Elias Muhanna, Manning Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature, hosts a talk and book launch for “Translating a Classical Arabic Encyclopedia” on October 5th, 2016 at 1pm. On October 21st, 2016 at 10am, the Digital Islamic Humanities Project, a signature initiative of Middle East Studies at Brown University, is pleased to announce its annual scholarly gathering, a workshop on the topic of print culture in the early modern and modern Middle East. The event is organized by Professor Muhanna in partnership with Gale Publishers, which will present its new digital text archive entitled “Early Arabic Printed Books from the British Library”.