<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">Dear colleagues,<br></div><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div>Umberto Bongianino's seminar about Maghrebi calligraphy and Andalusi identity may be of interest to some listmembers.</div><div><br></div><div>SIncerely,</div><div>Dagmar Riedel<br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr"><br></div>-------------------------------------------<br><br><div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="times new roman, serif" color="#000000">Dear colleagues,</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in"><font face="times new roman, serif" color="#000000"> </font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="times new roman, serif" color="#000000"><span style="border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">The next meeting of the Columbia University Seminar on Religion and Writing (#751) will be held on Wednesday, March 17 at 12 pm (noon EST).  We are honored to have Dr. Umberto Bongianino (University of Oxford)</span> discuss his research on "The Manuscript Tradition of the Islamic West: Maghribī Round Scripts and the Andalusī Identity."</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="times new roman, serif" color="#000000"> </font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="times new roman, serif"><font color="#000000">The title and abstract follow below; they are also available on our website:</font><font color="#500050"> </font><u style="color:rgb(80,0,80)"><span style="color:rgb(17,85,204)"><a href="https://researchblogs.cul.columbia.edu/islamicbooks/religionwriting/" target="_blank">https://researchblogs.cul.columbia.edu/islamicbooks/religionwriting/</a></span></u><font color="#500050">.</font></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;color:rgb(80,0,80);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="times new roman, serif"> </font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in"><font face="times new roman, serif"><font color="#000000">If you would like to attend Dr. Bongianino’s talk, please RSVP to <a href="mailto:abw2163@columbia.edu" target="_blank">abw2163@columbia.edu</a> </font><font color="#000000">by Wednesday, March 10th. </font></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="times new roman, serif" color="#000000"> </font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="times new roman, serif"><font color="#000000">Columbia University encourages persons with disabilities to participate in its programs and activities. University Seminar participants with disabilities who anticipate needing accommodations may contact the Office of Disability Services at 212.854.2388 or</font><font color="#500050"> </font><u style="color:rgb(80,0,80)"><span style="color:rgb(17,85,204)"><a href="mailto:disability@columbia.edu" target="_blank">disability@columbia.edu</a></span></u><font color="#500050">. </font><font color="#000000">Disability accommodations, including sign-language interpreters, are available on request. Requests for accommodations must be made two weeks in advance.</font></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="times new roman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