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SUMMARY: CANCELLED: Gardens in Persian Literature: Ecology of Material and 
 Metaphysical Beauty\, from Balkh to Shiraz
DESCRIPTION: Friday\, October 14\, 2022 | 6:30pm-9:00pm (PDT)
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 zi[/caption]</p><p style="color: red\;">This talk was cancelled due to unfo
 reseen circumstances (<a href="https://www.facebook.com/alirezaahmadianlect
 ures/photos/a.591989274563878/1505820393180757/" target="”_blank”" rel="noo
 pener noreferrer">Cancellation Announcement</a>).</p><div style="background
 -color: aliceblue\; padding: 25px 25px 15px\; direction: rtl\;"><center><a 
 href="https://asia.ubc.ca/lecture-series/alireza-ahmadian-lectures-fa/">سلس
 له سخنرانی‌های ایران‌شناسی و فارسی‌پژوهی علیرضا احمدیان</a></center></p><di
 v style="background-color: #002145\; padding: 0px\;"><center></p><h4 style=
 "color: white\;">باغ در ادب فارسی: بوم‌شناسیِ جمال مادی و معنوی، از بلخ تا 
 شیراز</h4><p></center></div><p><strong>سخنران:</strong> دکتر دومِنیکو اینجِ
 نیتو، دانشیار ادبیات فارسی در دانشگاه کالیفرنیا، لس آنجلس</p><p><span style
 ="color: #ff0000\;">این سخنرانی به‌دلیل شرایط پیش‌بینی‌نشده لغو شد (<a href
 ="https://www.facebook.com/alirezaahmadianlectures/photos/a.591989274563878
 /1505820393180757/" target="”_blank”" rel="noopener noreferrer">اطلاعیهٔ لغ
 و سخنرانی</a>).</span></p></div><p> <br />The Alireza Ahmadian Lecture in I
 ranian and Persianate Studies presents: Gardens in Persian Literature: Ecol
 ogy of Material and Metaphysical Beauty\, from Balkh to Shiraz on October 1
 4\, 2022.</p><h3>Guest Speaker</h3><p><strong>Domenico Ingenito</strong> is
  Associate Professor of Persian Literature at the University of California\
 , Los Angeles\, and Bahari Fellow in the Persian Arts of the Book\, Bodleia
 n Libraries\, University of Oxford (Spring 2023). His research interests ce
 nter on medieval Persian poetry\, the visual culture of Iran and Central As
 ia\, gender and translations studies\, and manuscript culture. His most rec
 ent articles are: "Hafez's 'Shirāzi Turk': A Geopoetical Approach (<em>Iran
 ian Studies</em>)" and "'A Marvelous Painting': The Erotic Dimension of Saʿ
 di's Praise Poetry" (<em>Journal of Persianate Studies</em>). His most rece
 nt book is <em>Beholding Beauty: Saʿdi of Shiraz and the Aesthetics of Desi
 re in Medieval Persian Poetry</em> (Brill\, 2020). His Italian translation 
 of Forugh Farrokhzad's collected poems\, along with all original texts\, wi
 ll be published in 2022 by Bompiani. He is currently working on an English 
 translation of a selection of Sa'di's poems (University of California Press
 ) and a monograph on kingship\, poetic creativity\, and homoeroticism in th
 e context of Ghaznavid praise poetry.</p><p> </p><div><strong>About the Ali
 reza Ahmadian Lectures in Iranian and Persianate Studies: </strong>Alireza 
 Ahmadian (1981 – 2019) was an enthusiastic researcher\, a consummate socio-
 political analyst\, and an opinion leader on foreign policy who nurtured th
 e virtues of diplomatic dialogue and liberal democracy. Alireza was a proud
  and devoted UBC alumnus\, supporter of UBC’s Department of Asian Studies\,
  and beloved member of Canadian-Iranian Community. The department renamed t
 his lecture series in his honour in 2019. Alireza’s friends in the communit
 y have provided funding to support this series\, and this generous gift wil
 l see these important academic and community engagement events supported th
 rough to the end of the 2025/2026 academic year. <a href="https://asia.ubc.
 ca/lecture-series/alireza-ahmadian-lectures/">Read More ...</a><br /> <br /
 >Should you have any questions\, please contact the Department of Asian Stu
 dies at <a href="mailto:Asian.Studies@ubc.ca">Asian.Studies@ubc.ca</a>.</di
 v>
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