
At the Gate of Modernism
Qajar Iran in the Nineteenth Century
Edited by: Jeremiás Éva M.
Acta et Studia XII.
Year of release: 2012
Number of pages: 187
Binding: hardcover
Langue: English
ISBN: 978–615–5343–01–8
ISSN: 1785–0894
The contributions in this volume are based on papers presented at an international conference held in Budapest at the Department of Iranian Studies of Eötvös Loránd University from October 14-15, 2010 and organized by É. M. Jeremiás. Leading scholars of Iranian studies attended whose contributions in the volume address different topics concerning the study of Qajar Iran, ranging from political and literary history to grammatical thought, philosophy, art and medicine. Authors include C. E. Bosworth, P. Fodor, B. Fragner, A. Gächter, R. Haag-Higuchi, B. Hoffmann, É. M. Jeremiás, J. P. Luft, M. Maróth and I. Szántó. New material on Qajar studies in general and influential personalities in particular, e.g. ʽA. al-K. Irawani, A.-W. Afshar, J. E. Polak, R. al-Hukama and Y. Jandaqi, is supplied.