| 1pm Saturday 23 November | Plato Players of the Platonic Academy | FOPA | Tickets | Eros, the god of loving desire is celebrated at a drinking party. But as our symposium opens, it’s not quite the orgy one might expect of Ancient Athenian lads, for the guests are Read more
| 3pm Sat 21 September in Parkville Brunswick | Guest Speaker: Dr Muhammad Kamal | Bookings essential | Donations accepted | At the end of the 8th century, while Western Europe remained struggling in decline, scholarship was revived in Bagdad, where the great translation project got underway. But how did Read more
| Afternoon tea | 3pm Saturday, 18 May | in Doncaster | RSVP essential for attendance | UPDATE: Recording of Bruce Xu’s talk (unedited) Sufism: Light in the Cave In the first few centuries following the Islam conquest, Eastern mystics called “Sufi” gathered huge followings, and some attained great political Read more