From the advent of Zoroastrian religion to the extended Biblical account of Persia's role in the liberation of Jews, from Herodotus' Histories to the nineteenth century Romantics infatuation with Iran, the country once called Persia has played a singular role in world history and the evolution of our common human heritage. A brief survey of the most important moments of that rich history is the focus of Wisdom from the land of Sophie.
Stanford Daily article on this event.
Abbas Milani is a research fellow and co-director of the Iran Democracy Project at the Hoover Institution. In addition, he is a visiting professor in the department of political science at Stanford University. His expertise is in Iranian cultural, political, and security issues. He was a professor of history and political science and chair of the department at Notre Dame de Namur University and a research fellow at the Institute of International Studies at the University of California at Berkeley. Milani was an assistant professor in the faculty of law and political science at Tehran University and a member of the board of directors of Tehran University's Center for International Studies from 1977 to 1987. He was a research fellow at the Iranian Center for Social Research from 1977 to 1978 and an assistant professor at the National University of Iran from 1975 to 1977.
This lecture is part of the "Iran: Past and Present" program organized by the Persian Students Association at Stanford University.