Ann Thomson, “Countering Islamophobia and Catholicism in Grub Street: Joseph Morgan, an early eighteenth-century cultural go-between" (12 fév.)

Jeudi 12 février 2026 à 17h : Ann Thomson (EUI, Florence), “Countering Islamophobia and Catholicism in Grub Street: Joseph Morgan, an early eighteenth-century cultural go-between" Maison de la Recherche de Sorbonne Université (28 rue Serpente, Paris 6e, M° Odéon ou Saint-Michel), salle D 421. Abstract: Eighteenth-century Europeans’ views of Islam and the Muslim world were more complex and contrasted than is often realised. This paper looks at a hack writer and translator – a citizen of Gru...