Public lecture at the Museum of the History of Science, Broad Street, Oxford
Tuesday, 25 January 2011, 7 pm
'Mapping the Earth in Medieval Islam'
A public lecture by Professor Emilie Savage-Smith, FBA
Emilie Savage-Smith is Emeritus Professor of the History of Islamic
Science, University of Oxford.
Admission free.
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This is the first in a series of public lectures linked to the special
exhibition, 'Al-Mizan: Sciences and Arts in the Islamic World', which
continues until 20 March. The other lectures will be:
‘The Power of the Word: Amulets in Islam‘
Tuesday 15 February, 7 pm
by Dr Venetia Porter
‘Star Objects: Astrolabes in Cultural Context’
Tuesday 8 March, 7 pm
by Dr Silke Ackermann
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