Dear All,

 

The research/cataloguing opportunity below might be of interest to you or to someone in your networks.

 

With best wishes,

MariaLuisa

 

 

 

Hello,

 

Please forward this information to anyone you think might be interested, or to any society/disciplinary mailing list or website to which you have access.

 

Persian collections opportunity funded by the Soudavar Memorial Foundation

 

The Institute is pleased to announce a new research/cataloguer opportunity for seven weeks, funded by the Soudavar Memorial Foundation.  This role is an opportunity to conduct research on and catalogue the University of Manchester Library’s outstanding Persian language manuscripts.  The University’s collection of Persian manuscripts is one of the top four in the UK and the only major Persian manuscript collection that has never been catalogued.  Further information on the collection can be found at: http://www.library.manchester.ac.uk/about/support-us/jrri/priority-collections/persian-collection/

 

Further details and particulars of appointment can be found at: http://www.jrri.manchester.ac.uk/about/news/headline-526129-en.htm

 

Closing date for application is 10 February 2017.

 

Kind regards

 

Anna Higson

 

 

Anna Higson

Research Institute Administrator

John Rylands Research Institute

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