Sponsored by Ilex Foundation and the Center for the Great Islamic Encyclopedia. Tehran, Iran, August 21 – 28, 2000.
“Ferdowsi and Tajik National Identity”
William O. Beeman, Brown University
“Shi’ite Resonance and the Continuity of Ferdowsi’s Shahnameh”
Olga M. Davidson, Brandeis University
“The Role of the Shahnameh in the Culture of the Parsi Community”
Philip G. Kreyenbroek, University of Göttingen
“The Language of the Shahnameh in Historical and Dialectical Perspective”
Ludwig Paul, University of Göttingen
“The Shahnameh in Armenian Oral Epic”
James R. Russell, Harvard University
“Ferdowsi’s Haft Peykar”
Gernot Windfuhr, University of Michigan