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. (2024). “To Hire Tents and Camels and Take the Desert Route by Way of Gaza”: Margaret Gibson’s 1896 Expedition from Cairo to Jerusalem. In From the Battlefield of Books: Essays Celebrating 50 Years of the Taylor-Schechter Genizah Research Unit (pp. 216–238). BRILL. https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004712331_016

Ansorge, C. A manuscript of the Arabian Nights and its Journey to Cambridge, Journal of Islamic Manuscripts, 2024, 15(4), 480-507, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1163/1878464X-01502004.
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.
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.

Professional memberships

Member of The Islamic Manuscripts Association
Chartered member of CILIP

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