The Annual York-Noor Lecture Series 2009-2010
presents
The Rubayyat [Quatrains] of Omar Khayyam and Their Victorian Reincarnation and Reception
Lecture by Professor Marta Simidchieva, University of Toronto and York University
This year marks the 150th anniversary of Edward FitzGerald’s translation of The Rubayyat of Omar Khayyam for Victorian England, and the English-speaking world’s discovery of this important Muslim poet, scientist, and mystic.
Date: Sunday February 21, 2010
Time: 3:00 pm
Location: Auditorium, Noor Cultural Centre
Admission: $5
and
Famous Persian Books of Advice: ‘The Book of Government’ [Siyasat-Nama] by the Saljuq Vizier Nizam al-Mulk
Lecture by Professor Marta Simidchieva, University of Toronto and York University
Date: Monday February 22, 2010
Time: 11:30 a.m.
Location: 010 Vanier College Senior Common Room, York University
Admission: Free
Marta Simidchieva teaches Islamic history, culture, and religion at York University and at the University of Toronto. Her research focuses on hybrid texts and East/West cultural interrelations.
Image: An early-20th-century illustration of The Rubayyat of Omar Khayyam