Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies Seminar Series: Hilary Kilpatrick In brief Speaker - Dr Hilary Kilpatrick (independent scholar) Title - Shī‛īs, Christians, and the Uses of Artifice: Approaches to Arabic Poetry in the Ottoman Era Abstract by Hilary Kilpatrick Arabic poetry in the Ottoman period was for long labelled repetitive, unoriginal and weighed down with rhetorical artifice. It was condemned for not addressing the ‘serious business of life’. This presentation will first situate Arabic poetry of the period in its socio-historical context, emphasizing its communicative function. I will then present works on a wide variety of subjects by Sunnī, Shī‛ī and Christian poets such as Bahā’ al-Dīn al-‛Āmilī (d. 1030/1621), Manjak Pāshā al-Yūsufī (d.1080/1669), Ḥasan al-Badrī al-Ḥijāzī (d. 1131/1718), Niqūlāwus al-Ṣā’igh (d. 1169/1756), and ‘Abd al-Ḥamīd ibn al-Ṣabbāgh al-Aṭraqjī (d. 1271/1854). Finally, I will discuss genres and forms such as panegyric, satire, descriptive poetry, parody, and acrostics. About the speaker Hilary Kilpatrick received her DPhil from University of Oxford. She has taught at universities in the UK, the Netherlands, and Switzerland, and is now an independent scholar based in Lausanne, Switzerland. She has published a study of al-Isbahānī’s Book of Songs and many articles on modern, classical, and Ottoman Arabic literature About the seminar series Each semester, Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies (IMES) welcomes a fantastic range of guest speakers, PhD students and colleagues from across the University to present an evening seminar on their research. In the spring semester of the 2022 to 2023 academic year, the overall theme is 'Persian Narratives'. Topics include Persian, Iranian, and Arabic folklore, literature, poetry, traditions, and political structures. All seminars will be followed by a Q&A and wine reception. How to join Events are free and everyone is welcome. No booking is required for this seminar. Are you interested in studying with us? We are the only university in Scotland to offer courses in the Muslim world's three main languages, placing Arabic, Persian and Turkish in the context of history, literature, culture, religion and politics, past and present. Choose from a wide range of undergraduate and postgraduate degrees, including PhD programmes. Find out more about Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies at Edinburgh Apr 03 2023 17.15 - 18.15 Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies Seminar Series: Hilary Kilpatrick Join us in person for a seminar by Dr Hilary Kilpatrick on Arabic poetry in the Ottoman period. Project Room 1.06 50 George Square EH8 9LH Edinburgh Find the venue: 50 George Square
Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies Seminar Series: Hilary Kilpatrick In brief Speaker - Dr Hilary Kilpatrick (independent scholar) Title - Shī‛īs, Christians, and the Uses of Artifice: Approaches to Arabic Poetry in the Ottoman Era Abstract by Hilary Kilpatrick Arabic poetry in the Ottoman period was for long labelled repetitive, unoriginal and weighed down with rhetorical artifice. It was condemned for not addressing the ‘serious business of life’. This presentation will first situate Arabic poetry of the period in its socio-historical context, emphasizing its communicative function. I will then present works on a wide variety of subjects by Sunnī, Shī‛ī and Christian poets such as Bahā’ al-Dīn al-‛Āmilī (d. 1030/1621), Manjak Pāshā al-Yūsufī (d.1080/1669), Ḥasan al-Badrī al-Ḥijāzī (d. 1131/1718), Niqūlāwus al-Ṣā’igh (d. 1169/1756), and ‘Abd al-Ḥamīd ibn al-Ṣabbāgh al-Aṭraqjī (d. 1271/1854). Finally, I will discuss genres and forms such as panegyric, satire, descriptive poetry, parody, and acrostics. About the speaker Hilary Kilpatrick received her DPhil from University of Oxford. She has taught at universities in the UK, the Netherlands, and Switzerland, and is now an independent scholar based in Lausanne, Switzerland. She has published a study of al-Isbahānī’s Book of Songs and many articles on modern, classical, and Ottoman Arabic literature About the seminar series Each semester, Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies (IMES) welcomes a fantastic range of guest speakers, PhD students and colleagues from across the University to present an evening seminar on their research. In the spring semester of the 2022 to 2023 academic year, the overall theme is 'Persian Narratives'. Topics include Persian, Iranian, and Arabic folklore, literature, poetry, traditions, and political structures. All seminars will be followed by a Q&A and wine reception. How to join Events are free and everyone is welcome. No booking is required for this seminar. Are you interested in studying with us? We are the only university in Scotland to offer courses in the Muslim world's three main languages, placing Arabic, Persian and Turkish in the context of history, literature, culture, religion and politics, past and present. Choose from a wide range of undergraduate and postgraduate degrees, including PhD programmes. Find out more about Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies at Edinburgh Apr 03 2023 17.15 - 18.15 Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies Seminar Series: Hilary Kilpatrick Join us in person for a seminar by Dr Hilary Kilpatrick on Arabic poetry in the Ottoman period. Project Room 1.06 50 George Square EH8 9LH Edinburgh Find the venue: 50 George Square
Apr 03 2023 17.15 - 18.15 Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies Seminar Series: Hilary Kilpatrick Join us in person for a seminar by Dr Hilary Kilpatrick on Arabic poetry in the Ottoman period.
