#  Oct 06: Job talk - Persianist: Nasrin Askari (University of British Columbia) 

 



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 **October 6, 2014** 

 04:00PM - 06:00PM EDT 

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 **HSM 201**  



 

 



 

**The Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations at Harvard University presents:**

****The Medieval Reception of Firdausī’s *Shāhnāma*: The Ardashīr Cycle as a Mirror for Princes****

 Nasrin Askari**

**Postdoctoral Research and Teaching Fellow, Department of Asian Studies  
 University of British Columbia**

 **Monday, October 6, 4:00 p.m. 6 Divinity Avenue, room 201**

 **Abstract:** Firdausī’s *Shāhnāma* has often been studied as an epic or historical writing, but it does not quite fit either one of these two genres. Drawing on evidence from medieval Persian works, the lecture will demonstrate that the *Shāhnāma* was primarily understood as a mirror for princes in medieval times. To illustrate how the characteristics of an ideal government are presented in the *Shāhnāma*, an episode from the Ardashīr cycle will be analyzed and discussed.

 **Dr. Askari is a candidate for the Persianist position in NELC.**



 

 



 

 

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