 2025-05-27 16:00 - 18:00 Tue, 2025-06-03 16:00 - 18:00 Tue, 2025-06-10 16:00 - 18:00 Tue, 2025-06-17 16:00 - 18:00 Tue, 2025-06-24 16:00 - 18:00 Tue, 2025-07-01 16:00 - 18:00 Tue, 2025-07-08 16:00 - 18:00 Tue, 2025-07-15 16:00 - 18:00