British Academy: The UK's National Academy for the Humanities and Social Sciences

The Compass of Story: The Oriental Tale and Western Imagination

7.00pm: Reception and selected readings to accompany The Compass of Story workshop led by Marina Warner, FBA

9.30	Registration
10.00	Introduction by Marina Warner, FBA, University of Essex
10.10	Figures in the Carpet : Neglected Threads in the 1001 Nights Chair: Geert Jan van Gelder, University of Oxford
	The True Aladdin Philip Kennedy, New York University The Ladies and the Eye: Figure and Narrative in the Porter’s Tale’ Elliott Colla, Brown University
11.15	Refreshments
11.30	Stories on the Move I : The Influence of the Oriental Tale (bibliography) Chair: Robert L. Mack
	Philosophy, Obscenity, and Satire in Diderot’s Les Bijoux indiscrets (The Indiscreet Jewels) Anne Deneys-Tunney, New York University The Migrations of Turandot Peter Chelkowski, New York University
13.00	Lunch
14.00	Stories on the Move II Chair: Ros Ballaster, University of Oxford
	The Impact of the Arabian Nights on the genre of the novel Robert Irwin, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London On Tristram Shandy and the Nineteenth-Century Arabic novel Rebecca Johnson, Yale University The Presence of the Nights in Proust and Joyce Ferial Ghazoul, American University in Cairo
15.45	Refreshments
16.15	General discussion - all participants, chairs and speakers, and Wen-chin Ouyang Chair: Marina Warner, FBA
17.30	Drinks reception and story-telling performance by Vayu Naidu: Tapestry of Travelling Tales For further details about Vayu Naidu, please visit http://www.vayunaiducompany.org.uk