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In this talk, Ayoush Lazikani (Oxford) will speak about her book published this summer, Cry of the Turtledove: Emotion in Christian and Islamic Contemplative Texts, 1100-1250 (Palgrave’s New Middle Ages Series). She will talk about the motivations and approaches that informed this comparative project, and share some of her findings on the texts. After an overview of the rationale behind this project (including discussion of cross-cultural contact during the twelfth and thirteenth centuries), Ayoush will zoom into the Arabic and English texts she has focused on. There will be particular attention to the poetry of Sufi Abu al-Hasan al-Shushtari and the anonymous prose meditation known as the Wooing of Our Lord. More information can be found on the OCCT website: www.occt.ox.ac.uk/discussion-group-emotion-christian-and-islamic-contemplative-texts-1100-1250
