Conference Report: The Mongols' Baghdad: Knowledge Transmission through Manuscript Cultures Before and After the Conquest (Institute of Iranian Studies, Vienna, 1-3 December 2022)
Al-ʿUṣūr al-Wusṭā vol. 31, pp. 214-219, 2023
https://doi.org/10.52214/uw.v31i.11907
The international hybrid conference The Mongols’ Baghdad: Knowledge Transmission through Manuscript Cultures Before and After the Conquest was jointly organized by the research projects “NoMansLand, FWF-START Project Y-1232-G30” (Austrian Academy of Sciences) and “Bibliotheca Arabica” (Saxon Academy of Sciences and Humanities). The event—hosted in Vienna by the Institute of Iranian Studies (Austrian Academy of Sciences)—focused on the historical significance of Baghdad as a crucial center for knowledge production.
The central theme of the conference was to explore the role of manuscripts in understanding the cultural life of Baghdad before, during, and after the Mongol period. However, participants were also encouraged to consider the interaction between Baghdad and other centers of knowledge, emphasizing the interconnectedness of literatures across
dierent geographical areas. Invited researchers presented papers that analyzed individual
manuscripts or collections of codices, providing insights into various aspects of continuity and transformation in the region. These aspects included the roles of authors, copyists, and patrons in knowledge production, as well as the geographical dynamics of production, distribution, and consumption of manuscripts. In doing so, the conference shed light on the role of manuscripts as a means for gaining a better understanding of the history of Baghdad and its intellectual life.
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