The Alireza Ahmadian Lecture in Iranian and Persianate Studies presents: “Two Hearts / Two Solitudes”: Jahan Malek Khatun’s and Forugh Farrokhzad’s Proto-Feminist Self-Defense in Medieval and Modern Iran on April 5, 2024. It is not surprising that, having lived six centuries apart, Persian poet-princess Jahan Malek Khatun (d. after 1382 CE) and modernist Iranian poet […]
“Two Hearts / Two Solitudes”: Jahan Malek Khatun’s and Forugh Farrokhzad’s Proto-Feminist Self-Defense in Medieval and Modern Iran