A Lecture by Dr. Ahamad Karimi-Hakkak
Topic: “The Universe of Love in Persian Poetry”
Introduction by: Dr. Ahmadi, Associate Professor, University of California, Berkeley, Near Eastern Studies
Ahmad Karimi Hakkak is a visiting Professor of Near Eastern Languages and Culture at UCLA. He has been part of faculty of many university and has received numerous awards for his contribution to the field of Near Eastern languages. He has written more that nineteen books and over one hundred major scholarly articles. He has contributed articles on Iran and Persian literature to many reference works, including Encyclopædia Britannica, Encyclopædia Iranica, and The Encyclopedia of Translation Studies. A specialist in modern Persian literature, his works have been translated into French, Dutch, Spanish, Russian, Greek, Arabic, Japanese, and Persian. He has served as President of the International Society for Iranian Studies and several other professional academic organizations. Karimi-Hakkak’s was awarded the Yarshater lectureship for the year 2003 for contributions to Iranian Studies, ahmad-karimi-hakkak