Where: Montgomery Community College (Rockville Campus) – Humanities Building (HU), Conference Room 009
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Language: Farsi
Synopsis:
Saadi is widely recognized as one of the greatest figures in classical Persian literature. But what makes him stand out among all of his peers? His Splendid quality of writings in different genre? His eloquence? Or depth of his social and moral thoughts?
Iran, had experienced one of the most compulsive period of its history in 12 and 13th Century. Still involving with Northern savaged tribes invasions, the country encountered crusade war and Moghuls ambush. Saadi as a prominent Persian poet whose works are the explicit reflection of his era was heavily influenced by this human violence and savagery. This lecture would try to cast a light on some of his works which could articulate this influence through his characteristics and his unique humanistic discourse in that violent era.
About the Speaker:
As an Assistant Professor of Persian Literature Dr. Bazargan taught at Azad University for more than ten years. He is also a member of the academic board of the Great Encyclopedia of Islam since 2004. He has contributed entries for Encyclopedia of Persian language and Literature and was the senior editor of Journal of Culture and Literature in Azad University. During the 2003-2004 academic year, he was at Harvard University with a Research fellowship grant at the Center for Middle Eastern Studies. Dr. Bazargan came to the US in 2013 as a visiting scholar of California State University of Northridge in the Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies Program. In September 2015 he joined the Roshan Institute for Persian Studies as a Visiting assistant professor in Persian studies.
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