qc_leaflet_revised.qxd 07/08/2003 15:18 Page 1 All events are to be held at The Ismaili Centre, South Kensington: The Ismaili Centre 1-7 Cromwell Gardens London SW7 2SL, United Kingdom Telephone +44 (0)20 7581 2071 The Ismaili Centre is wheelchair accessible WORD of GOD Ismaili Centre ART of MAN Ismaili Centre entrance The Qur’an and its This colloquium is one of the on corner Thurloe Place & Exhibition Road Creative Expressions Map courtesy of Conrad Taylor Map courtesy of Conrad commemorative events marking In conjunction with the colloquium, The Institute the 25th anniversary of the establishment of Ismaili Studies will be exhibiting a selection of Qur’anic and related manuscripts from its collection. Details of this exhibition will be made of The Institute of Ismaili Studies in 1977. available nearer to the date of the colloquium. Questions and enquiries should be directed to: Fahmida Suleman Postdoctoral Fellow, Qur’anic Studies The Institute of Ismaili Studies 42-44 Grosvenor Gardens London SW1W 0EB, United Kingdom An International Colloquium Tel: +44 (0)20 7881 6000 Fax: +44 (0)20 7881 6040 Email:
[email protected] The Ismaili Centre, London Website: www.iis.ac.uk/quranconference 18th - 21st October 2003 qc_leaflet_revised.qxd 07/08/2003 15:18 Page 2 he Holy Qur’an, Conference Participants include: the sacred text of WORD of GOD all Muslims, T Muhammad Abbas, Museum of Islamic Art, Cairo continues to be memorised Refat Abdul Azim, Museum of Islamic Art, Cairo and recited aloud. It is ART of MAN Miriam Ali de Unzaga, University of Oxford also a work that has been Doris Behrens-Abouseif, School of Oriental and The Qur’an and its copied by hand more than African Studies, London any other book in the Creative Expressions Sheila Blair, Boston College, MA Muslim world.