Iranian
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Dynamics of Continuity and Creativity: Models of Change in Persian Poetry, Classical and Modern
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Ehsan Yarshater in Conversation with Mandana Zandian
147 Dodd Hall 390 Portola Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesA book talk by Mandana Zandian and Houra Yavari Mandana Zandian is a graduate of Shahid Beheshti Medical School (1997) and presently works at Cedars Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles, where she is currently engaged in research on aggressive types of advanced cancers. Dr. Zandian is also a published poet, author and journalist and serves on...
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Ancient China in Comparative Perspective: An Afternoon of Papers in Honor of Professor Li Ling
11360 Charles E. Young Research Library 280 Charles E Young Dr N, Los Angeles, CA, United States3:00-3:10: David Schaberg - Introduction 3:10-3:40: Anthony Barbieri-Low (UCSB) - The Tombs of Scribes in Early Imperial China and Ancient Egypt in a Comparative Perspective 3:40-4:20: Rahim Shayegan (UCLA) - Nugae sino-persicae: On Early Chinese-Persian Encounters 4:20-4:50: Guolong Lai (University of Florida) - Methods of Decipherment in Chinese Paleography in Comparative Perspective 4:50-5:20: Li Min...
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Celebrating the Ghaznavids: Representations of Court Culture in Medieval Persian Poetry
Royce Hall Room 306 340 Royce Drive, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesThe first substantial amount of classical Persian poetry dates from the 11th century. A large part of this poetry has been composed for the Ghaznavid dynasty (11th-12th century), who ruled semi-independently over large territories of the eastern caliphate. The poetry produced for this dynasty has been of vital importance for the development of a flourishing...