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‘The Dragon and The Crescent’. Nine centuries of Welsh encounters with Islam

May 24, 2021, 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm

All are welcome to join this talk, which will be live and with questions.

Wales and Islam: contact, coexistence and conflict in nine centuries of literature. Award-winning poet and critic Dr Grahame Davies shows the full and surprising story of the Welsh relationship with Islam.

Speaker: Dr Grahame Davies, poet, librettist and cultural historian, Governor of Goodenough College, Bloomsbury, London

In the chair: Professor Thomas Charles-Edwards, Member of Council

Date: 24/05/2021