Feasting Iranian Style: A Symposium on Food
FREE EVENT - Registration required
Please join us on
Sunday, May 26, 2019
2:00 - 5:00 PM
in UC Irvine's Humanities Gateway (HG) 1030
for this year's Farhang Foundation
Lectures in Iranian Studies titled
"Feasting Iranian Style: A Symposium on Food"
Featuring lectures by:
Linda Komaroff - LACMA
Khodadad Rezakhani - Princeton
Touraj Daryaee - UCI
Qajar Food Tasting by Maison de la Fork
Schedule
| 2:00-2:15 pm: | Welcoming remarks by Tyrus Miller (Dean of UCI School of Humanities) | |
| 2:15-2:35 pm: | "Meat in Ancient Iran: From the Gathas of Zarathushtra to the Shahnameh of Ferdowsi" by Touraj Daryaee (UC Irvine) | |
| 2:35-3:05 pm: | "Scraps from the King's Table: The Invention of the Qajar Cuisine" by Khodadad Rezakhani (Princeton) | |
| 3:05-3:25 pm: | "Dining with the King: The Fine Art of Feasting at the Persian Courts" by Linda Komaroff (LACMA) | |
| 3:25-3:45 pm: | Q&A Session | |
| 4:00-5:00 pm: | Tasting Qajar Dishes with Parastoo Rezai (Maison de la Fork) |
This event is free and open to the public. Registration required. Admittance is first come first served.
This event is presented by UCI Jordan Center for Persian Studies in collaboration with Farhang Foundation.
Event Details
| Event Starts | 05/26/2019 – 2:00 pm |
| Event Ends | 05/26/2019 – 5:00 pm |
| Individual Price | Free - Event Registration Required |
| Location | UCI Humanities Gateway |
