Khayyam Day at Leiden University – روز خیام در دانشگاه لیدن – Persian Dutch Network

PDN- On 27 May 2017 The Nederlands Omar Khayyám Genootschap (Dutch Omar Khayyám Society) organized an Omar Khayyám Research Day at Leiden University.

The event consisted of three talks:

Bill Martin & Sandra Mason
The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam in the West
How Edward FitzGerald & Edward Cowell made it popular

Asghar Seyed Gohrab, director of Leiden University's Persian Department (Photo: PDN) — A. Seyed Gohrab, director of Leiden University’s Persian Department (Photo: PDN)

Asghar Seyed-Gohrab
Transgressing the Law: Khayyam and his Antinomian Views

Rokus de Groot, Musicologist and former professor at University of Amsterdam (Photo: PDN)

Rokus de Groot
Musical approaches to Omar Khayyâm’s Rubâiyât in the Netherlands

Jos Coumans, author of "The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám. An updated bibliography" — Jos Coumans, author of “The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám. An updated bibliography”

Jos Coumans
Comparative tables of the Calcutta & Bodleian quatrains

Nasrollah Pourjavady who was going to give a speech on “Omar Khayyam’s Idea of Being in His Quatrains” could not obtain the visa from the Dutch Embassy in Tehran, therefore Asghar Seyed-Gohrab presented highlights of his speech.

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