Goethe’s West-Eastern Divan 200 years on
26.6.19BRISMES Conference, Leeds, 26 June The panel explored a remarkable 19th century work of inter-disciplinarity on the occasion of the 200th anniversary of its publication: Johann Wolfgangvon Goethe’s West-Eastern Diva….
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Book Launch – The Image Debate: Figural Representation in Islam...
21.6.1921 June 2019, 7 pm, at the Alumni Lecture Theatre, SOAS The Image Debate: Figural Representation in Islam and Across the World is a collection of thirteen essays which examines…
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A New Divan: A Lyrical Dialogue between East and West
24.5.19Hay-on-Wye Literary Festival, 24 May ‘A New Divan: A lyrical dialogue between East & West’ This event featured Nujoom Alghanem and Paul Farley reading from A New Divan and discussing…
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The Poet and Suleika: A West-Eastern Dialogue in Poetry and...
23.5.19British Library, 23 May with Nujoom Alghanem, Paul Farley and Don Paterson reading poetry from A New Divan and Simon Wallfisch singing Hafiz and Goethe Lieder, accompanied by Craig White Gingko’s…
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