PSW is pleased to kick off the year with a workshop featuring Yoni Brack (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem), entitled Rashid al-Din, William of Rubruck, and the Mongol Court Debate: Or Why Muslims Succeeded to Convert the Mongols and the Christians Failed? The workshop will take place on Monday, September 24, 5:00-7:00 PM in Osterman Common Room, 1022…
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PSW: Derek Mancini-Lander
PSW is pleased to welcome Derek Mancini-Lander (PhD, University of Michigan, 2012) on April 9, from 5-7 PM in 2022 South Thayer Building. Mancini-Lander will be presenting his paper, titled “Water, Weirs, and Itchy Welts: commemorating Shushtar in transregional contexts, 1678-1830,” which contributes to the study of transregional Persianate communities by examining a corpus of biographical and historical works centered on the…
PSW: Mana Kia
PSW is pleased to welcome Mana Kia (Columbia U), who will be workshopping a paper titled “Historicizing Origins between Iran and India” on Monday, February 19, 5:00-7:00 PM in room 1185 North Quad. Kia’s paper is part of a longer chapter on the meaning of origins in her forthcoming book on transregional Persianate sensibilities of belonging before nationalism. Origins…
PSW: Cameron Cross
Please join us on Monday, January 15 for a workshop with our very own Cameron Cross, titled “The King in Chains: Paradoxes of Power in the Royal Body.” For those interested in receiving a copy of Cameron’s chapter in advance, please email Marian Smith (marianes@umich.edu). We will be gathering in room 2022 South Thayer Building, from 5:00-7:00…
PSW: Ali Karjoo-Ravary
The Persianate Studies Workshop cordially invites you next Monday, November 13, 2017, 5 pm – 7 pm for an exciting presentation by Ali Karjoo-Ravary. Refreshments will be served. Performing God’s Shadow: The Material Production of a 14th Century Anatolian Court Ali Karjoo-Ravary (Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Religious Studies, University of Pennsylvania) Monday, Nov. 13, 2017 | 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm | 1022 South Thayer Building Through an…