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 2023 AIA Lecture. No.1

Lecture 1: Edward Granville Browne and Iran

Friday May 6, 2022, 08:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)

Saturday May 7, 2022, 10am Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST). Register in advance for this meeting:

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The first sequence of these exciting Lecture series begins wth a talk by Dr.Hasan Javadi an expert in Persian literature, literary researcher and critic, discussing his latest work on the British orientalist.: "Edward Granville Browne and Iran". Javadi has also written a book earlier about Browne entitled: ‘E. G. Browne and the Persian Constitutional Movement’.

Edward Granville Browne (1862-1926) is regarded as one of the greatest European scholars in modern Iranian studies. He travelled and spent an extensive period of time in Iran.

Most of his publications are related to the history and literature of Iran.

The moderator and discussant at this lecture session will be the renowned Iranologist, Dr Willem Floor.

2022 AIA Virtual Lecture Series A List of confirmed presenters who have accepted our invitation with their proposed topics or themes. The lecture series are scheduled into quarterly sequences: April-June, July-September and October-December.

1. Dr. Hasan Javadi: "E.G. Browne and Iran" May 7th at 10:00 am (AEST). Moderator /Discussant: Dr. Willem Floor

2. Professor Claudia Yaghoobi: "New Tribalism": Iranian Armenian transnational story’, June 3rd at 9:00 am (AEST) with Dr. James Barry as Moderator/Discussant

3. Professor Persis Karim: "What makes us Iranian". July 15th at 12:00 pm (AEST). Moderator/Discussant Dr Laetitia Nanquette

4. Professor Janet Afary: ‘The Journal Molla Nasreddin (of Tiflis) and the Iranian Constitutional Revolution’ 8 September. Discussant, Dr Milad Odabaei.

5. Dr Shiva Mihan: "Unorthodox Patronage: Manuscript Production in 15thcentury Iran under the Timurid Prince Baysunghur” – 30 September. Discussant Dr Mahroo Moosavi. - Cancelled

6. Sholeh Wolpe: Book discussion on her "Abacus of Loss" – 20 October. Discussant Dr. Sanaz Fotouhi.

7. Dr Pamela Karimi: Book discussion "Alternative Iran" (Published in August). 27 October. Discussant Dr Ali Mozaffari.

8. Professor Laudan Nooshin: Sonic Tehran Project, 1 December. Discussant Dr.Gay Breyley

9. Dr Negar Partow, “Women’s quest for equality, the maker of Iran’s contemporary politics”- 16 December. Discussant Dr Lida Yaghoubi Follow Iranica FB Page & Website for updates: https://www.facebook.com/IranicaAustralasia/ https://www.iranica.org.au