Ibn al-Arabi lecture at Boston University

In an stroke of good luck I stumbled upon Boston University’s lecture series in literary translation via the Three Percent events calendar. The next one happens to be about Arabic, and is Michael Sells presenting ‘Ibn al-Arabi’s translation of desires: longing, lyric and the cultural other’. Here is Michael’s bio from the site:

Michael Sells teaches at the University of Chicago.  The new and expanded edition of his book ‘Approaching the Qur’an: The Early Revelations’ appeared in 2007. He has published three volumes on Arabic poetry: ‘Desert Tracings: Six Classic Arabian Odes’, which concentrates on the pre-Islamic period; ‘Stations of Desire’, which focuses on the love poetry of Ibn al-Arabi; and ‘The Cambridge History of Arabic Literature, Al-Andalus’, which he coedited and to which he contributed. His books on mystical literature include ‘Early Islamic Mysticism and Mystical Languages of Unsaying’.  His work on religion and violence includes ‘The Bridge Betrayed: Religion and Genocide in Bosnia’.

The lecture is on March 25th from 1-2 pm, free and open to the public. I’m looking forward to attending!