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Film, Video The Wide World of Persian: Connections and Contestations, 1500-Today

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Title

  • The Wide World of Persian: Connections and Contestations, 1500-Today

Summary

  • This conference examines this period that includes not only aspects of cohesion and fracture but also renewal and reconstitution of the Persian-speaking world. The period from early modern to contemporary times features some of the defining moments in the lifespan and legacy of the Persian world. This was a period that witnessed immense interchange and connection at the height of the Ottoman, Safavid, and Mughal Empires. This was also a period marked by connections and contestations between the different peoples and places for whom engagement with Persian remained a crucial enterprise. Long-standing trans-regional currents and emergent local trends produced both broad similarities and stark contrasts regarding the role of Persian literary and cultural norms for different peoples and places. The participants -- Fatemeh Keshavarz, Kevin Schwartz, Amin Tarzi, Muriel Atkin, Wazhmah Osman, Pardis Minuchehr, Willem Floor and Corey Miller -- were asked to consider how connections and contestations around language, literature and culture helped define the shifting contours of the wide world of Persian at different moments and places.

Names

  • Library of Congress
  • Library of Congress. African and Middle Eastern Division, sponsoring body

Created / Published

  • Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 2014-05-02.

Headings

  • -  Biography, History
  • -  Government, World Affairs

Notes

  • -  Classification: General Works.
  • -  Classification: History (General) and History of Europe.
  • -  Various.
  • -  Recorded on 2014-05-02.
  • -  Researchers.

Medium

  • 1 online resource

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021689404

Online Format

  • video
  • image
  • online text

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Chicago citation style:

Library Of Congress, and Sponsoring Body Library Of Congress. African And Middle Eastern Division. The Wide World of Persian: Connections and Contestations, -Today. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -05-02, 2014. Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021689404/.

APA citation style:

Library Of Congress & Library Of Congress. African And Middle Eastern Division, S. B. (2014) The Wide World of Persian: Connections and Contestations, -Today. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -05-02. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021689404/.

MLA citation style:

Library Of Congress, and Sponsoring Body Library Of Congress. African And Middle Eastern Division. The Wide World of Persian: Connections and Contestations, -Today. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -05-02, 2014. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021689404/>.