{"id":3418,"date":"2019-04-30T14:41:38","date_gmt":"2019-04-30T18:41:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/islamicstudieslibrary\/?p=3418"},"modified":"2019-04-30T15:02:51","modified_gmt":"2019-04-30T19:02:51","slug":"persian-culture-workshops-at-the-redpath-museum-may-june-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/islamicstudieslibrary\/persian-culture-workshops-at-the-redpath-museum-may-june-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Persian Culture Workshops at the Redpath Museum in May & June 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

Located on the McGill campus, the Redpath Museum<\/a> is an academic unit of the University. “Its mandate is to foster understanding and appreciation of the diversity of our biological, geological, and cultural heritage through scientific research, collections-based study, and education.”<\/p>\n

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As part of its Spring programming, the Redpath Museum will be hosting two series of\u00a0 Persian Culture Workshops in English designed respectively for children ages 7-9 and ages 10-12. The workshops, offered by Dr. Farshid Sadatsharifi<\/em>, visiting scholar at the McGill Institute of Islamic Studies<\/a>, and Mrs.\u00a0Ghazaleh Ghanavizchian<\/em>, Senior Library Clerk at the Islamic Studies Library<\/a> of McGill University will explore “the historical events, the colorful medieval paintings and the beautiful collection of poems kept within the pages of the Persian Epic of Kings<\/em>.”<\/p>\n

The full programming is as follow:<\/p>\n