The event organized by UMD’s Roshan Institute Center for Persian Studies, which will be held at UMD during the week of November 14, 2011. This year, the Third Biennial Ehsan Yarshater Lecture Series will feature the renowned art historian Professor Priscilla Soucek of New York University, who will speak on the topic The Bibliophile Impulse in Iranian Art and Culture. You can find more information on the attached brochure; following is a short list of the lectures’ times, titles, and venues:
Lecture One: Laying a Foundation: the Religious Tradition; 2-4 PM Monday Nov. 14, McKeldin Library Special Events Room, 6137 McKeldin Library, UMD
Lecture Two: Experimentation and Innovation in 13th and 14th century manuscripts; 2-4 PM Wednesday Nov. 16, McKeldin Library Special Events Room, 6137 McKeldin Library, UMD
Lecture Three: Narrative and Biography: Princely Manuscripts in the 14th and 15th centuries; 2-4 PM Thursday Nov. 17, McKeldin Library Special Events Room, 6137 McKeldin Library, UMD
Lecture Four: Painters as Interpreters: Expanding the Boundaries of a Tradition; 4-6 PM Saturday Nov. 19, Howard Frank Auditorium Van Munching Hall,www.rhsmith.umd.edu/about/directions.aspx, 1524 The Robert H. Smith School of Business, UMD – Reception will follow.