14113
Reading Course
Banquets of words (Reading course)
Isabel Toral-Niehoff
Information for students
Translations can be done into English
Additional information / Pre-requisites
Classical Arabic (good to excellent reading skills), good English reading skills
Comments
In this course we want to approach the topic of feasting, drinking and other forms of enjoyment in pre-modern Arabic literature and at the same time discuss the social embedding of these forms of sociality. What role did social eating and drinking play in Arab society at the time? Where, when and why were celebrations held and who took part? What dishes and drinks were served? What was cooked and what did recipe books look like? How was this portrayed in literature? What role did generosity and miserliness play? The reading course focuses on Arabic source texts in the original and in translation close
Suggested reading
Ahsan, M. M. Social Life under the Abbasids: 170-289/786-902. London 1979, pp. 76-163
Ibn Sayyar al-Warraq, Kaj Öhrnberg, and Sa?ban Muruwah et al.(eds.). Annals of the Caliphs’ Kitchens: Ibn Sayyar al-Warraq’s Tenth-Century Baghdadi Cookbook. Leiden?; Boston: Brill, 2007.
Rodinson, Maxime, et al. Medieval Arabic Cookery. Trowbridge: Cromwell Press, 2001.
Van Gelder, Geert Jan . God’s Banquet: Food in Classical Arabic New York: Columbia Univ. Press, 2000. close
16 Class schedule
Regular appointments
Thu, 2024-10-17 16:00 - 18:00
Thu, 2024-10-24 16:00 - 18:00
Thu, 2024-10-31 16:00 - 18:00
Thu, 2024-11-07 16:00 - 18:00
Thu, 2024-11-14 16:00 - 18:00
Thu, 2024-11-21 16:00 - 18:00
Thu, 2024-11-28 16:00 - 18:00
Thu, 2024-12-05 16:00 - 18:00
Thu, 2024-12-12 16:00 - 18:00
Thu, 2024-12-19 16:00 - 18:00
Thu, 2025-01-09 16:00 - 18:00
Thu, 2025-01-16 16:00 - 18:00
Thu, 2025-01-23 16:00 - 18:00
Thu, 2025-01-30 16:00 - 18:00
Thu, 2025-02-06 16:00 - 18:00
Thu, 2025-02-13 16:00 - 18:00
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