Tellings, Translations, and the Uncanny: Thinking about Dastan-e Amir Hamza, featuring Mariam Zia (Lahore School of Economics; Fellow at the South Asia Institute) in conversation with Ali Asani (Harvard University). Sponsored by the Harvard University Lakshmi Mittal and Family South Asia Institute; please RSVP here.
Parwana Fayyaz (Peterhouse College, University of Cambridge), Modern Heroines: Women in Classical Persian Literature. Co-sponsored by the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations.
Stephen Sackis an acclaimed Brussels-based American artist whose work investigates money's poetic and philosophical beauty and the importance of the magical connection between 'worthless' objects and imagination. Lost and found, worn and corroded, coins are treasured as mirrors of our collective stories and reflections of our unconscious memory. With a career spanning over 40 years,...
Real Colegio Complutense at Harvard, 26 Trowbridge Street
Slavery in Later Medieval Mediterranean Europe, featuring presentations by Prof. Daniel Smail (History, Harvard University) and Dr. Angela Zhang (History, Harvard University). Reception to follow.
Alya Karame (AKPIA Fellow; Orient-Institut Beirut and Collège de France), The Sulayhid Qur’an: Stories of Connections and Belonging of a Short-Lived Dynasty. Read more about AKPIA Lecture Series
Marie-Luise Theuerkauf (University of Cambridge), Decoding Irish Arthuriana: The Reception of Geoffrey of Monmouth in Medieval Ireland. Sponsored by the Mahindra Humanities Center and the Department of Celtic Languages and Literatures.
Nicholas Watson (Harvard University), Sixteen Showings: The Search for an Intermediate Version of Julian of Norwich's Revelation of Love and Its Implications.