Achaemenid Workshop 3 | Columbia University February 21-22, 2025 Columbia University, New York An International Workshop Convened by: John Ma & Marc Van De Mieroop, Columbia University M. Rahim Shayegan, UCLA Co-sponsored by: The Pourdavoud Institute for the Study of the Iranian World The Yarshater Center for the Study of Iranian Literary Traditions Towards a...
Spiderweb Stories: Translations, Adaptations, and Connections in Persian Romance In this talk, I will explore some avenues for comparative literary study through the framework of early Persian romances. The earliest extant representatives of this genre in Persian show that it is deeply imbricated with prior and adjacent narrative traditions, making it part of an intertextual...
March 13-14, 2025 UCLA An International Conference Convened by: M. Rahim Shayegan, UCLA William Schniedewind, UCLA Catherine Bonesho, UCLA Co-sponsored by: The Pourdavoud Institute for the Study of the Iranian World The Alan D. Leve Center for Jewish Studies Although there has been renewed interest in the Persian period in biblical scholarship, the profound impact...
