Friends,
       There is a lecture series on the Persian epic, Shahnameh, at U.C.
Irvine, California, USA,  every Tuesday from 8:00 pm to 9:15 pm. Prof. Touraj Daryaee

 

Maneck Bhujwala

 

*FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
EVERY TUESDAY 8:00-9:15
UC IRVINE
*

 

*Shahnameh: Lectures on Iran’s National Epic*

 

Dr. Mahmoud Omidsalar
(JFK Memorial Library, CSULA)

 

at

 

University of California, Irvine

 

October 7th -December 2nd 2008
Humanities Instructional Building 135
8:00pm-9:15pm

 

* *The lectures are sponsored by the
Dr. Samuel M. Jordan Center for Persian Studies and Culture at UCI &
Farhad Shah-Hosseini

 

The lectures and free and open to the public

 

Section
Date
Topic

 

1
October 7th
An Epic’s Journey:  Shahnameh Through the Ages

 

2
October 14th
The Man in the Myths

 

3
October 21st
Shahnameh and the Presumptive Authority of the West

 

4
October 28th
An Epic Unity: The Case Against Under-analysis

 

5
November 4th
Oedipus in Mazandaran

 

6
November 18th
Sibling Rivalry: The Hero Pattern and the Life of
Kaykhosrow

 

7
November 25th
Killing Demons, Deposing Kings

 

8
December 2nd
Of Lusting and Ousting: Capture of Women as Castration
Metaphor

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