Ehsan Yarshater Lecture Series

The Roshan Center for Persian Studies (RCPS) at the University of
Maryland, College Park will host the Third Biennial Ehsan Yarshater
Lecture Series during the week of 14 November, 2011 which is free
and open to the public. This year's theme will be of particular
interest to enthusiasts of Persian manuscripts, for Dr Priscilla P.
Soucek of NYU will speak on the topic of "The Bibliophile Impulse in
Iranian Art and Culture."  It will have the added distinction of
featuring a rich tapestry of rarely seen images from precious
manuscripts that highlight the art of the book in Iran's past.

Lecture One
"Laying a Foundation:  The Religious Tradition"
McKeldin Library Special Events Room: 6137 McKeldin Library, UMD
Monday Nov. 14, 2011
2-4 pm

Lecture Two
"Experimentation and Innovation in 13th and 14th century
    manuscripts"
McKeldin Library Special Events
Room 6137
McKeldin Library, UMD
Wednesday Nov. 16, 2011
2-4 pm

Lecture Three
"Narrative and Biography: Princely Manuscripts in the 14th and 15th
    centuries"
McKeldin Library Special Events
Room: 6137 McKeldin Library, UMD
Thursday Nov. 17, 2011
2-4 pm

Lecture Four
"Painters as Interpreters: Expanding the Boundaries of a Tradition"
Howard Frank Auditorium
Van Munching Hall
1524, The Robert H. Smith School of Business, UMD
Saturday Nov. 19, 2011
4-6 PM

<URL:http://www.rhsmith.umd.edu/about/directions.aspx>

Reception to follow the final lecture.

More information will soon be posted on the web site of the UMD's
Roshan Center for Persian Studies,

    <URL:http://www.ricps.umd.edu>

Jake Benson
Graduate Persian Flagship Program 2012


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