Editing Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam (section)

===Anniversary events===
2009 marked the 150th anniversary of FitzGerald's translation, and the 200th anniversary of FitzGerald's birth. Events marking these anniversaries included:
* The Smithsonian's traveling exhibition ''Elihu Vedder's Drawings for the Rubaiyat'' at the [[Phoenix Art Museum]], 15 November 2008 – 8 February 2009
* The exhibition ''Edward FitzGerald & The Rubaiyat from the collection of Nicholas B. Scheetz'' at the [[Grolier Club]], 22 January – 13 March 2009.
* The exhibition ''Omar Khayyám. Een boek in de woestijn. 150 jaar in Engelse vertaling'' at the Museum Meermanno, [[The Hague]], 31 January – 5 April 2009
* The exhibition ''The Persian Sensation: The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam in the West'' at the [[Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center]] at [[The University of Texas at Austin]], 3 February – 2 August 2009
* An exhibition at the Cleveland Public Library Special Collections, opening 15 February 2009
* The joint conference, ''Omar Khayyam, Edward FitzGerald and The Rubaiyat'', held at Cambridge University and Leiden University, 6–10 July 2009
* The [[Folio Society]] published a limited edition (1,000 copies) of the Rubáiyát to mark the 150th anniversary.<ref>{{cite web |author=Edward FitzGerald |url=http://www.foliosociety.com/book/RKS/1rubaiyat |title=Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám &#124; Folio Illustrated Book |publisher=Foliosociety.com |access-date=11 April 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120227082221/http://www.foliosociety.com/book/RKS/1rubaiyat |archive-date=27 February 2012 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>