Comparative Oriental Manuscript Studies: Results and Outlook
Hamburg, 18-20 March 2014
Scientific organization: COMSt Steering Committee, COMSt Team Leaders
COMSt Chair: Alessandro Bausi
Local organizer: Evgenia Sokolinski(eae"AT"uni-hamburg.de), Universität Hamburg
Click here to download the conference poster (PDF).
After the nearly five years of the Research Networking Programme in Comparative Oriental Manuscript Studies it is time to draw the first results. The final COMSt conference summarized the achievements of the network, presented the contributions to the forthcoming Handbook in Comparative Oriental Manuscript Studies as well as invited as peer reviewers prominent international speakers from related fields. They both spoke about the recent achievements in research and critically evaluated the COMSt approach and outcome.
A round table session was dedicated to the future outlook: the issues to be explored in new projects; future networking and cooperation; the value of the comparative approach in humanities are among the topics to be discussed by the invited scholars.
A poster session offered floor to researchers who wanted to showcase their ongoing research project. Several new appearances were presented on the occasion.
Click here to download the conference report (PDF).
Programme
18 March 2014
Venue: Edmund Siemers Allee 1 Ost Room 221
1. Inaugural session
10:00-10:15 Welcome addresses
10:15-11:15 COMSt history, results, afterlife
--- COMSt Chair: Alessandro Bausi
--- COMSt Coordinator: Evgenia Sokolinskaia
Coffee
12:00-13:30 Keynote talk: Agostino Paravicini Bagliani, Technological resources and interoperability versus medieval manuscritpts' mobility
Lunch
2. Teams presentations (part 1)
15:00-16:30 Team 1
--- Team leader: Marilena Maniaci, A Networking Experience in Oriental Codicology: Some Preliminary Results
--- Guest speaker: Peter Gumbert, Oriental Codicology and Palaeography in a Comparative Perspective
Coffee
17:00-18:30 Team 4
--- Team leader: Paola Buzi, A Networking Experience in Cataloguing Oriental Manuscripts: Some Preliminary Results
--- Guest speaker: Marco Palma, Manuscript Catalogues: Past and Future: A COMSt Experience
Dinner
19 March 2014
Venue: Edmund Siemers Allee 1 Main Building Room M
3. Teams presentations (part 2)
9:30-11:00 Team 2
--- Caroline Macé - Lara Sels: Textual Criticism of Oriental Manuscript Traditions
--- Guest speaker: Francesco Stella, Some Remarks to Open the Discussion
Coffee
11:30-13:00 Team 3
--- Team leader: Jost Gippert: Digital and Scientific Tools Applied to Manuscript Studies: A Review of COMSt Results
--- Team members: Caroline Macé, Digital Editing; Ira Rabin, Techniques in Manuscript Analysis; Jost Gippert, Digital Cataloguing
--- Guest speaker: Manfred Thaller, New Perspectives in Digital Approaches and the COMSt Handbook
Lunch
4. Teams presentations (part 3)
Venue: Edmund Siemers Allee 1 Ost Room 221
14:30-15:30 Team 5
--- Team leaders: Stéphane Ipert, Laura Parodi [read in absentia by Paul Hepworth]: A Networking Experience in Conservation and Preservation of Oriental Manuscripts
--- Guest speaker: Kristine Rose, Cambridge: Conservation in Context
15.30-16.00 General poster session. Research in Oriental manuscript studies. Chiara Barbati; Zisis Melissakis; Bernard Outtier; Samuel Rubenson
Coffee
4. Round table with the COMSt representatives and invited referees
Venue: Edmund Siemers Allee 1 Ost Room 221
Discussants: Arianna Ciula, Agostino Paravicini Bagliani, Peter Gumbert, Marco Palma, Manfred Thaller, Alessandro Bausi, Michael Friedrich, Jost Gippert, Christian Brockmann, Francesco Stella
16:30-18:30 Main Themes:
--- Added value of a comparative approach in the field of manuscript studies
--- Peculiarities of "Oriental" (in the COMSt meaning) languages / cultures
--- Linking data / linking knowledge: databases and interactivity (with presentations of on-going projects)
Dinner
20 March 2014
Venue: Edmund Siemers Allee 1 Ost Room 221
Editorial meeting (COMSt-internal)
Participants
1. Stéphane Ancel, Hamburg, Germany
2. Patrick Andrist, Bern, Switzerland
3. Ewa Balicka-Witakowska, Uppsala, Sweden
4. Chiara Barbati, Vienna, Austria
5. Alessandro Bausi, Hamburg, Germany
6. Malachi Beit-Arie, Jerusalem, Israel
7. Nurit Beit-Arie, Jerusalem, Israel
8. Solomon Gebreyes Beyene, Hamburg, Germany
9. André Binggeli, Paris, France
10. Françoise Briquel Chatonnet, Paris, France
11. Antonella Brita, Hamburg, Germany
12. Christian Brockmann, Hamburg, Germany
13. Paola Buzi, Rome, Italy
14. Laurent Capron, Paris, France
15. Abreham Chekol, Hamburg, Germany
16. Arianna Ciula , London, UK
17. Ralph Cleminson, Portsmouth, UK
18. Marie Cronier, Paris, France
19. Barbara Crostini, Stockholm, Sweden
20. Faustina Doufikar-Aerts, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
21. Javier del Barco, Madrid, Spain
22. Arianna D'Ottone, Rome, Italy
23. Stephen Emmel, Münster, Germany
24. Élise Franssen, Liège, Belgium
25. Michael Friedrich, Hamburg, Germany
26. Charles Genequand, Geneva, Switzerland
27. Antonia Giannouli, Nikosia, Cyprus
28. Gidena Mesfin, Hamburg, Germany
29. Jost Gippert, Frankfurt, Germany
30. Elisabet Göransson, Stockholm, Sweden
31. J.Peter Gumbert, Leiden, The Netherlands
32. Paul Hepworth, Istanbul, Turkey
33. Susanne Hummel, Hamburg, Germany
34. Stephane Ipert, Arles, France
35. Lance Jenott, Oslo, Norway
36. Grigory Kessel, Marburg , Germany
37. Dickran Kouymjian, Fresno, US - Paris, France
38. Magdalena Krzyzanowska, Hamburg, Germany
39. Hugo Lundhaug, Oslo, Norway
40. Caroline Mace, Leuven, Belgium
41. Marilena Maniaci, Cassino, Italy
42. Zisis Melissakis, Athens, Greece
43. Denis Nosnitsin, Hamburg, Germany
44. Tito Orlandi, Rome, Italy - Hamburg, Germany
45. Bernard Outtier, Villejuif, France
46. Marco Palma, Cassino, Italy
47. Agostino Paravicini Bagliani, Lausanne, Switzerland
48. Vitagrazia Pisani, Hamburg, Germany
49. Ira Rabin, Berlin, Germany
50. Lucia Raggetti, Berlin, Germany
51. Kristine Rose, Cambridge, UK
52. Kristine Rosland, Oslo, Norway
53. Samuel Rubenson, Lund, Sweden
54. Valentina Sagaria Rossi, Rome, Italy
55. Nikolas Sarris, Zakynthos, Greece
56. Andrea Schmidt, Louvain, Belgium
57. Lara Sels, Leuven, Belgium
58. Evgenia Sokolinskaia, Hamburg, Germany
59. Francesco Stella, Siena, Italy
60. Manfred Thaller, Cologne, Germany
61. Charlotte Touati, Lausanne, Switzerland
62. Christina Vertan, Hamburg, Germany
63. Sever Juan Voicu, Rome, Italy
64. Witold Witakowski, Uppsala, Sweden
65. Jason Zaborowski, Lund, Sweden
66. Ugo Zanetti, Chevetogne, Belgium
