CHS Open House: From Homer to Ferdowsi with Olga M. Davidson
We are delighted to welcome Olga M. Davidson for a CHS Open House discussion on Thursday, November 5 at 11:00 a.m. EST when she will be talking about why she went on from Homer to Ferdowsi, and introducing his epic Shāhnāma. In her book Poet and Hero in the Persian Book of Kings: Olga M. Davidson argues that….whenever the Shāhnāma was performed by the poet or by later practitioners of his poetry, the performer could… Read more