Typarabic

On the first day of the BIBLIO conference in Alba Iulia, Archim. Policarp Chițulescu presented the research he has conducted over five years in preparation for the eighth volume of the EAPE series, published with De Gruyter: "Books Printed for the Arab Christians in the 18th Century, a Descriptive Catalog". He co-authored this book with our colleague Yulia Petrova and the contribution of Ioana Feodorov. This book is one of the most significant results of the ERC-funded TYPARABIC project and is highly anticipated by the academic community in Romania and abroad. It will be released in August 2026 in Open Access and hardback. The day also included the launch of an outstanding exhibition of incunabula and other early printed books at Museikon, as well as visits to the splendid monuments of this age-old city, whose history spans many centuries, from the early Roman period to our days.

Archim. Policarp Chițulescu and Ioana Feodorov will contribute on June 4 and 5 to the 20th edition of the National Conference BIBLIO - Bibliology and National Cultural Heritage - convened by the University „1 Decembrie 1918” and the National Museum of the Union in Alba Iulia. They will address topics outlining the outcomes and benefits of the ERC-funded TYPARABIC project as its completion approaches (June 30, 2026). Volume 8 of the De Gruyter series "Early Arabic Printing in the East", authored by Archim. Policarp Chițulescu and Yulia Petrova (with Ioana Feodorov), will be presented to the Romanian academic public for the first time.

It's here! Volume 7 has reached us and has made us very happy. Not only is it a comprehensive collection of contributions on the themes and subthemes of our project but it also illustrates the variety of topics that the team and our guest speakers covered in Venice during the 4th TYPARABIC project. Moreover, these proceedings are released one year only after the conference, which is a feast in itself. A big thank you to all the contributors, and our deep gratitude to the De Gruyter team!
Free download here: https://www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi/10.1515/9783111373331/html

Today, May 5, Archim. Policarp Chițulescu contributed to the EPHE seminar "Histoire comparée et connectée des christianismes orientaux (XVIe-XIXe s.)" convened by Prof. Vassa Kontouma and Vera Tchentsova with a presentation on the 8th volume of the "Early Arabic Printing in the East" series that the ERC-funded project TYPARABIC is publishing with De Gruyter. EAPE-8 is the first comprehensive, detailed, and richly illustrated catalog of the 18th-century Arabic books printed in Eastern Europe and Ottoman Greater Syria (present-day Syria and Lebanon), co-authored by Archim. Policarp Chițulescu and Dr. Yulia Petrova. The catalog is scheduled to be released online on the De Gruyter platform on May 29. We are grateful to the seminar organizers for the opportunity to present this new book in our series to an academic and expert audience, for the first time.