This lecture will start with the work being advanced by a group of historians of Arabic and Iberian nautical sciences in Lisbon, including editions of Indian Ocean navigation classics, as well as recent curatorial work on a 19th-century diagrammatic encyclopaedia, the Dawā’ir al-‘Ulūm wa-Jadāwil al-Ruqūm. Showing examples of the codicological and palaeographic challenges involved, and considering the different avenues pursued towards digitisation, we will end with some reflections on the scope, possibilities and desiderata of digital humanities techniques and standards when applied to this kind of manuscript material.
About the Speaker
Juan Acevedo, AKU-ISMC Guest Scholar, is a graduate in Classics from the Universidad de Los Andes (Mérida, Venezuela) with a PhD in History of Philosophy from the Warburg Institute (London). After years working as an editor on Islamic Studies and Comparative Religion, he is currently with the ERC RUTTER Project, University of Lisbon, studying early modern technoscience across Eurasia, in particular Arabic manuscripts on Indian Ocean navigation. His main research interest is in conceptual and cultural history, especially at the foundations, where cultures come together, and where metaphysics and craftsmanship overlap through shared cosmological principles.
Date and Time
Monday 4 December 2023, 17:30- 19:30 (London).
Venue
Aga Khan Centre ,
10 Handyside Street,
London N1C 4DN
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 with a PhD in History of Philosophy from the Warburg Institute (London). After years working as an editor on Islamic Studies and Comparative Religion, he is currently with the ERC RUTTER Project, University of Lisbon, studying early modern technoscience across Eurasia, in particular Arabic manuscripts on Indian Ocean navigation. His main research interest is in conceptual and cultural history, especially at the foundations, where cultures come together, and where metaphysics and craftsmanship overlap through shared cosmological principles. Date and TimeMonday 4 December 2023, 17:30- 19:30 (London). VenueAga Khan Centre ,10 Handyside Street,London N1C 4DNBooking The event is free, but booking is essential. Book your ticket now to join us in person. "Facebook")