Dr Veronika Poier discusses the Persian origins of Paradise as an enclosed garden, expressive of divine order on Earth.
Speaker: Veronika Poier, Fellow in the History of Islamic Art and Material Culture at the Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies
Lost edens, hoped for utopias. The idea that a better place exists haunts the human imagination.
Accompanying the ‘On Paradise’ exhibition at the Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities, this podcast series features members of the University of Oxford Humanities community discussing conceptualizations of paradise and utopia in different historical and cultural contexts. The exhibition, featuring the work of Oxford-based artist, Saad Qureshi, was curated by Paul Basu, Professor of Anthropology and Curator at the Pitt Rivers Museum, who also interviewed the podcast participants.
