Conference to Examine Medieval Poetry of Spain
in Arabic, Hebrew and Mozárabe Languages

At 4:15 p.m. on Monday, April 23, Thomas 224 will be the site of a conference of multilingual verse, history and discussion titled "Why Spain? Poetry from Medieval Spain in Arabic, Hebrew and Mozárabe." The participants are Walid Hamarneh, an assistant professor in the Arabic section of the Department of Modern Languages of Swarthmore College, Senior Lecturer in Spanish Peter Brampton Koelle and David Rabeeya, a retired member of the Bryn Mawr College Program of Hebrew and Judaic Studies.

"Medieval Spain produced one of the greatest flowerings of poetry in both Arabic and Hebrew," says Koelle. The panelists will examine this issue, providing examples of poetry in the original languages and translations in English. The panel will also discuss works in Mozárabe, a Romance language or continuum of Romance dialects of southern Spain that played a role in both Arabic and Hebrew poetry. It was often through this language that there appeared the voice of the woman.

This program is sponsored by the Departments of History and Spanish; the Center for International Studies; the Office of Intercultural Affairs; and the Program of in Comparative Literature. All are welcome to attend; refreshments will be served.

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