The Philosophical Poetry of Nasir Khusraw

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PROVISIONAL PROGRAMME

 

Day 1: Saturday, 17 September

9.30-10.15

Registration/Tea/Coffee/Refreshments

10.15-10.30

Welcoming Remarks
Dr Alice Hunsberger, Hunter College, City University of New York
Mr Farhad Hakimzadeh, Iran Heritage Foundation

10.30-11.15

First Keynote Address
Chair: Dr Alice Hunsberger, Hunter College, City University of New York
Professor Hermann Landolt, Institute of Ismaili Studies
Philosophical and Literary Contexts of Nasir Khusraw's Poetry

11.15-13.00

Session 1: A Poetics for Moral Philosophy
Chair: Mr. Bruce Wannell, York
Professor Michael Beard, University of North Dakota
Also a Poet
Professor Mehdi Aminrazavi, University of Mary Washington, Virginia
The Poetics of a Moral Journey and Foundations of the Metaphysics of Morals
Professor Mohsen Zakeri, University of Frankfurt
From Pahlavi into Arabic and back into New Persian: Nasir Khusraw's Rawshana'i-nama and his uses of Proverbial Wisdom

13.00-14.00

Lunch

14.00-15.45

Session 2: Nasir Khusraw's Poeticization of Intellect
Chair: Dr Farhad Daftary, Institute of Ismaili Studies
Dr Leonard Lewisohn, University of Exeter
Ismaili Metaphysics and Poetic Riddles in Nasir Khusraw's Verse: an Annotated Translation and Study of the Ode to the Two Substances
Dr Faquir Hunzai, Institute of Ismaili Studies
The Position of `Aql in the Prose and Poetry of Nasir Khusraw
Mr Muhammad Javad Esmaily, Iranian Academy of Philosophy
Ontological and Aesthetical Aspects of Intellect in Nasir Khusraw's Poetry

15.45-16.15

Tea/Coffee

16.15-18.25

Session 3: Poetic Art, Poetic Technique
Chair: Professor Hermann Landolt, Institute of Ismaili Studies
Dr Alice Hunsberger, Hunter College, City University of New York
Structure, Rhetoric and Meaning Concerning the Terms 'Nafs' and 'Jan' (Soul) in Nasir Khusraw's Poetry
Dr Leila R Dodykhudoeva, Institute of Linguistics, Moscow
The Architectural Terminology of Nasir Khusraw's Divan: Lexical and Allegorial Aspects
Professor Finn Thiesen, University of Oslo
Rhythm and Rhyme Technique in Nasir Khusraw
Professor Marina L Reisner,, Moscow State University
The Architectural Terminology of Nasir Khusraw's Divan and Safarnameh: Semantic and Allegoric Aspects

18.30-19.30

Film
Dr. Reza Saberi, director, 2005
Safarnameh

 

Day 2: Sunday, 17 September

10.00-10.30

Tea/Coffee/Refreshments

10.30-11.15

Second Key Note Address
Chair: Professor Mehdi Aminrazavi, University of Mary Washington, Virginia
Professor Mehdi Mohaghegh, McGill Institute of Islamic Studies, Tehran
Some Aspects of Philosophical Terminology in Nasir Khusraw's Poetry

11.15-13.00

Session 4: Language, Speech, and Cosmos
Chair: Dr Leonard Lewisohn, University of Exeter
Professor Shafique N Virani, Zayed University, United Arab Emirates
The Call to Prayer, Equilateral Triangles and the Cosmos: Metaphysical Anaphora in the Search for God
Professor Mehdi Mohabbati, University of Tehran
Kalima-Sokhan-Logos and the Synthesis of Poetry and Philosophy
Professor Muhammad Azadpur, San Francisco State University
Prophetology and Ta`wil: Nasir Khusraw and the Poetics of Enlightenment

13.00-14.00

Lunch

14.00-15.45

Session 5: Creating a World View in the Poem's Structure
Chair: Professor James W Morris, University of Exeter
Professor Khudoi Sharipov, Tajik National University, Dushanbe
Secrets of the World: Nasir Khusraw's Literary Achievement
Professor Nasrollah Pourjavady, University of Tehran
Nasir Khusraw's Use of Zabaan-e Haal as a Literary Device
Mr Daniel Rafinejad, UCLA
'Evergreens of Reason': The Function and Treatment of Nature in the Qasidahs of Nasir Khusraw

15.45-16.15

Tea/Coffee

16.15-17.45

Session 6: Religious Contexts of Nasir Khusraw's Poetry
Chair: Professor Michael Beard, University of North Dakota
Professor Nargis Virani, Washington University in St. Louis
Qur'anic Verses in Nasir Khusraw's Poetry
Dr Jalal Badakhchani, Institute of Ismaili Studies
Nasir Khusraw and the Doctrine of Resurrection (Qiyamat)

17.45-18.30

Concluding Remarks
Chair: Dr Alice Hunsberger, Hunter College, City University of New York
Professor James W Morris, University of Exeter