Events
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Pourdavoud Center Fall 2020 Welcome Event
You Are Invited: Pourdavoud Center Fall 2020 Welcome Event Friday, October 23, 2020 at 11:00am PST via Zoom Registration Required Please join us for a digital fall reception to celebrate the continued success of the Pourdavoud Center for the Study of the Iranian World. In the company of Dr. Anahita Naficy Lovelace and Mr. Jim Lovelace,...
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Steadfast Imagining Session 1: Introducing Bidel of Delhi (d. 1720)
Session 1 of the multidisciplinary workshop series on Steadfast Imagining: Lyric Meditation, Islamic Philosophy, and Comparative Religion in the Works of Bidel of Delhi (d. 1720) Friday, October 23, 2020 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM (Pacific Time) RSVP Here (Zoom registration) This is Session 1 of the multidisciplinary workshop, Steadfast Imagining: Lyric Meditation, Islamic Philosophy,...
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Pourdavoud Center Lecture Series: Henry Colburn
Achaemenid Egypt: The Archaeology of a Colonial Encounter Traditionally, Egyptologists have regarded the period of Achaemenid Persian rule (the 27th Dynasty, c. 526-404 BCE) as an unmitigated disaster for the Egyptians. This view, however, is based primarily on the perception that there is a scarcity of material from this period; in turn this scarcity is...
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Steadfast Imagining Session 2: Philosophy in the First Person: Bidel’s Reception of Avicenna and Ibn ʿArabi
Session 2 of the multidisciplinary workshop series on Steadfast Imagining: Lyric Meditation, Islamic Philosophy, and Comparative Religion in the Works of Bidel of Delhi (d. 1720) Friday, November 6, 2020 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM (Pacific Time) RSVP Here (Zoom registration) This is Session 2 of the multidisciplinary workshop, Steadfast Imagining: Lyric Meditation, Islamic Philosophy,...
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Bilingual Lecture Series: Claudia Yaghoobi
Embodiment, Power, and Politics in the context of Sigheh Marriages in Modern Iran Farahbakhsh’s Zendegi-ye Khosusi (2011) narrates the life story of a former religious zealot, Ebrahim Kiani, who has transformed into a Reformist. Ebrahim has a decent family life, a wife, Forugh, and a son. One night at a party, he is introduced to...
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Pourdavoud Center Workshop: Papyrus Amherst 63
The Puzzling Papyrus: New Perspectives on Papyrus Amherst 63 In this workshop, two of the world’s leading experts on Papyrus Amherst 63, Professors Tawny Holm and Karel van der Toorn, will reflect on recent scholarship on the Aramaic texts of this papyrus written in Demotic Egyptian script during the Persian Period. Since the decipherment of...
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Steadfast Imagining Session 3: Crossings: Hinduism, Islam, and Bidel’s Practical Comparative Religion
Session 3 of the multidisciplinary workshop series on Steadfast Imagining: Lyric Meditation, Islamic Philosophy, and Comparative Religion in the Works of Bidel of Delhi (d. 1720) Friday, November 20, 2020 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM (Pacific Time) RSVP Here (Zoom registration) This is Session 3 of the multidisciplinary workshop, Steadfast Imagining: Lyric Meditation, Islamic Philosophy,...
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Pourdavoud Center Lecture Series: Michael Jackson Bonner
Sasanian Iran: A Personal View This talk will focus on topics included in Dr. Bonner’s new book, The Last Empire of Iran, a narrative history of Sasanian Persia. Throughout this lecture, Dr. Bonner will share with the audience the impetus for writing this book. The principle motivation was to portray the Sasanian state as the...
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Steadfast Imagining Session 4: Worlds Together Shined: Bidel, Traherne, and Experiments in Comparison
Session 4 of the multidisciplinary workshop series on Steadfast Imagining: Lyric Meditation, Islamic Philosophy, and Comparative Religion in the Works of Bidel of Delhi (d. 1720) Friday, December 11, 2020 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM (Pacific Time) RSVP Here (Zoom registration) This is Session 4 of the multidisciplinary workshop, Steadfast Imagining: Lyric Meditation, Islamic Philosophy,...
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Steadfast Imagining Session 5: Bidel in Modern Central Asia, South Asia, Afghanistan, Iran: The Geopolitics of Literary Legacy
Session 5 of the multidisciplinary workshop series on Steadfast Imagining: Lyric Meditation, Islamic Philosophy, and Comparative Religion in the Works of Bidel of Delhi (d. 1720) Friday, December 18, 2020 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM (Pacific Time) RSVP Here (Zoom registration) This is Session 5 of the multidisciplinary workshop, Steadfast Imagining: Lyric Meditation, Islamic Philosophy,...