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One-Day Conference on April 21, 2007 at Bowers Museum
SANTA ANA, Calif. —Scholars from multiple disciplines come together for the
first lecture of California State University Fullerton ’s Razi Family Foundation
Lecture series Bowers Museum, in partnership with California State University,
Fullerton’s Razi Family Foundation Lecture Series, presents “Images and Lives of
Women in Ancient Persia,” a one day conference on Saturday, April 21 from 9 a.m.
to 4 p.m. Scholars from around the country will address the historical and
material evidence of the lives of women in
ancient Persia . The lecture will be held in the Norma Kershaw
Auditorium and is organized by Dr. Touraj Daryaee, associate professor of
history and Dr. Thomas Klammer, dean of the college of humanities and social
sciences, at Cal State Fullerton. It is co-sponsored by CSUF and the Persian
Arts Council. Admission to the lecture is free. Bowers Museum is located at 2002
North Main Street in Santa Ana . For additional information call 714-567-3679.
The conference brings together scholars from various fields such as archaeology,
art history and religious studies to discuss the lives of women in ancient
Persia beginning with the Elamite period in the third millennium B.C. to that of
the Sasanian Empire in late antiquity.
The Elamite period, which lasted from around 2700 B.C. to 539 B.C., is
considered a starting point for the history of Iran . The Elamite civilization
made great strides in architecture and sculpture, and its culture played a vital
role in the Persian Empire . The Sassanid Empire, approximately 224 A.D. to 651
A.D., was the last great Iranian monarchy before the Muslim conquest and
adoption of Islam. The influence of the Sassanid civilization was carried
forward to the early Islamic world and shaped Islamic culture, architecture and
writing.
Conference organizer Dr. Touraj Daryaee received his Ph.D. in history at the
University of California , Los Angeles and specializes in the history and
culture of Ancient Persia. He is the author of numerous scholarly articles and
texts and the editor of “The Journal of Ancient Iranian Studies.” Dr. Daryaee is
currently the professor of ancient Persian history at California State
University , Fullerton .
Co-organizer Dr. Thomas Klammer earned a Ph.D. in English Language and
Linguistics at the University of Michigan and has been dean of CSUF’s College of
Humanities and Social Sciences since 1999. The college’s Intensive Institute in
Persian Language and Culture offers students the opportunity to develop
professional language skills through intensive instruction, field trips and
other activities. Klammer feels this area of study is vitally important given
both the world situation and the large Iranian-American population in Southern
California . About the April 21 conference, Klammer says, “It is a rare
opportunity to have such a renowned group of scholars come together. We often
see the lives of modern Middle Eastern women discussed, but rarely their lives
and roles in ancient times.”
Bowers Museum is open 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Tuesday through Sunday. Eight
exhibitions are featured, including “Treasures from Shanghai : 5,000 Years of
Chinese Art and Culture,” “Ansel Adams: Classic Images,” and “Mummies: Death and
the Afterlife in Ancient Egypt …Treasures from the British Museum .” Bowers
offers shopping at its two unique gallery stores and a world-class dining
experience at Tangata Restaurant of the Patina Group. The museum also features
an array of films, lectures, festivals, art, music programs and events
throughout the year.
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Images and Lives of Women in Ancient Persia
April 21, 2007
California State University , Fullerton
Razi Lecture Series
at
the Bowers Museum
2002 N. Main St.,
Santa Ana, CA 92706
(714) 567-3600
R.N. Frye Harvard Opening Remarks
K. Abdi Dartmouth College The Hardworking Women of Palum: Labor Organization in
An Early Second Millennium BCE Community in Central Zagros Mountains of Western
Iran
A. Mousavi LACMA Traces of women in archaeological evidence in Iran 2000-1000
B.C.
E. Carter UCLA Royal Women of Elam
M. Schwartz UC Berkeley “Man or Woman”: Poetic and Pragmatic Aspects of Old
Avestan Egalitarianism
J. Rose Claremont University Health and Continuity of Life: An Overview of
Women’s Worship of the Waters in Promotion of the Zoroastrian Purpose
W. Soward CSUF A Comparative Structuralist Assessment of pre-modern Iranian
kin-marriage
R. Shayegan UCLA On Obscure Queens of the Arsacid Age
H. Emrani UCLA Like father, like daughter: late Sasanian Imperial ideology and
the rise of Boran to power
J. Walker Univ. of Washington Hazarowai becomes Maria: Narratives of Female
Conversion to Christianity in the Late Sasanian Empire
T. Daryaee CSUF The forgotten Sasanian Queen: Azarmidukht
D. Stronach UC Berkeley Closing Remarks
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