Status of Women in Pre-Islamic Iran, Dr. Freshteh Davaran, Oct 9, 2005
Dr. Freshteh Davaran has a Ph.D. in Near Eastern Studies. She has taught Persian Language and Near Eastern Studies at UC Berkeley, De Anza College and Diablo Valley College. She has translated “Daisy Miller” and “The Europeans” by Henry James and “Herzog” by Saul Bellow and is the author of numerous articles in Persian and English. Dr. Davaran’s presentation will be based on her thesis “Continuity in Iranian Identity: A Study of Andarz and Adab”.