Practices Talks & Workshops

The Cosmopolitan Malay World through the Muslim Heritage of Kampong Gelam: Gravestone styles, writing scripts and calligraphic art at Jalan Kubor Cemetery

by Singapura Stories
10 May • 10:00am

A Public Seminar on the cultural and artistic legacies of Jalan Kubor Cemetery gravestones – the variety of gravestone types and their artistic aspects as seen through Arabic calligraphy and Jawi, Bugis, Javanese, Gujarati and Chinese scripts - drawing upon examples found in Jalan Kubor Muslim gravestones.

The Cosmopolitan Malay World through the Muslim Heritage of Kampong Gelam_ Gravestone styles, writing scripts and calligraphic art
Programme Details
Date: Sat, 10 May
Time: 10am - 1pm
Venue: Wardah Books (58 Bussorah St Singapore 199474)
Price: $15/pax

Singapura Stories Seminar 2025 no.2
The Cosmopolitan Malay World through the Muslim Heritage of Kampong Gelam: Gravestone styles, writing scripts and calligraphic art at Jalan Kubor Cemetery
Sat, 10 May, 10am - 1pm

A Public Seminar on the cultural and artistic legacies of Jalan Kubor Cemetery gravestones - the variety of gravestone types and their aesthetic aspects as seen through Arabic calligraphy and Jawi, and inscriptions in Bugis, Javanese, Gujarati and Chinese writing scripts -- all examples are drawn from Jalan Kubor Cemetery's Muslim gravestones.

Led by architectural historian Dr Imran bin Tajudeen and supported by calligraphy and script experts, the session examines gravestone inscriptions, writing traditions, and the cross-cultural expressions that shaped Kampong Gelam as a hub of cosmopolitan Islam.
Singapura Stories
Singapura Stories is an independent collaborative platform begun in July 2012 focusing on the recovery and sharing of architectural and social histories with the associated cultural memory of buildings, neighbourhoods, settlements, and communities that are no longer extant. It is committed to public education and sharing of these place histories through seminars and forums. It has also facilitated public discussion of findings by independent researchers, with the aim of gathering like-minded individuals with shared interests in specific topics and encouraging documentation efforts by former residents of expunged places.




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