{"id":325,"date":"2021-04-23T09:02:22","date_gmt":"2021-04-23T09:02:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.exeter.ac.uk\/magic\/?p=325"},"modified":"2021-04-23T09:02:22","modified_gmt":"2021-04-23T09:02:22","slug":"the-devils-in-the-details","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/magic\/2021\/04\/23\/the-devils-in-the-details\/","title":{"rendered":"The Devil\u2019s in the Details"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 class=\"entry-title\">Sakkaki\u2019s Magic Book of Everything (April 30th 2021)<\/h1>\n<p>Dr. Emily Selove, Senior Lecturer of Medieval Arabic Language and Literature, at the University of Exeter, discusses her Leverhulme-funded research project, \u201cA Sorcerer\u2019s Handbook,\u201d which will create an edition, translation, and literary study of Siraj al-Din al-Sakkaki\u2019s (d. 1229) Arabic encyclopedia of practical magic.<\/p>\n<p>In conversation with Professor Travis Zadeh of the Department of Religious Studies, Yale University.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-326\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/magic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/293\/2021\/04\/The-Devils-in-the-Details-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/magic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/293\/2021\/04\/The-Devils-in-the-Details-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/magic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/293\/2021\/04\/The-Devils-in-the-Details-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/magic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/293\/2021\/04\/The-Devils-in-the-Details-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/magic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/293\/2021\/04\/The-Devils-in-the-Details-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/magic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/293\/2021\/04\/The-Devils-in-the-Details.jpg 1728w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul class=\"event-meta\">\n<li class=\"group\">When<b>Friday, April 30, 2021 12:00 PM to Friday, April 30, 2021 1:30 PM<\/b><\/li>\n<li class=\"group\">Where<b>Online\/Virtual Event<\/b><br \/>\n<b><\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Watch the recording here:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=K6zubB_YTwQ&amp;t=4780s\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=K6zubB_YTwQ&amp;t=4780s<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sakkaki\u2019s Magic Book of Everything (April 30th 2021) Dr. Emily Selove, Senior Lecturer of Medieval Arabic Language and Literature, at the University of Exeter, discusses her Leverhulme-funded research project, \u201cA Sorcerer\u2019s Handbook,\u201d which will create an edition, translation, and literary study of Siraj al-Din al-Sakkaki\u2019s (d. 1229) Arabic encyclopedia of practical magic. 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