Public Programmes

Thursday 15 August at Edinburgh International Book Festival The West-Eastern Divan was Goethe’s last major body of poetry, a tribute to Persian verse To celebrate its… more

Wednesday 14 August at Edinburgh International Book Festival Goethe’s West-Eastern Divan, the poet’s personal attempt to broaden European horizons by exploring the concept of… more

John Sandoe Books (as part of the Shubbak Festival), 2nd July As his contribution to A New Divan, the Palestinian poet Mourid Barghouti responded to the challenge of ‘The… more

Bradford Literature Festival: Bradford Cathedral, 29 June At this Bradford Literature Festival event in the beautiful Bradford Cathedral, Professor Eric Ormsby introduced the… more

BRISMES 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… more

21 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… more