Kristof D'hulster

Stranded some place between a Cairo madrasa and a Kazakh yurt...

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One pristine (TSMK, A 871), one with useful paratexts (TIEM 1832), and one flirting with plagiarism and repurposing—a taqrīẓ included (TSMK, A 1172). Check out https://t.co/t0bdsZaZCkʿzzs_al_Tahdhīb_li_Dhihn_al_Labīb

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After a long spell of addenda-fatigue, I am returning to Browsing through the Sultan’s Bookshelves with some renewed vigour. Since it has been a while: three for the price of one! Three courtly copies of Ibn Abī l-ʿIzz’s Hanafite legal riddles!

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5th Colloquium on Ottoman Literature

On 18 June 2026, Kristof D’hulster participated in the Fifth Colloquium on Ottoman Literature (COL), organized by Gisela Procházka-Eisl and Ercan Akyol at the Department of Near Eastern Studies, University of Vienna. His paper, ...

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"Mamluk Readings of Turkish Classics: The Circulation of Anatolian Turkish Literary Works within the Mamluk Realm," examined the reception of works such as Aḥmedī’s İskendernāme and Nesīmī’s verse among Mamluk readers. The colloquium also offered ..

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a valuable opportunity to exchange ideas with Vienna-based Ottomanists and colleagues working on Ottoman literary and manuscript cultures.

This is the link to the event page: https://t.co/TMTa1QGCVA

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Workshop “Figures of Authority” in Tübingen

On 15–16 June, Philip Bockholt takes part in the workshop “Figures of Authority: Argumentative Strategies, Exemplary Motifs, and Narrative Patterns in the Political Advice Literature of the Premodern Islamic World,” organised by ...

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Marianna Zarantonello at the University of Tübingen. The workshop brings together specialists in Arabic, Persian, and Turkish advice literature. His paper, “Adapting Wisdom: Narratives, Motifs, and Morality in Turkish Translations of the Qābūsnāma,” discusses how ...

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controversial passages of the text – especially those concerning music, alcohol, and sexual relations – are adapted in light of Islamic moral and legal norms.

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Visiting the Bosniak Institute

On 8 June, the TRANSLAPT team, together with Munir Drkić and Paula Manstetten, visited the Bosniak Institute and met with the institute’s CEO, Amina Rizvanbegović Džuvić. The Bosniak Institute holds a collection ...

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of several hundred manuscripts and features the second-largest manuscript collection in Bosnia, with codices penned in Arabic, Persian, Turkish, as well as Bosnian written in the Arabic script.

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This is the link to the institute's website: https://t.co/YlNPfjUKvv

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Research at the Gazi Husrev Beg Library

On 5 June, the TRANSLAPT team used the opportunity to spend one more day at the Gazi Husrev Beg Library in order to consult manuscripts there. Accompanied by Paula Manstetten and Andrew Peacock, they also ...

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visited the Gazi Husrev Beg medrese and mosque, learning about the long history of the complex and its multifaceted role in fostering Ottoman culture in the region.

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Experiencing Ottoman Heritage in Bosnia

On Thursday, 4 June, the workshop participants were taken on a tour of important cultural sites related to Ottoman Bosnia, led by Munir Drkić. The group visited various sites in the cities of Stolac and Mostar, including ...

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several medreses and mosques, as well as the famous Sufi tekke at Blagaj. The tour concluded the workshop and offered another opportunity to experience Bosnia’s multilingual Ottoman heritage.

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Meeting at the Gazi Husrev Beg Library

On 1 June, the TRANSLAPT team began their trip to Sarajevo with an initial visit to the Gazi Husrev Beg Library, where the workshop on the Ottoman Balkans as a space for multilingualism will take place over ...

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the following two days. Located in the old city centre of Sarajevo, the library now houses thousands of manuscripts, prints, and archival documents and is one of the most prominent institutions preserving the cultural heritage of the region. In the library, ...

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the TRANSLAPT team met with the co-organiser of the workshop, Munir Drkić, and the head of the library, Dženan Handžić. Their meeting included a short tour of the library’s museum, collection, and facilities, and concluded with a preparatory discussion for the upcoming workshop.

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Preparations for Workshop in Sarajevo

From 2–4 June, the workshop "The Ottoman Balkans as a Space for Multilingualism: Actors, Practices, and Sites of Translation" will take place at the Gazi Husrev Beg Library in Sarajevo. Organised jointly ...

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by TRANSLAPT and the University of Sarajevo (Munir Drkić), this workshop will bring together specialists from different fields engaged in research on multilingualism in the Balkans in one of the most important libraries for ...