Catherine Ansorge

Volunteer Researcher

Division: Special Collections

Department: Genizah Research Unit

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Catherine's research focuses on the history and provenance of the manuscripts and archives relating to the Near and Middle Eastern collections as observed through the academic tradition of studies at Cambridge which date from the early seventeenth century to present times.

Catherine has published on the lives and exploits of the scholars, manuscript collectors and travelers whose personal papers and libraries form the core of Cambridge collections.

Publications:

Ansorge, C. Burckhardt in Cambridge Study and dialogue. In Burckhardt, Leonhard Alexander, Jan Loop, Lucas Burkart, and Rolf A. Stucky eds. Johann Ludwig Burckhardt, Sheikh Ibrahim : Entdeckungen Im Orient Um 1800 = Discoveries in the Orient around 1800. Basel: Christoph Merian, 2019, 45-63
Ansorge, C. The Revd George Lewis: his life and collection. Journal of the History of Collections, 32(1), 2020, 143-156. doi:10.1093/jhc/fhy041
Ansorge, C. Study and travel; John Lewis Burckhardt’s remarkable journey traced through archives and manuscripts in Cambridge University Library. Transactions of the Cambridge Bibliographical Society , 2018, XVI/3, 455-486
Ansorge, C. Cambridge University Library Islamic manuscript collection. Origins and content. Journal of Islamic Manuscripts, 2016, 7(2), 127-151.
https://doi.org/10.1163/1878464x-00702001
Ansorge, C. Faith & Fable: Islamic manuscripts from Cambridge University Library, Cambridge University Library, 2011.
Blogs in the UL's ‘Special Collections’ series at: https://specialcollections-blog.lib.cam.ac.uk/?cat=11

Ansorge, C. The accidental linguist: Herbert Thompson’s contribution to Egyptian language studies traced through his archive. In Lewis, Clare and Gabriel Moshenska eds. Life-writing in the history of archaeology: critical perspectives. London: UCL, 2023, 183-211.

Professional memberships

Member of The Islamic Manuscripts Association
Chartered member of CILIP

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