As part of OIB-COSIMENA (Clusters of Scientific Innovation in the Middle East and North Africa), the DAAD Regional Office Cairo, Research Colloquium: Diverse Sciences in Islamic Civilization – Science in the Service of Knowledge.
 
Abstract

The presentation explores Arabic astronomical manuscripts and the traces left by generations of readers, scholars and users. Annotations, commentaries, diagrams, corrections and ownership notes provide insights into how astronomical knowledge was studied, interpreted and transmitted across the Islamicate world.

Bio

Dr. Nadine Loehr is a researcher and publications manager at the Institute for the History of Arabic-Islamic Sciences at Goethe University Frankfurt.

Registration deadline: Saturday, 5 September 2026
 

Register here: https://www.daad.de/surveys/753283?lang=en
More information: https://www.daad-egypt.org/.../oib-cosimena-research.../