The Philosophical Poetry of Nasir Khusraw

Conference - Abstracts/Biographies

17-18 September 2005
Brunei Gallery Auditorium, SOAS, Thornhaugh St., Russell Square, London

Over 20 speakers will take an in-depth look at the philosophical content of Nasir Khusraw’s poetry and the poetic techniques he employs to achieve his admitted success in conveying imagery and emotion. Convened by Alice Hunsberger.

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The Poetics of a Moral Journey and Foundations of the Metaphysics of Morals

Mehdi Aminrazavi

Nasir Khusraw and the Poetics of Enlightenment

Muhammad Azadpur

Nasir Khusraw and the Doctrine of Resurrection (Qiyamat)

Jalal Badakhchani

Also a Poet

Michael Beard

The Architectural Terminology of Nasir Khusraw's 'Divan': Lexical and Allegorical Aspects

Leila R Dodykhudoeva

Nasir Khusraw on Intellect: Ontological and Aesthetical Aspects of Intellect in Nasir Khusraw's Poetry

Muhammad Javad Esmaily

Structure, Rhetoric and Meaning Concerning the Terms 'Nafs' and 'Jan' (Soul) in Nasir Khusraw's Poetry

Alice C Hunsberger

The Position of `Aql in the Prose and Poetry of Nasir Khusraw

Faquir Muhammad Hunzai

Philosophical and Literary Contexts of Nasir Khusraw's Poetry

Hermann Landolt

Ismaili Metaphysics and Poetic Riddles in Nasir Khusraw's Verse: An Annotated Translation and Study of the Ode to the Two Substances

Leonard Lewisohn

Kalima and the Synthesis of Poetry and Philosophy

Mehdi Mohabbati

Philosophical Terminology in Nasir Khusraw's Poetry

Mehdi Mohaghegh

Zaban-i hal as a Literary Device in Nasir Khusraw's Poetry

Nasrollah Pourjavady

'Evergreens of Reason': The Function and Treatment of Nature in the 'Qasidas' of Nasir Khusraw

Daniel Rafinejad

The Architectural Terminology of Nasir Khusraw's Divan and Safarnameh: Semantic and Allegoric Aspects

Professor Marina L Reisner

Safarnameh

Reza Saberi

Secrets of the World: Nasir Khusraw's Literary Achievement

Khudoi Sharipov

Nasir Khusraw's Rhythm and Rhyme Technique

Finn Thiesen

Nasir Khusraw's Use of the Qur'an in his Poetry

Nargis Virani

The Call to Prayer, Equilateral Triangles and the Cosmos: Metaphysical Anaphora in the Search for God

Shafique Virani

From Pahlavi into Arabic and back into New Persian Nasir Khusraw's Rawshana'i-nama and his uses of Proverbial Wisdom

Mohsen Zakeri