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SUMMARY:	 Muslim Journeys: An Early Modern Anglo-Muslim Archive
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 with Professor Jyotsna G. Singh (Department of 
 English)\n
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 Drawing on selected pre-1800 archival 
 materials from the Stephen O. Murray and 
 Keelung Hong Special Collections at the MSU 
 Libraries, this special online talk and discussion 
 will present the interactions and "translations" 
 between early modern English and Muslim 
 travelers and empires, with a focus on 
 the Ottoman (Turkey) and Mughal empires (India). 
 As the frontiers of geographical knowledge 
 were expanding and changing, so were the cultural, 
 linguistic, religious, and racial/ethnic 
 coordinates by which Europeans (Christians) 
 and Muslims defined their own identities. 
 These changes figure in many cross-cultural "encounters," 
 which reveal the process of confronting 
 "otherness" -- both as real and imagined 
 - and as specters or projections of familiar 
 fears and fantasies. This talk will look 
 afresh at the concept of the "encounter" in the 
 context of Anglo-Muslim interactions, with 
 a thematic emphasis on representations of Islamic 
 cities and cultures from the perspective 
 of English travelers, emissaries, and ambassadors 
 who visited these empires. Selections 
 from the books will be on display via Zoom, presented 
 by Tad Boehmer, Curator of Rare Books. 
 Professor Singh's talk will be followed by 
 facilitated small group discussions.\n\n
 Price: free\n
 Sponsor: Administration\n
 Sponsor's Homepage: http://www.lib.msu.edu\n
 Contact name: Holly Flynn\n
 Contact phone: 517-884-0901\n
 Contact email: flynnhol@msu.edu\n
 for more info visit the web at:\n 
 https://bookings.lib.msu.edu/event/8804539\n
LOCATION:Online
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