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A day of artistic and academic discussion – Wed 24 Apr 2019 -Wed 24 Apr 2019 10am – 4.45pm, Reed Hall, University of Exeter, EX4 4QR. £30/35 This event is £30 with earlybird booking until 28 Feb, or £35 after (£25 OAPs and students) Conference: 10am – 4.45pm (registration & coffee from 9.30am) Reed Hall, […]

Trickery, Poetry, Intoxication: The Magic of Medieval Arabic Literature Emily Selove (IAIS, Exeter) A Centre for Medieval Studies seminar Date 30 January 2019 Time 16:00 to 18:00 Place Digital Humanities LaboratoryQueen’s Digital Humanities Seminar 2 (B.02) Emily Selove from the Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies offers us insights into the occult world of medieval […]

Literature as Magic, Magic as Literature: Sirāj al-Dīn al-Sakkākī’s Complete Book and a Fragment of Spells Venue: Rooms 8 & 9, Faculty of Asian & Middle Eastern Studies Event date: Thursday, 29 November, 2018 – 17:15 to 18:45 Dr. Emily Selove Handbooks like that ascribed to the famous 13th-century scholar of language and magic, Sirāj al-Dīn al-Sakkākī’s Kitāb […]