Posts by Evyn Kropf

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mounted calligraphic panel in album page
  • Evyn Kropf
This post is by Sumeyra Dursun, 2023 Heid Fellow, from her research in the Islamic Manuscripts Collection. Sumeyra is a doctoral candidate in the history of Islamic arts at Yildiz Technical University in Istanbul.
black and white drawing with a cat crouched and facing off a fierce looking dog
  • Juli McLoone
Join us next Thursday, 15 February between 4-6p for our next Third Thursdays at the Library event!
array of square and rectangular images of collection material with handwritten text, photographs, and illustrations of various kinds
  • Martha O'Hara Conway
There's still time to apply for our research fellowships! These fellowships support researchers whose work would benefit from onsite access to our special collections. Applications are due 1st of February!
text block with large initial D and vines and flowers on the margin
  • Pablo Alvarez
Join us for our next Third Thursdays at the Library open house, exploring early printed books!
lines of Persian calligraphy in modified Arabic script, written on the diagonal, accented with gold and colored decorations, set in a green framed album page
  • Evyn Kropf
This post is by Sumeyra Dursun, 2023 Heid Fellow, from her research in the Islamic Manuscripts Collection. Sumeyra is a doctoral candidate in the history of Islamic arts at Yildiz Technical University in Istanbul.
three writers standing holding Ardis printed copy of a text
  • Evyn Kropf
Join us next week for another Third Thursdays at the Library open house, exploring material from the Ardis Press Records!
array of square and rectangular images of collection material with handwritten text, photographs, and illustrations of various kinds
  • Martha O'Hara Conway
The current application cycle is now open for fellowships available to researchers whose work would benefit from onsite access to our special collections!
pages of lines of calligraphic text in two forms of Arabic script
  • Amy Crist
Another post on conservation work completed by our summer 2023 Baker Fellow, Katarina Stiller, this time for two calligraphy albums from the Islamic Manuscripts Collection.
drawing of workers in coats and hats holding signs saying on strike and other messages
  • Evyn Kropf
Join us next week for our first Third Thursdays at the Library open house, exploring material from the Labadie Collection!
interior scene with row of beds, girl rising up from one of them, and dwarves peeking in through the window
  • Amy Crist
Another installment in our series of posts on conservation work for pop-up and moveable books, this time from Katarina Stiller, summer 2023 Baker Fellow at the U-M Library's conservation lab