(formerly MEI383Y Readings in Modern Persian Literature in Translation) …
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Iran’s Islamic Revolution
This course explores the making of the Iranian Revolution of 1978-79 and the subsequent establishment of the Islamic Republic. Framed in a comparative perspective, it explains the cultural and …
Iranian Cinema
This course examines the development of Iranian cinema, particularly experimental and art cinema. Questions of form, and the political and social dimensions of cinema, will be considered alongside the …
The Persian Empire: 559-331 BCE
This course offers an examination of the history and culture of the first multicultural superstate of the ancient world, the Achaemenid Empire. Through a close analysis of ancient sources, this course …
The Films of Abbas Kiarostami: Being and Movement
This course will survey the work of the Iranian filmmaker, Abbas Kiarostami, and will do so with an especial interest in the way that Kiarostami’s films raise important questions about tradition, …
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Iranian Women Write Their Lives: The First Generation
The readings for this course are the memoirs of Iranian women that tell us about their lives, and their path to finding a comfortable place in situations different from their parents who were born in …
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