The six-month lecture series organized by Roshan Institute for Persian Studies at UMD in conjunction with the major exhibit “A Thousand Years of the Persian Book” at the Library of Congress is drawing to a close. Please join us for the final presentations:
“The Persian Book in Pre-Modern Turkey” by Professor Ahmet Karamustafa (UMD), August 13
“Forough Farrokhzad’s Biography and Unpublished Letters” by Professor Farzaneh Milani (University of Virginia), August 27
“Modern Literature in Afghanistan: Contributions to the Persian Book” by Dr. Wali Ahmadi (UC Berkeley), September 10
The World of Persian Literary Humanism: Spreading Culture through Books” by Professor Hamid Dabashi (Columbia University), September 17
Several hundred attendees have already enjoyed this lecture series since its inaugural presentation on March 27. All events are free and open to the public, and are held either at UMD or at the Library of Congress. The exhibit, which has garnered great public and media attention, will close on September 20.
