Date:
Thu, Sep 08, 2016 01:00PM
- Thu, Sep 08, 2016 02:00PM
Price: Free with Museum admission. Tickets are available on a first-come, first-served basis on the day of the lecture or can be pre-booked online.
How are animals portrayed in the 9th-century encyclopedia Kitab al-Hayawan?
Dr. Jeannie Miller (University of Toronto) compares them to the magical beasts roaming our exhibition Marvellous Creatures: Animals in Islamic Art!
Since 2013, Jeannie Miller has been Assistant Professor in the Department of Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations at the University of Toronto.