Roshan Institute Lecture Series organized in conjunction with the exhibit “A Thousand Years of the Persian Book” at the Library of Congress continues this summer with four presentations by distinguished scholars. On July 9, Dr. Amy Landau, Associate Curator of Islamic and South Asian Art at the Walters Art Museum will discuss “Librarians, Patrons and Poets: The Personal Dimension of Persian Manuscripts.” Dr. Ulrich Marzolph, Professor of Islamic Studies at Georg-August University, Göttingen, will present “The Printing Press as an Agent of Tradition in Iran: Revisiting Elizabeth Eisenstein’s The Printing Press as an Agent of Change” on July 23. UMD’s own Dr. Ahmet Karamustafa, Professor of History, will deliver the lecture “The Persian Book in Pre-Modern Turkey” on August 13. Finally, Farzaneh Milani, Professor of Middle Eastern & South Asian Languages & Cultures and Women, Gender & Sexuality at the University of Virginia, will present “Forough Farrokhzad’s Biography and Unpublished Letters” on August 27.
The Lecture Series will conclude in September with two final presentations. The exhibition will be on view through September 20.
