Session Details

Tuesday, 29 December

357. Roxolana in European History and Drama, 1600–1800

8:30–9:45 a.m., Jefferson, Loews

A special session

Presiding: Anouar Majid, Univ. of New England

1. “Roxolana in the Spanish Golden Age,” Ana Pinto, Universidad Complutense, Madrid

Speaker's Annotation:

It would be great if the following key words could be added to my part.
Key words: Roxolana/Hürrem; Suleyman the Magnificent; Spanish Golden Age; Sultan Selim II; Battle of Lepanto. Spanish playwrights; historical dramas with Turkish settings; the Venetian painter Titian; Sultan Saladin.

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2. “Sir William Davenant, Roxolana, and the Islamic Mediterranean,” Nabil I. Matar, Univ. of Minnesota, Twin Cities

3. “Roxolana on the Eighteenth-Century European Stage,” Galina Ivanovna Yermolenko, DeSales Univ.

For abstracts, write to galina.yermolenko@desales.edu.

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