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• 6th Annual Big Fat Books Symposium: The Thousand and One Nights9:30 am
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• Machine Learning in Medicine (MLxMed) Seminar: Saeed Hassanpour, Professor, Dartmouth 2:00 pm
• Always Almost: Approaching the 1001 Nights (Part of the 2024 World Languages & Literatures “Big Fat Books” Symposium)2:30 pm
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6th Annual Big Fat Books Symposium: The Thousand and One Nights

Join us for the 6th Annual Big Fat Books Symposium, showcasing "The Thousand and One Nights." It will take place on Friday, April 5th from 9:30am-6:00pm in STH 625 (745 Comm Ave, 6th floor)."The Thousand and One Nights" is a seminal text for world literature. Its authorless collage premodern Islamicate literary genres (prophets' lives, travelogues, mystical love lyrics, wine songs) has inspired adapters and literary innovators in every medium and style.Continuing WLL's Big Fat Books tradition and welcoming translator-poet Yasmine Seale, this symposium will explore the magic of the Nights through the sources, translations, rewritings, and film versions that have enchanted audiences in Asia, Europe, and beyond.

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When	9:30 am to 6:00 pm on Friday, April 5, 2024
Location	STH 625, 745 Commonwealth Ave