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June 2018
Gonzalo Fernández Parrilla leads a seminar on 'The invention and reinvention of Moroccan literature/s (1938-2018)'
Find out moreWe ask key questions about why we need to address the writing of cultural histories now and why it matters. Who are the key writers of MENA’s cultural histories? In which languages and under what social conditions were these histories written? How have these writers responded to socio-cultural, political and technological transformations in the region? Through which conceptual frameworks have they understood the region? Why have they focused on some countries and ignored others? What type of epistemologies and theorisations of 'culture' and 'history' still dominate the writing of cultural history of this region? What role have Middle Eastern and North African cultural historians played in cultural translation and subsequently in reimagining the cultural history of their region? What elements of their legacies need to be challenged; who is challenging them today, and how?
Find out moreJuly 2018
The Maghreb strand of MULOSIGE put together a panel for the World Congress of Middle Eastern Studies (WOCMES), held in Seville (Spain), 16-20 July. Entitled “Re-imagining the Maghreb beyond Mashreqi and colonial mediation: Morocco as a case study,” the panel explored new theoretical and methodological tools to grasp Morocco’s complex cultural, literary, and historical specificities as well as its connection to wider ‘significant geographies’ including Europe, the Islamic West, and the Arabic-speaking world.
Find out moreOctober 2018
Join Yasmine Seale and Robin Moger as they work on an experimental translation of Ibn Arabi’s cycle of odes, The Interpreter of Desires.
Find out moreNovember 2018
Join author and performer Vayu Naidu as she leads a storytelling performance and workshop about stories that travel across cultures and languages. This event is supported by the MULOSIGE project at SOAS, University of London, and hosted by the N4 Library, Islington.
Find out moreDecember 2018
It is a pleasure for us to present the list of the Arabic books available at N4 Library. The acquisition of the books stems from the will, shared by Islington Council and the members of the MULOSIGE research project at SOAS (University of London), to improve services provided, especially with regard to the variety of languages, cultures and literatures that coexist in London.
Find out moreMay 2019
In this talk, Assistant Professor Levi Thompson directs our attention to vibrant modernist networks operating in the East.
Find out moreOctober 2019
Speaker: Tasnim Qutait (Uppsala/SOAS) A renewed interest in writing using ʿammiyya, dialectal Arabic, has refocused debate on its political effects as a literary language. Since ’ammiya is being increasingly used in digital communication and social media, its current presence in literature might be seen as part of what Tarek El Ariss has described as a
Find out moreNovember 2019
Speakers: Professor Assefa Tefera Dibaba (Addis Ababa), Prof Karin Barber (Birmingham, Emerita), Prof Alena Rettová (SOAS), Dr Martin Orwin (SOAS). Venue: Russell Square: College Buildings Room: G51 Abstract: Orature plays a determinant role in literary expression around the world, but unwritten verbal arts have been explicitly excluded from definitions of world literature. This exclusion has important
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Venue: Russell Square College Buildings Room: G51 Speaker: Professor Assefa Tefera Dibaba (Addis Ababa) In Oromo worldview, land and land resources are not just to be used but also to be revered and cared for. However, with the advent of both Christianity and Islam, land was removed
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