The Yemen Manuscript Digitization Initiative (YMDI) is a collective of research librarians and leading scholars of classical Islam, Middle Eastern history, and Arabic Literature whose mission is to preserve the Arabic manuscripts in the private libraries of Yemen.
For more news on the heritage situation in Yemen,
see our Facebook page, Save Yemen’s Manuscripts:
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100011256884556
Please contact me at dbh@uoregon.edu if you have questions.
David Hollenberg
Advisory Board
Director, Dr. David Hollenberg, University of Oregon, USA
Dr. Asma al-Hilali, Research Associate, Institute of Ismaili Studies, London
Dr. Michael Allan, University of Oregon, USA
Dr. Muhammad Amir-Moezzi, Université Paris-Sorbonne, France
Dr. Sean Anthony, University of Oregon, USA
Dr. Judith Baskin, Associate Dean, University of Oregon, USA
Dr. Cécile Bonmariage, Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique, Belgium
Dr. Sonja Brentjes, Alcalá de Guadaíra Universidad de Sevilla, Spain
Dr. Eric Chaumont, Centre de recherche français, France
Dr. Paul Cobb, the University of Pennsylvania, USA
Dr. Frederick Colby, University of Oregon, Eugene, USA
Dr. Michael Cook, Princeton University, USA
Dr. Gregory Crane, Tufts University, USA
Dr. Bruce Fudge, Ohio State University, USA
Mr. Adam Gacek, McGill University, Canada
Dr. Beatrice Gruendler, Yale University, USA
Dr. Ahmad Hanaoui, Centre de recherche français, France, France
Dr. Najam Haider, Barnard College, USA
Dr. Bernard Haykel, Princeton University, USA
Mr. Ahmed Ishaq, Imam Zayd in Ali Cultural Foundation, Yemen
Dr. David King, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Germany
Dr. Joseph Lowry, the University of Pennsylvania, USA
Dr. Wilferd Madelung, Oxford University, UK
Dr. Brinkley Messick, Columbia University, USA
Dr. Ahmed Saleh al Masri Thamar (Dhamar) University, Yemen
Dr. Anne Regourd, Centre de recherche français, France, France
Dr. Everett Rowson, New York University, USA
Dr. Emilie Savage-Smith, Oxford University, UK
Dr. Sabine Schmidtke, Free University, Germany
Dr. Charles Schmitz, The American Institute of Yemeni Studies, USA
Dr. Michel Tuchscherer, CEFAS, Yemen
Dr. Daniel Varisco, Hofstra University, USA
Dr. Mark Wagner, Louisiana State University, USA
Dr. Stephanie Wood, Independent Scholar, USA
Dr. Clifford Wulfman, Princeton University Library, USA
Dr. Aron Zysow, Princeton University, USA
YMDI Partner Institutions
The University of Oregon (YMDI host institution)
YMDI Director, Dr. David Hollenberg
http://pages.uoregon.edu/religion/
Princeton University Library
NEH PI Dr. David Magier
Academic Advisor, Dr. Bernard Haykel
Digital Humanities Coordinator, Dr. Clifford Wulfman
http://diglib.princeton.edu
Free University, Berlin
DFG PI Dr. Sabine Schmidtke
http://www.geschkult.fu-berlin.de/e/islamwiss
Staatsbibliothek, Berlin
Arabic Manuscript Curator, Dr. Christopher Rauch
www.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de
Centre Français d’Archéologie et de Sciences Sociales de Sanaa (CEFAS)
Director, Dr. Michel Mouton
Supervisor of Manuscript Projects, Dr. Anne Regourd
www.cefas.com.ye/
www.anne.regourd.org/chroniques-du-manuscrit-au-yemen