[French and Arabic versions below] Call for Papers Arabic Publishing Beyond the Arabic-Speaking Areas: Field Reconfigurations, Crisis, and the Politics of Circulation Venue: Salles Duby et Germain-Tillon, MMSH, Aix-en-Provence (France) Dates: 18 and 19 March 2027 From the first book printed in Arabic characters in 1514 in Fano, Italy—the Book of Hours published by the Gregori brothers (Balagna 1984)—to the new presses now established in Europe, Turkey and North America, Arabic publishing has long exceeded the geographical boundaries of the “Arabic-speaking areas”[1]. This historical trajectory has been further illuminated by recent research on early Arabic printing, including the ERC-funded TYPARABIC project (2019–2026), which examined cultural transfers between Eastern Europe and Arabic-speaking Christians in the Ottoman Near East (Dipratu and Noble 2024, Feodorov 2024, Negoiță and Feodorov 2026).[2] By foregrounding the role of transregional religious, intellectual, and technical networks in the production of Arabic books, such studies thus invite us to situate the flourishing nineteenth-century Arabic publishing within a broader and older history of circulation beyond the Arab region. With the beginnings of the Arab Awakening (al-Nahḍa), non-Arab cities emerged, indeed, as important centers for Arabic publications: Istanbul, Tehran, Paris, and London played a central role, but so did Bombay (Green [...]
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