February 17, 2019
Sadri speaks on panel at Columbia
Professor Ahmad Sadri was a panelist speaking on the new publication, The Shahnameh: The Persian Epic as World Literature, at the Heyman Center of Columbia University on February 12.
In this book, Hamid Dabashi brings the Shahnameh to renewed global attention, encapsulating a lifetime of learning and teaching the Persian epic for a new generation of readers.
The panelists were:
- Hamid Dabashi
Hagop Kevorkian Professor of Iranian Studies and Comparative Literature
Columbia University - Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak
University Professor
Columbia University - Brian Edwards
Dean, School of Liberal Arts, and Professor of English
Tulane University - Ahmad Sadri
Gorter Professor of Islamic World Studies and Professor of Sociology
Lake Forest College