Kevin L.

Schwartz

Iran and Middle East Scholar

Commentator on U.S. Foreign Affairs

اگر شراب خوری جرعه‌ای فشان بر خاک

از آن گناه که نفعی رسد به غیر چه باک

حافظ-

If you drink wine, scatter a gulp on the ground why fear from that sin that spreads benefit? -Hafez

PODCASTS

Demarcating Persianate Worlds: The Persian Tazkirah, 1700-1900

UCLA International Institute, Frontiers of Persian Learning Series, October 15, 2015

SELECT PRESENTATIONS

The Return of the Masters: Connections, Contestations, and the Redrawing of Persian Literary History

Presented at The Library of Congress, October 2016

Migrations and Movements of Persian Poets, Secretaries, and Litterateurs in the Nineteenth Century

Presented at “The Global 19th Century: Contiguities, Connections, and Detachments” conference, University of California, Riverside, February 2015

Demarcating Persianate Worlds: The Persian Tazkirah, 1700-1900

Presented at UCLA International Institute, Frontiers of Persian Learning Series, October 2015

‘Abd al-Qâdir Bîdil and the Writing of Persianate Literary History in Central Asia and Beyond

Presented at “Interrogating Change: Central Asia between Timelessness and Mutability” Conference, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, October 2014