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Finding the Women in Columbia’s Judaica Collections Librarian Michelle Chesner uncovers traces of women in the Libraries' rare Judaica collection through records of book ownership, marriage, prayer, and printing.
The MWM Project: An Interview with Shabbir Agha Abbas Graduate student Shabbir Agha Abbas pores over documents from the Libraries' Muslim World Manuscript Project for a broader and more vibrant understanding of Islamic studies.
Celebrating Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar’s Birthday and Legacy Head of Global Studies Kaoukab Chebaro celebrates the birthday and legacy of Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar, an Indian economist and politician and Columbia University alum.
Pop-Up Exhibition: Al-Mutanabbi Street Starts Here A collaborative pop-up exhibition, “Al-Mutanabbi Street Starts Here,” showcases a newly-acquired collection of artists’ books, broadsides, and prints on Iraqi studies.
On the Trail of Jewish Books Around the World A collaborative digital project that collects information about Jewish books printed from the 15th through the 18th centuries allows scholars to trace early modern Jewish texts through time and place.
Interview with Graduate Student Sadegh Ansari Graduate student Sadegh Ansari consults the Libraries' rich Muslim World Manuscript Project to consider "the science of music in the medieval Islamic world."
International Human Rights Day: An Interview with Chris Laico, Archivist at RBML In recognition of Human Rights Month, archivist Chris Laico discusses his work to make the Libraries' human rights collections accessible to researchers and scholars worldwide.
The MWM Project: An interview with Dr. Manan Ahmed An interview with Dr. Manan Ahmed, Associate Professor of History, about the value of the ongoing Muslim World Manuscript Project to teaching and scholarship.
Columbia Receives Early Slavic Books and Manuscripts from Alumnus Franklin A. Sciacca The Libraries receives early Slavic books and manuscripts that date from the 17th to the 20th centuries from Columbia alumnus and Hamilton College professor emeritus, Franklin A. Sciacca.
South Asian Open Archives (SAOA) Launched The South Asian Open Archives, an initiative from the Libraries and numerous partner institutions, facilitates global access to 350,000 pages of research materials in 13 languages.
The Muslim World Manuscript Project: A Codicology Workshop A recent Libraries workshop studied the intricacies of the vibrant manuscripts at the heart of the Muslim World Manuscript preservation and digitization project.
Toni Morrison and Africa Following the passing of novelist Toni Morrison, African Studies Librarian Yuusuf Caruso sought to better understand the writer's relationship with Africa.
Just Launched: Literary Authors from Europe and Eurasia Web Archive The Literary Authors from Europe and Eurasia Web Archive preserves regional content from authors, critics, publishers, and translators about the contemporary literary process.
Just Launched: Eastern Europe and Former Soviet Union Web Archive The Eastern Europe and Former Soviet Union Web Archive preserves websites in numerous subjects from Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union.
Recreating a Lost Yiddish Database The digital Language and Culture Archive of Ashkenazic Jewry preserves interviews with native speakers of Yiddish that address the challenges of an endangered linguistic and cultural legacy.
