Now Available Online: Watch Dr. Claire Gallien’s Full Lecture on Literary Traditions at the University of Cambridge

Cambridge Muslim College is delighted to excited to share that Prof. Claire Gallien, Senior Research Fellow at Cambridge Muslim College, recently gave a guest talk at the Centre of Islamic Studies, University of Cambridge. Dr. Gallien discussed her latest book, Reconfiguring and Appropriating Arabic, Persian, and Indic Literary Traditions in Seventeenth- and Eighteenth-Century Britain.

Her presentation delved into the intricate ways British orientalists have interacted with Islamicate literary traditions, highlighting the selection, reconfiguration, and appropriation that have significantly influenced the English literary canon from historical perspectives.

The full discussion, offering a deeper understanding of the historical dynamics of literary traditions, is now available to watch online.