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Oral Narration in Iranian Cultures: A Conference in honour of Professor Bo Utas on his 80th Birthday

Oral narration is one of the verbal arts intrinsic to human nature, yet it has been much less studied than written literature. Oral traditions are central to Iranian cultures, but are facing a threat of extinction even more dire than the loss of Iranian indigenous languages generally. This conference will bring together international experts to examine… Read More Oral Narration in Iranian Cultures: A Conference in honour of Professor Bo Utas on his 80th Birthday

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Lecture: Christians, Zoroastrians, and Muslims in Late Antiquity

Dear Colleagues, It is our pleasure to invite you to attend the lecture of Professor Richard Payne entitled: “Christians, Zoroastrians, and Muslims in Late Antiquity” to be held in room 9-3042, Engelska parken, Uppsala University, on November 21, at 10:00-12.00 am. Richard Payne is Professor in history at the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations at the… Read More Lecture: Christians, Zoroastrians, and Muslims in Late Antiquity

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Lecture on the Pamir languages

Dear Colleagues, It is our pleasure to invite you to attend the lecture of Jaroslava Obrtelova entitled: “Pamir languages: classification and sociolinguistic situation” to be held in room 9-3042, Engelska parken, Uppsala University, on November 7, at 10:00-12.00 am. The Pamir languages are a group of the Eastern Iranian languages. Many people in the Pamir Mountains, mostly… Read More Lecture on the Pamir languages

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Memory of homeland and womanhood in Kurdish literature

The Scandinavian Society for Iranian Studies is pleased to invite you to an Iranian seminar at Uppsala University. Darya Abdulkarim Ali Najim will lecture on the topic “Memory of homeland and womanhood in Kurdish literature: On translating homeland and feminism” Time: Tuesday 9 May, 10-12 Place: Room 9-3042, Department of Linguistics and Philology, Engelska parken, Uppsala… Read More Memory of homeland and womanhood in Kurdish literature

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Lecture: New Iranian Dialectology – Delving into Diversity

The Scandinavian Society for Iranian Studies is happy to invite you to a lecture entitled “New Iranian Dialectology – Delving into Diversity” held by Dr. Thomas Jügel at The Department of Linguistics and Philology, Uppsala University. Dr. Thomas Jügel is a specialist on modern Iranian languages. At the present he is conducting a project on… Read More Lecture: New Iranian Dialectology – Delving into Diversity

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New Book: International Shahname Conference. The Second Millennium

The Shāhnāme (Book of Kings) completed in 1010 by the Persian poet Ferdowsi is the national epic of Greater Iran and the world’s longest epic poetry written by a single poet. In 2011 an international conference on the Shāhnāme was held at Uppsala University to celebrate the second millennium of Ferdowsi’s majestic work and his role in the… Read More New Book: International Shahname Conference. The Second Millennium

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