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Lectures on Rumi by Maarten Holtzapffel and Prof. dr. Asghar Seyed-Gohrab at the British Institute of Ankara (6-7 July 2023)

Dr. Diede Farhosh-van Loon - 1 June 2023 , Events

Live Music, Poetry and Lectures at the Exhibition ‘Het beeld hervonden’ (3 June 2023 in Eindhoven)

Dr. Diede Farhosh-van Loon - 16 May 2023 , Events

The Same Old Story (or Song)

The Kharābāt from 12th Century Ghazna to Contemporary Kabul

Alexandra Nieweg - 14 May 2023 , Blogs

Professor Seyed-Gohrab appointed as member of KNAW

Dr. Diede Farhosh-van Loon - 25 April 2023 , News

De Kharābāt in Erdbrink en Poëzie: een Centrum van Kritiek op Orthodoxie

Alexandra Nieweg - 20 April 2023 , Blogs

The Litanies of Absence:  Mughal India meets the Italian Renaissance in Rushdie’s ‘The Enchantress of Florence’

Fatemeh Naghshvarian - 13 March 2023 , Blogs

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Prof.dr. Asghar Seyed-Gohrab

Projectleader

Dr. Diede Farhosh-van Loon

Project Coordinator

Maarten Holtzapffel

Phd Candidate

Amin Ghodratzadeh

Phd Candidate

Alexandra Nieweg

Phd Candidate

Fatemeh Naghshvarian

PhD Candidate

Dr. Arash Ghajarjazi

Post-doctorate Fellow

Dr. Zhinia Noorian

Post-doctorate Fellow

Dr. Leila Rahimi Bahmany

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23 - 24 November 2023

International Conference: ‘A Boundless Ocean: Rumi’s Thought and Reception’

11 - 12 April 2024

Call for Papers: Femininity and Masculinity in Persian Literature

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    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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