Dear MELCOM (UK) Members - The 89th meeting of MELCOM (UK) will take place
at the Chester Beatty Library, Dublin Castle, Dublin, on Tuesday 25th June
2013.
The provisional timetable for the day will be -
9.30 MELCOM (UK) Business meeting
11.00 Coffee break
11.30 The Pearson lecture - this year be a composite of introductory talks
on some of the Islamic collections in Dublin -
Elaine Wright : An introduction to the Islamic Collections of the Chester
Beatty Library
Jason McElligot or Sue Hemmens : Islamic collection of Archbishop Marsh's
Library
12.15 Visit to the Chester Beatty Library Collections; gallery tour and
private view of manuscripts
1.15 - 2.30 Lunch at the cafe at the Chester Beatty
2.30 - 4.30 Visits to the Islamic collections in Archbishop Marsh's
Collection (Jason McElligot or Sue Hemmens) and in Trinity College
Dublin (Bernhard Meehan)
Agenda and Minutes of the last meeting will be sent nearer the time, as
will further information on catering, directions and access. Please let me
know if you will be attending the meeting to give me some idea of the
numbers expected. Also, please let me know if you have any items for the
agenda.
Best wishes,
Catherine Ansorge (Secretary, MELCOM (UK)
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Catherine Ansorge
Head of Near Eastern Department
Manuscripts and Printed Collections
Cambridge University Library
West Road, Cambridge
CB3 9DR UK
Tel.: +44 (0)1223 766368
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Web: http://www.lib.cam.ac.uk
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