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Persian Tales of Love and Friendship
Leicester Museum and Gallery, New Walk, Leicester, Leicestershire LE1 7EA
Monday 4 Dec 2023
7:30 pmNon-members may attend either on Zoom or in-person on payment of £5 (student non-members £3) by booking through EventBrite:
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Leicester Literary and Philosophical Society
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Persian Tales of Love and Friendship
A Leicester Lit and Phil’ Lecture.
Professor Christine van Ruymbeke, Professor of Persian Studies, University of Cambridge, will tell of how the medieval Persian authors and their patrons described the dangers of love and the lure of friendship by spinning attractive, magical tales that concealed grim warnings.
Christine van Ruymbeke is a literary critic of Persian literature specialising in non mystical narratives of prose or verse written during the long medieval period.
Professor Christine van Ruymbeke, Professor of Persian Studies, University of Cambridge, will tell of how the medieval Persian authors and their patrons described the dangers of love and the lure of friendship by spinning attractive, magical tales that concealed grim warnings.
Christine van Ruymbeke is a literary critic of Persian literature specialising in non mystical narratives of prose or verse written during the long medieval period.
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