RETURN OF THE KING: Cyrus the Great and the Iranian National ImaginationThe story of how modern Iranians came to revive, invent, reconstruct,

and contest the memory of Iran’s first king.

Saturday, March 4Farzaneh Hall, Room 145

5 p.m.

with

Professor Afshin MarashiUniversity of Oklahoma

Reception to follow.

Afshin Marashi is the Farzaneh Family Chair in Modern Iranian History at the University of Oklahoma, where he also serves as Director of the Farzaneh Family Center for Iranian and Persian Gulf Studies. He has written or co-edited two books: Nationalizing Iran: Culture, Power, and the State, 1870-1940 (University of Washington Press, 2008), and Rethinking Iranian Nationalism and Modernity, (University of Texas Press, 2014), co-edited with Kamran Aghaie.

For accommodation on the basis of disability, contact Marjan

Seirafi-Pour, Middle East Programs Coordinator, at marjan@ou.edu.