Celebrating Recent Work by Hamid Dabashi

Dr. Hamid Dabashi, Hagop Kevorkian Professor of Iranian Studies and Comparative Literature at Columbia University, discusses his new book 'Persian Parables: Form as Philosophy.' The event features a panel discussion with Emily Apter (NYU), Christia Mercer (Columbia), Timothy Mitchell (Columbia), and Jonathan Peterson (Columbia). Dabashi's book offers a radical reconsideration of the parable in Persian literature, arguing that parabolic thinking is a mode of philosophical reflection.