BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Sabre//Sabre VObject 4.6.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/Zurich X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/Zurich TZURL:http://tzurl.org/zoneinfo/Europe/Zurich BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:CEST DTSTART:19810329T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=-1SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:CET DTSTART:19961027T030000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=10;BYDAY=-1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:news331@english.philhist.unibas.ch DTSTAMP;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20221124T171940 DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20211209T101500 SUMMARY:The Shakespeare of India: Eighteenth-Century English Literature and Perceptions of the Orient DESCRIPTION:The eighteenth century was a time when many people in the Briti sh Isles regarded the Orient as utterly hip and trendy. This is why there was much more to perceptions of the Orient than Edward Said’s groundbrea king analysis of Orientalism would seem to suggest. In this lecture\, a se lection of English texts about or inspired by the Orient will be discussed \, and also some of their key contexts in terms of cultural history and th e history of ideas. Our main focus will be India\, with short detours via the Ottoman Empire and China. So come along and visit a Turkish bath with a curious English lady\, encounter dark supernatural forces in the company of a badly misguided caliph\, walk the streets of London with a Chinese p hilosopher. You will also get a chance to meet both imperialists and indop hiles\, enjoy a bit of time travel on the Indian sub-continent and get to know Youns Uksfardi\, the man who discovered the Shakespeare of India.\\r\ \nChristoph Heyl is Professor of British Literature and Culture at the Uni versity of Duisburg-Essen. His research focuses on the interplay between l iterature and cultural history (including music\, the visual arts and arch itecture). He has worked on topics such as the rise of the private sphere in eighteenth-century London\, collections and collectors in 17th century England\, Scottish literature and identity and British perceptions of Indi a. One of his publications is Kleine Englische Literaturgeschichte (Metzle r\, 2020).\\r\\nIf you would like to listen to this guest lecture\, please contact Prof. Ina Habermann [mailto:ina.habermann@unibas.ch] to obtain th e necessary Zoom link. X-ALT-DESC:


The eighteenth century was a time when many people in the British Isles regarded the Orient as utterly hip and trendy. This is w hy there was much more to perceptions of the Orient than Edward Said’s g roundbreaking analysis of Orientalism would seem to suggest. In this lectu re\, a selection of English texts about or inspired by the Orient will be discussed\, and also some of their key contexts in terms of cultural histo ry and the history of ideas. Our main focus will be India\, with short det ours via the Ottoman Empire and China. So come along and visit a Turkish b ath with a curious English lady\, encounter dark supernatural forces in th e company of a badly misguided caliph\, walk the streets of London with a Chinese philosopher. You will also get a chance to meet both imperialists and indophiles\, enjoy a bit of time travel on the Indian sub-continent an d get to know Youns Uksfardi\, the man who discovered the Shakespeare of I ndia.

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Christoph Heyl is Professor of British Literature and Cultur e at the University of Duisburg-Essen. His research focuses on the interpl ay between literature and cultural history (including music\, the visual a rts and architecture). He has worked on topics such as the rise of the pri vate sphere in eighteenth-century London\, collections and collectors in 1 7th century England\, Scottish literature and identity and Brit ish perceptions of India. One of his publications is Kleine Englische Literaturgeschichte (Metzler\, 2020).

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If you would like to li sten to this guest lecture\, please contact Prof. Ina Habermann to obtain the necessary Zoom link.

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