Arabic language research centres

Bodies that do research on the Arabic language and its sciences: language academies, major dictionary projects, research centres and university units, research chairs, Arabic computational-linguistics labs, manuscript and critical-edition centres, and Arabization and terminology bodies — in the Arab world and beyond.

This directory is for research on Arabic. Programmes that teach Arabic to non-native speakers have their own: the Arabic programmes directory

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Manuscripts and editions

Fihrist: Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate World

Bodleian Libraries (Oxford) and Cambridge University Library

Open union catalogue of Islamic and Middle Eastern manuscripts in UK libraries, searchable in Arabic and English.

United Kingdom · Oxford

Manuscripts and editions

The Islamic Manuscript Association (TIMA)

Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Centre of Islamic Studies, University of Cambridge

International non-profit association for the preservation, cataloguing and access of Islamic manuscript collections; conferences and workshops.

United Kingdom · Cambridge

Manuscripts and editions

Al-Furqan Islamic Heritage Foundation – Centre for the Study of Islamic Manuscripts

Al-Furqan Islamic Heritage Foundation

Surveys, images, catalogues, edits and publishes Islamic manuscripts, mostly Arabic.

United Kingdom · London

Manuscripts and editions

Taylor-Schechter Genizah Research Unit

Cambridge University Library

Conservation, cataloguing and research of Cairo Genizah fragments, many in Judaeo-Arabic and Arabic.

United Kingdom · Cambridge