Juan Cole
@jricole
Historian, essayist: Middle East, South Asia, Islam, Social History, Foreign Policy, Environment, Culture, Progressive Politics; Signal: Juan Cole
Rep Rashida Tlaib endorses Rima Mohammad @rimaformi for Ann Arbor school board; 'Angry Moms and angry librarians are best to take on fascism' http://dlvr.it/TTnNpn
in my Rethinking the Qur'an in Late Antiquity, I broached the possibility of The Odyssey's influence on Hadith, tying in to an understanding of Kawthar
Balinese Kecak '13 "Kecak ... is a form of Balinese Hindu dance popularized in the 1930s. Since its creation, it has been performed primarily by men, with the first women's kecak group having started in 2006. The dance is based on the story of the Ramayana and is traditionally… http://dlvr.it/TTlcfw
So the affair with Calypso snd the lotus eating took place on .... Ibiza? http://dlvr.it/TTkTZj
NYT Met Buzurjmihr Masters the Hindu Game of Chess", Folio 639v from the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp Author: Abu'l Qasim Firdausi (Iranian, Paj ca. 940/41–1020 Tus) Artist: Painting attributed to 'Abd al-Vahhab (Iranian) Date: ca. 1530–35 Geography: Made in Iran,… http://dlvr.it/TTj9lt
"Aristotle teaching his Students," Iran-style, Illustration from Ferdowsi, Shahnameh, 1528/29, retouched 18th c., Walters Art Museum http://dlvr.it/TTfmNk
Ta-Nehisi Coates on charges of incivility as means to shut people up @uofmichigan 2025 http://dlvr.it/TTdsC3
"Elias and Khizr at the Fountain of Life', Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi Author Abu'l Qasim Firdausi Iranian. Painting late 15th century - NYC Met Alexander the Great figures prominently in Persian literature and histories, including in both the Shahnama… http://dlvr.it/TTbkMy
It is only a matter of time before they break him and he sings like a bird http://dlvr.it/TTZ9db #miami
Princely couple, Tabriz, Iran, c 1425, Qara Qoyunlu (Black Sheep) dynasty - large painting, likely study for a mural; NYC Met Object Number: 57.51.20 http://dlvr.it/TTNKTs
A president who refused to be a king - one of 18 Vaughn type replicas of Gilbert Stuart's portrait of George Washington, Askenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University http://dlvr.it/TTLLtR
Ottoman. Chester Beatty T 414 fol 111a Islamic Jirjus being burried by angels http://dlvr.it/TTHxv9
Lovers Embracing,” c. 1630, Mughal India. Cleveland Museum of Art. http://dlvr.it/TTFHM5
Wars and Revolutions in Modern Iran - U of Michigan History Fall 26 - 497.004 - link in Comments This exciting Discussion course covers modern Iran's history of wars and revolutions, right up to the present day. We look at demands for a constitution and a rule of law, at the… http://dlvr.it/TTBz2Z
HISTORY 497 004 FA 2026 University of Michigan https://websites.umi... Wars and Revolutions in Modern Iran This exciting Discussion course covers modern Iran's history of wars and revolutions, right up to the present day. We look at demands… http://dlvr.it/TTByBw
Miami Beach last December; not very much like Michigan http://dlvr.it/TTBkMb
Party Scene, Rebel Qara Qoyunlu Court of Pir Budaq at Shiraz c 1460 http://dlvr.it/TT64vG
US-Iran MOU is a mere Agreement to Keep Talking - search the Web for Juan Cole's Informed Comment to see the whole essay http://dlvr.it/TT3BvF
Diego Rivera, "Blue Boy with Banana," 1931 Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena http://dlvr.it/TSxZTT
“Alchemist at Work,” Persian Miniature, 18th Century Iran, Seattle Art Museum. http://dlvr.it/TSsc09
David Roberts, Tombs of the Mamluks," (Cairo), mid- nineteenth century, print, Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University http://dlvr.it/TSqcb5