Affective Artefacts proudly presents

Aslı Niyazioğlu (Oxford): “Why did 16th-Century Ottoman Poets write about the Gardens of Istanbul?”

Neha Vermani (Sheffield): “Curating Nature: Domestic Gardens & Masculinity in Mughal South Asia”

The John Rylands Research Institute and Library

Tue, 23 May 2023 16:00 – 17:30 BST

Please register here.

There will be also a collections encounter workshop with a focus on early modern gardens, Ottoman and Mughal gardens in particular, with Aslı Niyazioğlu (Oxford) and Neha Vermani (Sheffield) at The John Rylands Research Institute and Library, Wed, 24 May 2023 14:00 – 15:30 BST. Please register here.

Image Credits: Sa’di in a rose garden, from a Mughal manuscript of the Gulistan by Sa’di. Attributed to Govardhan. Opaque watercolor, ink, and gold on paper. 25.4 x 33.9 cm, c. 1645. The Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. Wikimedia commons.

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