Consideration and Care of Islamicate Collections

What are Islamicate or Islamic Collections and how do we care for them within collecting institutions/ as collection care professionals? The answers are neither singular nor simple, including the vocabulary used to describe these collections. These collections can encompass the sacred and the secular, the utilitarian and the venerated, and multi-religious, multicultural and multiethnic landscapes. The webinar aims to address some of these complexities, and to provide small to medium sized collecting institutions a better framework for understanding these materials, advice on identifying sacred objects, and respectful approaches for caring for Islamicate collections.

Presenter 

Aisha Wahab, Paper Conservator, Stanford University Libraries

Aisha Wahab is a paper conservator at Stanford University Libraries. Prior to her position at Stanford University, Aisha Wahab worked as the Paper Conservator at University of Michigan Libraries. She earned an MA and a Certificate of Advanced Studies in Art Conservation from State University of New York College at Buffalo. She earned a Bachelor of Arts in Middle Eastern and North African Studies with a minor in Islamic Studies and Arabic from UCLA. In addition to her primary specialty in paper conservation, Aisha also has a strong interest in historical bindings and the conservation of bound materials, materials from the Muslim world, both bound and unbound, and papyrus.

Resources

Consideration and Care of Islamicate Collections Presentation

Recording September 27, 2024 Duration 1 hour 3 minutes