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Book Talk: Remembering Khayyām in Modern Iran

Dr. Bodil Carina Ponte-Kok - 8 May 2025 , Agenda, Events, News

Conference on Contemporary Arabic and Persian Graphic Design – Hamburg, April 24-26

Dr. Bodil Carina Ponte-Kok - 17 April 2025 , Events, News

‘Tile’, second half 17th century, attributed to Iran (source: Metropolitan Museum of Art, Object nr. 20.120.170).

The Humanities as Benchmark for Democracy – Interview with Asghar Seyed-Gohrab

Dr. Bodil Carina Ponte-Kok - 10 April 2025 , News

Rumi Clubdag – Amsterdam April 12

Dr. Bodil Carina Ponte-Kok - 21 March 2025 , Agenda, Events, News

Professor Touraj Daryaee appointed as new editor of the Encyclopædia Iranica

Dr. Bodil Carina Ponte-Kok - 20 March 2025 , News

Happy Nowruz

Dr. Bodil Carina Ponte-Kok - 20 March 2025 , News, Uncategorised

Rumi at the Utrecht Night of Philosophy – April 11

Dr. Bodil Carina Ponte-Kok - 6 March 2025 , Agenda, Events, News

Discover the Beautiful Poetry of the Persian Poet Hafez at The Mesdag Collection in The Hague – March 21

Dr. Bodil Carina Ponte-Kok - 27 February 2025 , Agenda, Events, News

Seminar: Orthodoxy and Dissent – Oxford, March 14

Dr. Bodil Carina Ponte-Kok - 13 February 2025 , Agenda, Events, News

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This project has received funding from the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (Grant agreement No. 101020403).

    Beyond Sharia
    The Role of Sufism in Shaping Islam

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    The images that make up the header of this website are sourced from the website of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. From left to right they are:

    1 Painting attributed to Bihzad (Iranian, Herat ca. 1450–1535/36 Herat). "Dancing Dervishes", Folio from a Divan of Hafiz. ca. 1480.  Opaque watercolor and gold on paper. The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

    2 Sa'di. "Page of Calligraphy from an Anthology of Poetry by Sa`di and Hafiz" Late 15th century.  Ink, opaque watercolor, silver, and gold on paper. The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

    3 "Youth and Dervish". Second quarter 17th century. Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper (tinted drawing). The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

    4 Sa'di (Iranian, Shiraz ca. 1213–1291 Shiraz). "Dancing Dervishes", Folio from a Gulistan of Sa'di. 17th century. Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper. The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

    5 Hafiz (Iranian, Shiraz ca. 1325–1390 Shiraz),  Luthfi (Iranian, 1367–1460s), Hilali (Iranian, Astarabad ca. 1470–1529/30 Herat), Mu’in (Iranian), Asir (Iranian, died probably 1639–40). "Anthology of Persian Poetry"  17th century.  Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper. Binding: opaque watercolor and gold on leather. The Metropolitan Museum of Art.


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