A Practical Guide to Classical Arabic Poetry: Tools for Understanding Form and Meaning, Art and Function
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- Speaker
- Tahera Qutbuddin, Kevin Blankinship, Nathaniel Miller, Hilary Kilpatrick, Beatrice Gruendler, David Larsen, Nefeli Papoutsakis, Geert Jan van Gelder, Marlé Hammond, Theodore Beers, Bilal Orfali, Yaron Klein, Julia Bray, Stefan Sperl
- Host
- Asian and Middle Eastern Studies (Department)
- Series
- Tahera Qutbuddin
- Location
- St John's College - New Seminar Room, New Seminar Room St John's College St Giles Oxford Oxfordshire OX1 3JP United Kingdom
- Organisation
- Oxford
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About this talk
Kindly contact Tahera Qutbuddin (tahera.qutbuddin@ames.ox.ac.uk) to confirm attendance. Conference Program: 7 July 2026 – St John's College, Oxford 09:00–09:10 Welcome Remarks – Tahera Qutbuddin, Kevin Blankinship, Nathaniel Miller 09:10–09:50 Tahera Qutbuddin (Oxford) – Meter and Rhyme 09:50–10:30 Tahera Qutbuddin – Balāghah: The Art of Eloquence 10:30–10:50 Refreshment Break 10:50–11:30 Hilary Kilpatrick (Lausanne) – Poets as People 11:30–12:10 Beatrice Gruendler (Free University, Berlin) – Performance and Reader Response 12:20–13:50 Lunch 14:00–14:40 David Larsen (New York University) – Imagery 14:40–15:20 Nefeli Papoutsakis (Munster) – The Functions of Poetry in Society 15:20–15:40 Refreshment Break 15:40–16:20 Kevin Blankinship (Brigham Young University) – Lexicons 16:20–17:00 Kevin Blankinship – Translation 8 July 2026 – St John's College, Oxford 09:00–09:40 Geert Jan van Gelder (Oxford) – Genres, Themes, Motifs 09:40–10:20 Geert Jan van Gelder – The Sound of Arabic Poetry 10:20–10:40 Refreshment Break 10:40–11:20 Nathaniel Miller (Denver) – Theoretical Approaches 11:20–12:00 Nathaniel Miller – Minor Genres, Fun Facts 12:05–13:35 Lunch 13:45–14:25 Marlé Hammond (SOAS) – Women's Voices 14:25–15:05 Theodore Beers (Drexel) – The Relationship between Arabic & Persian Poetry 15:05–15:25 Refreshment Break 15:25–16:05 Bilal Orfali (American University of Beirut, online) – Anthologies 16:05–16:45 Yaron Klein (Carleton) – Music 9 July 2026 – St John's College, Oxford 09:15–09:55 Julia Bray (Oxford) – Form and Structure 09:55–10:35 Julia Bray – Emotions 10:35–10:55 Refreshment Break 10:55–11:35 Nathaniel Miller and Theodore Beers – Digital Humanities 11:35–11:50 Stefan Sperl (SOAS) – Conference Response
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