About this Event
The Univeristy of Edinburgh is delighted to host Shazia Jagot as part of
In this lecture, Shazia Jagot explores the currents of literary and intellectual transfer from the Islamic world into medieval England in late medieval vernacular literature. It follows the fictive flight of birds, following the course of avian imagery, language, and metaphor, as it appears in astronomical mathematics and astronomical instruments, namely the astrolabe, through to fictive and allegorical writings moving across Arabic, Latin, and Middle English.
Dr Shazia Jagot is Senior Lecturer in Medieval and Global Literature at the University of York. She has worked at the Universities of Surrey and Southern Denmark (Odense), and held a CBRL fellowship at the British Institute in Amman. She is a graduate of the Universities of Leicester and SOAS.
Chair on behalf of The University of Edinburgh:
Professor Nacim Pak Shiraz | The University of Edinburgh
Event timing:
- 17:00-17:15 Arrival
- 17:15-18:30 Professor Shazia Jagot's Lecture
- 18:30-18:45 Audience Q&A
- 18:45-19:30 Drinks reception
Please note this is an in-person lecture only. Guest should enter through the Old College main entrance on South Bridge sign posted to Edinburgh Law School. The drinks reception will be held in Teaching Room 1, Old College (a member of staff will direct you to the room).
Event venue & nearby stays
Usha Kasera Lecture Theatre, Old College, South Bridge, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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