Cambridge Quran Seminar Slated for May

The inaugural meeting of the Cambridge Quran Seminar (CQS) will be held on 16 May 2014 at Clare Hall, Cambridge.

It includes a visit to the University Library to see the University of Cambridge Islamic Manuscripts Collection.
The CQS will present the University of Cambridge Islamic Manuscripts Collection in its wider codicological and historical context, while showcasing the distinctive features of particular manuscripts.
The Seminar is designed to highlight the wider relevance of the Cambridge Quran Collection for philologists, art historians and historians of Middle Eastern culture.
The Seminar is being convened by James Montgomery (FAMES), Shady Nasser (FAMES), Yasmin Faghihi (FAMES/UL) and Elizabeth Key Fowden (FAMES), in association with the Centre of Islamic Studies and other partners.  
  

Source: cis.cam