Arezou Azad and Ed Shawe-Taylor will be presenting on the Invisible East Digital Corpus at this Summer School tomorrow.
Can't make it to Paris? Explore the corpus at home: www.invisible-east.org
#digitalhumanities #skystorians #medievalmonday
Thanks again to all of our supporters in the #DH #digitalhumanities awards! @dhawards.bsky.social
A fascinating piece detailing Muslim scribes’ involvement in Genizah /Geniza documents.
And I am so looking forward to the publication of the Indian Ocean project.
📚 Series launch for 'The Islamicate East' and 'Ancient and Medieval Afghanistan', both published by
@edinburghup.bsky.social
📅 Wednesday 17 June, 6.30pm
📍 Fondation Maison des sciences de l'homme, 54 boulevard Raspail, Paris
🔗 A few tickets remain. Book yours at: bit.ly/ParisSeriesLaunch
Our Programme Director, @arezouazad.bsky.social, is speaking at an event hosted by Centre Camille Jullian and CPAF @univ-amu.fr tomorrow - all are welcome.
#documents #silkroads #skystorians
📚 Series launch for 'The Islamicate East' and 'Ancient and Medieval Afghanistan', both published by @edinburghup.bsky.social
📅 Wednesday 17 June, 6.30pm
📍 Fondation Maison des sciences de l'homme (FMSH) at 54 boulevard Raspail, Paris
🔗 For full info & to book: bit.ly/ParisSeriesLaunch
#ICYMI May's Document of the Month explores a surprising phenomenon among the Cairo Geniza documents: Muslim blessings for the prophet Muḥammad in mercantile letters sent by C12th Jewish traders.
Read Alan Elbaum's piece on our website: bit.ly/DotMMay26
#medievalmonday #cairogeniza #skystorians
We were delighted to welcome Mr Safarov, from the Embassy of Tajikistan, to meet Invisible East researchers in Oxford.
We visited @bodleian.ox.ac.uk with colleagues from @wadhamcollege.bsky.social for a manuscript viewing session with @nikokontovas.bsky.social
#medievalmonday #manuscriptmonday
Delighted Invisible East Digital Corpus has won 2025 Digital Humanities award in 1 category! Thanks to all who voted for us. We dedicate this to people of Bamiyan, Ghorband, Panjshir, Firuzkuh, Ghur, Qom area, & other places from which our texts stem @arezouazad.bsky.social @dhawards.bsky.social
This is the best thing you’ll read all day:).
“[T]he same Geniza letters reveal an astonishing degree of interdenominational cooperation, matched by almost complete absence of animosity against other communities.“
tasis🪬🧿
Arezou Azad
May's Document of the Month explores a surprising phenomenon among the Cairo Geniza documents: Muslim blessings for the prophet Muḥammad in mercantile letters sent by C12th Jewish traders.
Read Alan Elbaum's piece now on our project website: bit.ly/DotMMay26
#medievalsky #cairogeniza #documents
Congratulations to the amazing Invisible East team on receiving the Digital Humanities award for the best digital resource!
Invisible East are a research programme on the 8th-13th century Islamicate world in Iran, Afghanistan and Central Asia.
🔗 Find out more: buff.ly/kPb1rnG
#History
Invisible East
May's Document of the Month explores a surprising phenomenon among the Cairo Geniza documents: Muslim blessings for the prophet Muḥammad in mercantile letters sent by C12th Jewish traders.
Read Alan Elbaum's piece now on our project website: bit.ly/DotMMay26
#medievalsky #cairogeniza #documents
