Dr. Mohammad Estelami

Dr. Mohammad Estelami is the author and editor of over twenty volumes of books, literary texts, and references in the field of Persian Sufi literature. Having received his Ph.D. in Persian literature from University of Tehran, he pursued a long and fruitful teaching career in various institutions of higher education in Iran and later became professor of Persian Language and Literature in McGill University in Montreal where he is an emeritus professor. He has also been a visiting professor and scholar in many Universities such as University of California at Berkeley, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, University of Pennsylvania, and Princeton. Prof. Estelami has been an invited speaker in many international conferences on Rumi, and his publications in Persian include seven volumes of Rumi’s Masnavi, Dars-e Hafiz (Understanding Hafiz), A Review/Survey of Modern Persian Literature (Barrasi-e Adabiayt-e Emurz-e Iran), Attar’s “Tazkerat-ul-Aulia” and many textbooks. Professor Estelami will be delivering a talk in Persian on the concept of “Eternity” in Persian literature.