بررسی مجموعه‌ها و جُنگ‌های صفوی

بررسی مجموعه‌ها و جُنگ‌های صفوی: تاریخ، لغت‌شناسی، کتیبه‌شناسی و هنرهای کتابت
مدیر جلسات: گندی کورین، ماهرو موسوی
میزبان: مرکز نظامی گنجوی، موسسۀ شرق‌شناسی، دانشگاه آکسفورد
زمان: هر دو هفته یک‌بار، از ۲۰ ژانویه ۲۰۲۲

▫️Approaching Safavid Majmū‘a(s) and Jung(s): History, Philology, Palaeography, and Arts of the Book
The archives of Persian manuscripts in libraries across the world are filled with the sixteenth, seventeenth and eighteenth centuries Safavid Majmū‘a(s) and Jung(s); these collections of texts cover a wide range of genres and themes and compile them in ways which have hardly been explored.
The seminar series will be particularly concerned with identifying and discussing potential methodologies through which this corpus may be approached, analysed, and studied. How and why were these texts collected, curated and assembled in such majmū‘a(s) and jung(s)? What do these mechanisms of assembly and production reveal about the psychological, cultural, religious, and political currents within the Safavid society? Where in memory and through what collective networks do these diverse, seemingly unrelated, and at times fragmentary texts may intersect? And finally, is it possible that the Safavid archive, allegedly destroyed by the Afghans during their occupation of Isfahan, may in fact be contained within these thousands of collections? Through reading and translation of a selection of texts, drawn from several collections, and elaborating on questions outlined above, the seminar conveners hope to initiate scholarly discussion on the Safavid majmū‘a(s) and jung(s) and move it beyond the normative discourse.

https://www.ongc.ox.ac.uk/event/approaching-safavid-majmuas-and-jungs-history-philology-palaeography-and-arts-of-the-book