Kamran Djam Annual Lecture 2016, Part 1, SOAS University of London

This is the first of two lectures that made up the Kamran Djam Annual Lecture 2016 which was held at the London Middle East Institute’s Centre for Iranian Studies at SOAS University of London. The lecture titled ““Bûy-e jû-ye Mûliân“: some considerations on exile, desire and poetry from Rudakî to Jâmî“ was given by Leili Anvar (Institut des Langues et des Civilsations Orientales, Paris) on 3 February 2016. I want a bosom torn by severance that I may unfold the pain of love-d