Mehr Farooqi Appears on TAGTV
Mehr Farooqi was a guest on TAGTV's HUM SUKHAN show. Click here to watch the hour long interview in Urdu!
Mehr Farooqi was a guest on TAGTV's HUM SUKHAN show. Click here to watch the hour long interview in Urdu!
Thursday, March 21st, 6:30 PM
UVA McIntire Lecture Series
Dr Simon Rettig, Assistant Curator, Freer | Sackler Galleries
Sultan Ahmad Jalayir and his Manuscripts: New Directions in Persian Arts of the Book around 1400
Campbell Hall, Room 16
Prerequisites: HIND 1020 or equivalent, or instructor permission.
Introduces various types of written and spoken Urdu; vocabulary building, idioms, and problems of syntax; and conversation.
Credits: 4
Travel writing is among the oldest forms of literature, especially in Asia. This course explores depictions of the Indian sub-continent by travel writers from Buddhist pilgrims to Arab geographers to colonial and post-colonial writers.
Credits: 3
This course introduces the many stages of Persian literature historically. History of Iranian Literature is a study in the marriage of thought, milieu, genius, and multi-faceted poetics.
Introduces the cultural traits and patterns of contemporary Arab society based on scholarly research, recent field work, and personal experiences and observations in the Arab world. Taught in English; no knowledge of Arabic is required.
Credits: 3
Survey of Central Asian civilizations from the first to the twenty-first centuries, with particular emphasis on nomadism, invasions, conquests, and major religious-cultural developments.
Credits: 3