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University of Kufa research centre delegation visits Karbala shrine's heritage research centre
Academics from the University of Kufa's Kufa Studies Centre visited a heritage research centre of the Imam Hussein Holy Shrine in Karbala to review how it organises its research work.
Why it matters: Academics in the Kufa Studies Centre's methodological studies and textual verification department were briefed on the research procedures of the shrine's heritage centre.
The University of Kufa reported that a delegation from the Department of Methodological Studies and Textual Verification at its Kufa Studies Centre visited the Centre for Reviving Cultural and Religious Heritage in Karbala.
According to the university, the delegation was led by Professor Dr Hasanain Jaber Al-Helo, director of the Kufa Studies Centre, and included a group of the department's academics.
The heritage centre belongs to the Intellectual Affairs Department of the Imam Hussein Holy Shrine, and its director, Ihsan Al-Julaihawi, received the visitors, the university said.
The university said the delegation was briefed on the mechanisms the centre uses for its research work.
Editor’s view
Joseph Lopez, Collaboration Editor
The visit brought the Kufa Studies Centre's methodology and textual verification academics into direct contact with the research procedures of the Imam Hussein Holy Shrine's heritage centre in Karbala.