Bukhara Magazine Features Anjavi Shirazi

The latest issue of Bukhara magazine pertaining to Abolqasem Anjavi Shirazi, Persian literary researcher, has been published. IBNA: According to Iran Daily, the ‘Literary Criticism’ section of the 97th issue of the magazine includes writings by Mohammadreza Shafiei Kadkani, Persian writer, poet and literary critic and Taqi Pournamdarian, Persian literary researcher, ISNA reported. Also two written pieces from Mostafa Mohaqeq Damad and Houshang Dowlatabadi were included in the ‘Islamic Philosophy’ and ‘Text Research’ sections of the magazine respectively.

Dowlatabadi’s ‘The Colonel’ to be Released in Iran

‘The Colonel’ by renowned Mahmoud Dowlatabadi will be published soon in Persian in Iran, said the author. IBNA: Speaking with IBNA, Dowlatabadi asserted that many interpretations have so far been made of his book, however, he denied some assertions that it is a revolutionary work, rather, he argued, ‘The Colonel’ should better be a story of transition between two periods. He said the book is about to be published in Iran presently. Dowlatabadi finished the novel in 2008 and hopes to have it published by Cheshmeh in the near future.

19th Reprint of ‘Shah’s Last Ride’ Released

The Persian rendition of ‘The Shah's Last Ride’ by William Shawcross will be released for the 19th time in the Iranian book market on the occasion of the anniversary of the victory of the Islamic Revolution. IBNA: Translated by Abdolreza Houshang Mahdavi, the book is among 1,703 book titles published in Iran in the first week of the month of Bahman, 11th month in Persian calendar, beginning from January 18 through January 22 2014.

12th Volume of ‘‭Iran Political Diaries’ Appears in Persian

The Islamic Revolution Document Center has published the Persian rendition of the 12th volume of ‘‭Iran Political diaries’. IBNA: Translated by Afshar Amiri, the collection entails correspondence between Iran and the British Empire from 1881 to 1965. The original version of the work was released in 1997 in 14 volumes, and covers fresh revelations about how the British Empire dominated the leadership in Iran during the Pahlavi era the years before. The letters convey details about the ouster of Reza Shah from Iran and his replacement by his son Mohammad Reza Pahlavi.

World Expo 2020: The Arab Spring Advances

Some compelling and rather unexpected imagery arose in my mind’s eye as I read through Diaries of an Unfinished Revolution, the recently published and justly acclaimed oral history of the Arab Spring compiled and edited by Layla Al-Zubaidi, Matthew Cassel, and Nomonie Craven Roderick. In eight Arab lands, from Tunisia to Syria, Diaries of an Unfinished Revolution introduces a representative spokesperson who chronicles the perils and perplexities of this collective struggle for human decency.

Memory: Forgetting and Creating

Interdisciplinary Conference in Gdańsk, Poland 11th – 12th September 2014 Deadline for paper proposals: 15th June 2014 Contact e-mail address: wowczarski1@tlen.pl Organizer: University of Gdańsk (Poland) – Research Unit for Dream, Memory and Imagination Studies- Please submit abstracts (no longer than 300 words) of your proposed 20-minute presentations, together with a short biographical note, by 15th June 2014 to: Prof. Wojciech Owczarski, University of Gdańsk: wowczarski1@ten.pl and Zofia Ziemann, Jagiellonian University: zofiaziemann@wp.pl

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