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A Dinner Conversation with SAIS Professor Sanam Vakil on Middle East

Côte Brasserie - St Paul’s 26 Ludgate Hill, London, EC4M 7DR, London

Dinner Conversation with SAIS Prof. Sanam Vakil on Middle East We will have a three course set menu, between £40-45 per person. Please use the link below to pre-order by noon of 27th January. Otherwise, the default order will be Salad + Duck Breast + Beans + Chocolate Mousse. Please pre-order your food [...]

Re-envisioning the Promised Land: Orientalism through Olana & Leighton House

Leighton House Museum 18 Stafford Terrace, London

A talk exploring Orientalist eclecticism in architecture through the work and 'houses beautiful' of artists F. Church and F. Leighton. About this Event This talk centres on themes of American Orientalism as seen through the work of New York-based artist Frederic Church (1826-1900) and his home, Olana, in the Hudson [...]

£15

Faisal: A Life at the Heart of the 20th Century

Leonard Wolfson Auditorium Leonard Wolfson Auditorium, Wolfson College, Oxford

In 1919, at the age of only 13, Faisal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, led a delegation on a five-month long trip to Britain, Ireland and France. He later became king of Saudi Arabia and an international figure of immense importance. The journey had an enduring influence, helping to shape the [...]

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