The Centre for Magic and Esotericism
Posted by Emily Selove
23 April 2021Dr. Emily Selove, Senior Lecturer of Medieval Arabic Language and Literature, at the University of Exeter, discusses her Leverhulme-funded research project, “A Sorcerer’s Handbook,” which will create an edition, translation, and literary study of Siraj al-Din al-Sakkaki’s (d. 1229) Arabic encyclopedia of practical magic.
In conversation with Professor Travis Zadeh of the Department of Religious Studies, Yale University.
Watch the recording here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6zubB_YTwQ&t=4780s