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Introductory Meeting – ERC Synergy Grant MOSAIC
With a well-attended hybrid event, MOSAIC was inaugurated at the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität (FAU) in Erlangen on 3 February 2026. The programme opened with a welcome address by Klaus Herbers, who outlined the project’s origins and its development within the broader context of research activities at FAU. This was followed by a keynote lecture delivered by Godefroid de Callataÿ, who examined the central research questions of MOSAIC, highlighted their broader theoretical and practical relevance, and introduced the MOSAIC team. He also presented M-Classi, an open-source digital tool designed to store, catalogue, search, and visualize the classifications of the sciences in Islamicate cultures.
Two further presentations complemented the programme: Petra G. Schmidl outlined the research planned in Erlangen, focusing in particular on prognostic procedures and instruments; Razieh S. Mousavi introduced another digital tool envisaged by MOSAIC, namely M-Multitext, a large-scale, multilingual, open-access digital inventory designed to document and analyse multiple-text manuscripts.
Together, these contributions offered a multifaceted introduction to the project’s scope and objectives. The audience welcomed the opportunity to become acquainted with the project, to gain deeper insight into its aims, and to engage in direct exchange with members of the MOSAIC team and colleagues. An informal workshop the following morning focused on the project’s digital tools, M-Classi and M-Multitext, as well as on prospective collaboration with the History of Science Museum in Oxford, giving rise to productive and forward-looking discussions.
“Photos of Klaus Herbers, Godefroid de Callataÿ, and Petra G. Schmidl: Speakers at the introductory meeting in Erlangen.”
Credits: Andrea Oster