Our Partners

The collaboration between the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities (BBAW), the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin, and the Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung (BAM) forms the institutional foundation of Shaping Holiness.

Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften

As the Centre’s long-term institutional home, the BBAW provides an exceptional environment for interdisciplinary exchange and sustained dialogue with neighbouring research projects that share comparable methodological interests in textual cultures, knowledge production, and cultural heritage.

Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin

The Staatsbibliothek contributes its internationally renowned manuscript collections and expertise in library and manuscript studies.

Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung

BAM brings perspectives from conservation science and material analysis, opening new avenues for the investigation of inks, pigments, writing supports, and techniques of production and preservation