Ferdowsi and Company | فردوسی و دوستان
@ferdowsiandcompany.bsky.social
Podcast on all things Iran & beyond +the millennia long tradition of Iranian literature | Hosted by Niloofar & Dr. Michael Bonner
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Going forward, I will post our interviews here as well as Twitter/X & Instagram🪻
Going forward, I will post our interviews here as well as Twitter/X & Instagram🪻
Much belated intro of our interview with Dr. Jeffrey Kotyk about his book which builds on the pioneering work of Berthold Laufer by utilising classical Chinese sources to tell the story of Sino-Iran in a new light for both Iranologists & Sinologists.
open.spotify.com/episode/0wUqJq
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May 19, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Much belated intro of our interview with Dr. Jeffrey Kotyk about his book which builds on the pioneering work of Berthold Laufer by utilising classical Chinese sources to tell the story of Sino-Iran in a new light for both Iranologists & Sinologists.
open.spotify.com/episode/0wUqJq
open.spotify.com/episode/0wUqJq
I asked about my opinion that scholarships of late Bernard Lewis & Edward Said should be revisited without the sectarian politicization surrounding their debates, Lewis's pioneering work finding consultative governance in Ottoman crafts guilds & his prescience about Khomeinism.
May 19, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Dr. Michael Bonner & I had the absolute pleasure of interviewing Dr. Ahmet T. Kuru professor of political science & director of Center for Islamic & Arabic Studies at @SDSU for an illuminating conversation about his scholarship. @ahmetkuru.bsky.social
May 18, 2025 at 7:21 AM
Dr. Michael Bonner & I had the absolute pleasure of interviewing Dr. Ahmet T. Kuru professor of political science & director of Center for Islamic & Arabic Studies at @SDSU for an illuminating conversation about his scholarship. @ahmetkuru.bsky.social
Nowruz 1404 🪻
A new year begins 🌱
A new year begins 🌱
March 20, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Nowruz 1404 🪻
A new year begins 🌱
A new year begins 🌱
Happy New Year 🎉
12:41 AM January 1st Iran time 🕧
The mythical Huma bird of fortune for Iranians, attributed to existing Bearded Vultures 👇🏻
12:41 AM January 1st Iran time 🕧
The mythical Huma bird of fortune for Iranians, attributed to existing Bearded Vultures 👇🏻
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December 31, 2024 at 9:11 PM
Happy New Year 🎉
12:41 AM January 1st Iran time 🕧
The mythical Huma bird of fortune for Iranians, attributed to existing Bearded Vultures 👇🏻
12:41 AM January 1st Iran time 🕧
The mythical Huma bird of fortune for Iranians, attributed to existing Bearded Vultures 👇🏻
🖌 Mariam Tafsiri
Belated Yalda Night appreciation here 🌕
It is one of the most significant feasts in Iranians. We get together to exchange stories of ages past and of legends lost, of the dark and cold days to come, of the Great Forty & to consult Hafez about the future as ancient Greeks consulted the Oracles.
It is one of the most significant feasts in Iranians. We get together to exchange stories of ages past and of legends lost, of the dark and cold days to come, of the Great Forty & to consult Hafez about the future as ancient Greeks consulted the Oracles.
December 25, 2024 at 6:47 PM
🖌 Mariam Tafsiri
Belated Yalda Night appreciation here 🌕
It is one of the most significant feasts in Iranians. We get together to exchange stories of ages past and of legends lost, of the dark and cold days to come, of the Great Forty & to consult Hafez about the future as ancient Greeks consulted the Oracles.
It is one of the most significant feasts in Iranians. We get together to exchange stories of ages past and of legends lost, of the dark and cold days to come, of the Great Forty & to consult Hafez about the future as ancient Greeks consulted the Oracles.
December 25, 2024 at 6:47 PM
Belated Yalda Night appreciation here 🌕
It is one of the most significant feasts in Iranians. We get together to exchange stories of ages past and of legends lost, of the dark and cold days to come, of the Great Forty & to consult Hafez about the future as ancient Greeks consulted the Oracles.
It is one of the most significant feasts in Iranians. We get together to exchange stories of ages past and of legends lost, of the dark and cold days to come, of the Great Forty & to consult Hafez about the future as ancient Greeks consulted the Oracles.
Happy Hannukah
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December 25, 2024 at 6:40 PM
Happy Hannukah
Happy Christmas ☃️❄️🎊
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December 24, 2024 at 4:06 PM
Happy Christmas ☃️❄️🎊
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Published today: the first complete English translation of Towards the Great Civilization, the Shah's penultimate book. Based on the manuscript of the English translation commissioned by the Pahlavi Library in 1978, with forewords by Ali Ansari and myself.
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/towards-t...
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/towards-t...
Towards the Great Civilization
The first English-language translation of former Shah of Iran Mohammad Reza Pahlavi's penultimate book, published in Persian on the eve of the revolution that b…
www.bloomsbury.com
December 12, 2024 at 11:41 AM
Published today: the first complete English translation of Towards the Great Civilization, the Shah's penultimate book. Based on the manuscript of the English translation commissioned by the Pahlavi Library in 1978, with forewords by Ali Ansari and myself.
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/towards-t...
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/towards-t...
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Ardashir I Pabagān, with the body of Artabanus (IV? V?) under his horse’s hooves, receives the diadem of kingship from Ahuramazda (the Wise God) whose horse in turn rests on top of the body of Ahriman (the Destroyer God)
December 11, 2024 at 12:02 PM
Ardashir I Pabagān, with the body of Artabanus (IV? V?) under his horse’s hooves, receives the diadem of kingship from Ahuramazda (the Wise God) whose horse in turn rests on top of the body of Ahriman (the Destroyer God)
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📢CALL FOR BOOK PROPOSALS📢
IHF Modern Iran Series
⏰Deadline: January 31, 2025⏰
For our new fully open access series, we’re taking proposals for books on modern Iranian history, politics, society and economy.
ℹ️For more info: ihf.org.uk/call-for-boo... ℹ️
IHF Modern Iran Series
⏰Deadline: January 31, 2025⏰
For our new fully open access series, we’re taking proposals for books on modern Iranian history, politics, society and economy.
ℹ️For more info: ihf.org.uk/call-for-boo... ℹ️
December 10, 2024 at 7:51 PM
📢CALL FOR BOOK PROPOSALS📢
IHF Modern Iran Series
⏰Deadline: January 31, 2025⏰
For our new fully open access series, we’re taking proposals for books on modern Iranian history, politics, society and economy.
ℹ️For more info: ihf.org.uk/call-for-boo... ℹ️
IHF Modern Iran Series
⏰Deadline: January 31, 2025⏰
For our new fully open access series, we’re taking proposals for books on modern Iranian history, politics, society and economy.
ℹ️For more info: ihf.org.uk/call-for-boo... ℹ️
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But despite Humayun’s military skills, he could not fight both his brothers & the formidable Afghan warlord, Sher Shah. Will he lose all that his father had built?
Listen @empirepoduk.bsky.social
as William and @anitaanand.bsky.social explore the life of Humayun.
linktr.ee/empirepoduk
Listen @empirepoduk.bsky.social
as William and @anitaanand.bsky.social explore the life of Humayun.
linktr.ee/empirepoduk
November 29, 2024 at 3:28 PM
But despite Humayun’s military skills, he could not fight both his brothers & the formidable Afghan warlord, Sher Shah. Will he lose all that his father had built?
Listen @empirepoduk.bsky.social
as William and @anitaanand.bsky.social explore the life of Humayun.
linktr.ee/empirepoduk
Listen @empirepoduk.bsky.social
as William and @anitaanand.bsky.social explore the life of Humayun.
linktr.ee/empirepoduk
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On my way to Marburg University for what promises to be a fascinating workshop, organised by Professor Bianca Devos, on the cultural history of late Pahlavi Iran. www.uni-marburg.de/de/cnms/iran...
International Workshop 27-29 November
This workshop seeks to explore the interactions between state ideology and the socio-cultural sphere from an interdisciplinary perspective.
www.uni-marburg.de
November 27, 2024 at 12:22 PM
On my way to Marburg University for what promises to be a fascinating workshop, organised by Professor Bianca Devos, on the cultural history of late Pahlavi Iran. www.uni-marburg.de/de/cnms/iran...
Hi 👋
Going forward, I will post our interviews here as well as Twitter/X & Instagram🪻
Going forward, I will post our interviews here as well as Twitter/X & Instagram🪻
November 21, 2024 at 1:56 AM
Hi 👋
Going forward, I will post our interviews here as well as Twitter/X & Instagram🪻
Going forward, I will post our interviews here as well as Twitter/X & Instagram🪻