Conferences - 1st Ferdowsi Conference

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Sponsored by Ilex Foundation and Harvard University Center for Middle Eastern Studies. Cambridge, Massachusetts. March 25 - 26, 1999.

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Olga M. Davidson, Brandeis University
"The Poetic Heritage of Farr in the Shahnameh"
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Mohammad Ebrahim Bastani-Parizi
"Barz Kooh in the Shahnameh" - in translation
Complete paper. File size: 328 K

Conference Program, Participants, and Titles of Papers Presented

Thursday, March 25, 1999

Morning Session, chaired by Ehsan Yarshater

Gregory Nagy and Stephen Mitchell
"Epic and the Legacy of Milman Parry and Albert Lord"

Mohammad Ebrahim Bastani-Parizi
"Barz Kooh in the Shahnameh"

Jalil Doostkhah
"Shahnameh and the Oral Epic Traditions"

Afternoon Session, chaired by Iraj Afshar

Roy Parviz Mottahedeh
"Iran in the Shahnameh"

Mohammad Shafii Kadkani
"The Function of Rich Rhyme"

Jerome Clinton
"Tragic Elements in the Story of Rostam and Esfandiar"

Reception with music and bandari dancing

Friday, March 26, 1999

Morning Session, chaired by Asghar Mahdavi

Mohsen Ashtiany
"Dialogues in the Shahnameh"

Dick Davis
"Rostam Revisited"

Abbas Amanat
"Division of the World, the Royal Tree, and the Fruit of Vengeance in the Story of Feridun"

Afternoon Session, chaired by Mohammad Jafar Mahallati

Prods Oktor Skjærvø
"Old Epic Traditions in the Shahnameh"

Olga M. Davidson
"The Poetic Heritage of Farr in the Shahnameh"

Rahim Shayegan
"Old Iranian Epic Traditions and the Shahnameh"

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