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SUMMARY: RESCHEDULED: Intermixture in Persian Epics: The Case of Kush\, the
Elephant-Eared
DESCRIPTION: Poster design by Razman Goudarzi The event recording is now av
ailable: The Alireza Ahmadian Lecture in Iranian and Persianate Studies pre
sents: Intermixture in Persian Epics: The Case of Kush\, the Elephant-Eared
on December 1\, 2023. Irānshāh b. Abi Khayr’s Kushnāmeh (written ca. 1108-
1111 CE) features an unusual protagonist for a Persian epic poem. With his
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Poster design by Razman Goudarzi
The event r
ecording is now available:
https://youtu.be/WmtEUNnBiKc?si=rbtPP4KspN
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The Alireza Ahmadian Lecture in Iranian and Persianate Studies
presents: Intermixture in Persian Epics: The Case of Kush\, the Elephant-E
ared on December 1\, 2023.
Irānshāh b. Abi Khayr’s Kushnāmeh
(written ca. 1108-1111 CE) features an unusual protagonist for a Persian e
pic poem. With his elephant-ears\, tusks\, and boar-snout\, Kush looks very
different from most of the people who populate the epic world\, while his
aggressive\, sexually deviant\, and blasphemous behavior set him apart from
other epic heroes. As the text rationalizes Kush’s difference through his
mixed lineage\, this talk uses the example of Kush to explore how Persian e
pics deal with the intermixture of Iranians with peoples of different stock
– the racial\, monstrous\, or demonic Other.
Speaker
Alexandra Hoffmann is an Assistant Professor of Classical Persian
Literature and Culture at the University of British Columbia. Her research
focuses on masculinities and embodiment in Persian epics and romances from
the eleventh to the seventeenth century CE.
Discussant
Cameron Cross is an Assistant Professor of Iranian Studies at t
he University of Michigan\, Ann Arbor. His research interests broadly fall
in the arena of narrative studies\, examining questions about language and
audience\, gender and power\, and selfhood and society as explored in Pers
ian\, Arabic\, Greek\, and other literary languages of Southwest Asia and n
eighboring regions. He is the author of Love at a Crux: The New Persian
Romance in a Global Middle Ages (U Toronto Press\, 2023)\, and several
articles on comparative epic and amorous tales.
Registration
required. Register here: https://ubc.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_VW6hdwpNRxCR
eKm1pNPNQA
Tea and sweets will be served starting from 6
pm.
About the Alireza Ahmadian Lectures in Iranian and Pe
rsianate Studies: Alireza Ahmadian (1981 – 2019) was an enthusiastic resear
cher\, a consummate socio-political analyst\, and an opinion leader on fore
ign policy who nurtured the virtues of diplomatic dialogue and liberal demo
cracy. Alireza was a proud and devoted UBC alumnus\, supporter of UBC’s Dep
artment of Asian Studies\, and beloved member of Canadian-Iranian Community
. The department renamed this lecture series in his honour in 2019. Alireza
’s friends in the community have provided funding to support this series\,
and this generous gift will see these important academic and community enga
gement events supported through to the end of the 2025/2026 academic year.
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epartment of Asian Studies at Asian.S
tudies@ubc.ca.