The Manuscript Center 6th International Conference

Heritage Publishing

5 -7 May 2009/ BA Conference Center

Program

Tuesday 5/5/2009

9:30 - 10:00 Registration

10:00 – 10:45 Opening Session       

·         Prof. Youssef Ziedan (Director of the Manuscript Center)

On the Concept of Heritage Publishing  

10:45 – 12:00 Session (1)

Moderator: Prof. Riyad Nassan Agha (Syria)

• Prof. Roshdi Rashed (Egypt /France)

Editing and Publishing Translated Mathematical Heritage: Apollonius’ Conics

12:00 – 12:30 Coffee Break

12:3 – 2:00 Session (2)

Moderator: Prof. Muhammad El-Faham (Bibliotheca Alexandrina)

• Prof. Pascal Crozet (France)

Editing  the Figures of Arabic Manuscripts on Geometry

• Prof. Costantin Canavas (Greece/Germany)

Perspectives on Publishing Illustrated Arabic Manuscripts ‎on Technological Subjects

• Prof. Hélène Bellosta (France)

Why It Is Sometimes Necessary to Re-edit Texts Already Edited: Non-critical Editions Versus Scholarly Editions

2:00 – 3:00 Lunch at the Greco-Roman Restaurant at the CCA (Conference Guests)

3:00 – 4:00 Session (3)

Moderator: Dr. Muhammad Soliman (Bibliotheca Alexandrina)

·         Prof. Radwan El-Sayed (Lebanon)

Arabic Heritage Publishing: Foundations, Rules and Cultural Implications

4:00 – 6:00 Session (4)

Moderator: Prof. Ahmed Chouqui Benebine (Morocco)

·         Dr. Abdul-Lattif Jilani (Morocco)

Recurrence of Publishing Edited Heritage Texts: Causes & Effects

·         Dr. Muhammad Kamel Gad (Egypt/UAE)

Implications of Inconsistence of Edited Publications of Heritage Texts

·         Rev. Bigoul Al-Syriany (Egypt)

Publishing Coptic Manuscripts and its Implications on Culture,  Arts & Society

·         Dr. Anas Sabry (UAE)

Christian Arabs and their Role in Publishing Arabic Heritage

6:00 – 6:15 Introduction to MANUMED Project (Partnership with the EU)

Wednesday 6/5/2009

9:30 – 11:00 Session (5)

Moderator: Dr. Maged Ezzat Israel (Egypt)  

• Dr. Hossn Aboud (Lebanon)

Publishing the Homilies of the Virgin Mary & its Impact on Understanding Christianity

• Rev. Wajih Mikhail Fana (Egypt)

Works of Theodore Abū-Qurra: A History of Publishing and Theological Analysis

• Rev. Eid Salah (Egypt)

Publishing Arabic Translations of the Bible in the Middle East

11:00 – 12:15 Session (6)

Moderator: Mr. Medhat Issa (Bibliotheca Alexandrina)

• Prof. Nasr Hamid Abu-Zayd (Egypt/Netherlands)

Quranic Sciences from Segregation to Amalgamation & from Manuscript Form into Published Book Form

12:15 - 12:30 Coffee Break

12:30 – 2:00 Session (7)

Moderator: Prof. Muhammad Al-Said Gamaleddin (Egypt)

• Prof. Ahmed Hewedi (Egypt)

The Jewish Role in Publishing the Jewish Heritage Preserved in Judaeo-Arabic Texts

• Dr. Magdi Abdul-Razik (Egypt)

Islamic Heritage Published in Abyssinia

·          Dr. Magda Muhammad Anwar (Egypt)

Syriac Philological Heritage Publishing in Europe: the Case of Ibn al-‘Ibrī

2:00 –  3:00 Session (8)

Moderator:  Prof. Muhammad Zakarya Enani (Egypt)

·         Mr. Muhammad Kujjah (Syria)

Early Arabic Printing in Aleppo

·         Prof. Fadoua El-Heziti (Morocco)

Morisco Andalusian Heritage: European Rendering, Editing & Publishing Schools (The Case of the Spanish School)

3:00 – 4:00 Lunch at the Greco-Roman Restaurant at the CCA (Conference Guests)

4:00 – 5:00 Session (9)

Moderator: Mr. Ramy El-Gamal (Bibliotheca Alexandrina)

·         Prof. Stefan Leder (Germany/Lebanon)

Cultural & Practical Dimensions of Orientalist Contributions to Arabic Heritage Publishing & Text Editing

5:00 - 6:30  Session (10)

Moderator: Prof. Muhammad Salih (Egypt)

• Prof. Ayman Fouad Sayyed (Egypt)

Dar al-Kutub al-Misriyya and Heritage Publishing

• Prof. Jacques Grand'Henry (Belgium)

Methods of Criticism & Editing of the Two Arabic Series Published by the Catholic University of Louvain

·         Dr. Ahmed Selim Ghanem (Egypt/KSA)

Manuscript Facsimile Publishing: the Frankfurt Institute of the History of Arabic-Islamic Sciences’ Project

Thursday 7/5/2009

9:30 – 10:30 Session (11)

Moderator: Prof. Abdul-Hakim Rady (Egypt)

• Prof. Bashar Awad Marouf (Iraq/Jordan)

Editing Heritage Texts: Errors of Authors & Corrections of Narrators, Scribes & Editors

10:30 – 12:00 Session (12)

Moderator: Prof. Muhammad Salim Al-Awa (Egypt)

·         Sheikh Shuaib Ali Al-Arnaout (Syria)

History of Publishing  Arabic Books on Sunna

• Dr. Mohamed Yousry Salama (Bibliotheca Alexandrina)

Publishing Ibn Taymiyya's Works

12:00  – 1:00 Session (13)

Moderator: Dr. Faysal El-Hafyan (Syria/ Egypt)

·         Dr. Mhammed Abdou (Morocco)

Al-Ghazālī’s Works between European and Arabic Publishing

·         Dr. Abdul-Rahman Al-Salimi (Oman)

The Publication of Ibādhī Manuscripts

1:00 - 1:15 Coffee Break

1:15 - 2:45 Session (14)

Moderator: Prof. Nasr Hamid Abu-Zayd (Egypt/Netherlands)

• Prof. Abdullah  Al-Ghunaim (Kuwait)

Early Orientalist Publications of Arabic Geographical Sources

• Prof. Abdul-Azeem El-Deeb (Egypt/Qatar)

Orientalist Efforts in Heritage Publishing: A Statistical Analytical Study

• Dr. Mahmoud Masri (Syria)

Manuscript Editing: A Comparison between Orientalist and Arabic Methods

2:45 – 3:45 Lunch at the Hilton Cafeteria (Conference Guests)

3:45 – 4:45 Session (15)

Moderator: Prof. Ashraf Farrag (Egypt)

• Mar Gregorios Yohanna Ibrahim (Syria)

Publishing Syriac Heritage: Reality & Future Prospects

4:45 – 6:30 Closing Plenary Session

Moderator: Prof. Youssef Ziedan

Future Prospects of Heritage Publishing

9:00 Conference Dinner at Salamlek Hotel (Conference Guests)

Friday 8/5/2009

Excursion & Library Tour (Conference Guests)