February 16: Readings in the Khalidiyya: Libraries in late Ottoman and post-Ottoman Bilad al-Sham

Tuesday, February 16, 2021, 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM EST

Register for the Zoom webinar here.

Join us for the next installment of Readings in the Khalidiyya, a series about The Khalidi Library’s manuscript collection, accessibility through digitization and new scholarly inquiries.

Konrad Hirschler, a leading scholar on regional libraries such as the Khalidiyya will give his talk, “Libraries in late Ottoman and post-Ottoman Bilad al-Sham: The Jerusalem Khalidiyya Library in Context" on 16 February 2021 at 1pm NY/ 8pm Jerusalem. He is Professor and Director, Berlin Graduate School of Muslim Cultures and Societies.

For information about The Khalidi Library, visit its website.

Did you miss the first event in our series last fall? Watch the recording here.