Conferences - 2nd Ferdowsi Conference, 2000

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Sponsored by Ilex Foundation and the Center for the Great Islamic Encyclopedia. Tehran, Iran, August 21 - 28, 2000.

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William O. Beeman, Brown University
"Ferdowsi and Tajik National Identity"
Complete paper. File size: 584 K

Olga M. Davidson, Brandeis University
"Shi'ite Resonance and the Continuity of Ferdowsi's Shahnameh"
Complete paper. File size: 704 K

Philip G. Kreyenbroek, University of Göttingen
"The Role of the Shahnameh in the Culture of the Parsi Community"
Complete paper. File size: 416 K

Ludwig Paul, University of Göttingen
"The Language of the Shahnameh in Historical and Dialectical Perspective"
Complete paper. File size: 704 K

James R. Russell, Harvard University
"The Shahnameh in Armenian Oral Epic"
Complete paper. File size: 744 K

Gernot Windfuhr, University of Michigan
"Ferdowsi's Haft Peykar"
Complete paper. File size: 1 MB
Pages 1-16. File size: 504 K
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