Nezāmi and the Iranian World November 21–22, 2024 | UCLA Royce Hall 306 A symposium and workshop convened by Domenico Ingenito (University of California, Los Angeles) Morning Refreshments at 8:30am Conference beings at 9:00am “Nezāmi and the Iranian World” is a two-day conference (November 21–22, 2024) that brings together specialists of Persian literature, junior faculty,...
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,...
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...
