{"id":3924,"date":"2025-05-19T22:27:02","date_gmt":"2025-05-19T22:27:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ancientirannews.com\/en\/?p=3924"},"modified":"2025-05-19T22:30:40","modified_gmt":"2025-05-19T22:30:40","slug":"conference-from-cypress-to-platanus-trees-in-persian-arts-literature-and-cultural-memory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ancientirannews.com\/en\/conference-from-cypress-to-platanus-trees-in-persian-arts-literature-and-cultural-memory\/","title":{"rendered":"Conference: From Cypress to Platanus: Trees in Persian Arts, Literature, and Cultural Memory"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"3924\" class=\"elementor elementor-3924\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4dd1c1c e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"4dd1c1c\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-76a9b88 ahura-dark-mode-filter-texts-no elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"76a9b88\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>On June 17, 2025, from 9:15 AM to 7:00 PM, the University of Geneva\u2019s Department of Art History will host a series of lectures organized under the auspices of the Mossadegh Foundation. The event is co-organized by Dr. Shervin Farridnejad of the University of Hamburg and Dr. Negar Habibi of the University of Geneva.<\/p><p>The conference will explore the symbolic and visual significance of the cypress tree in Iranian culture, focusing on its representation in artworks from the Achaemenid period to contemporary times. In Zoroastrian tradition, the cypress tree served as a symbol of divine kingship.<\/p><p>Among the featured speakers are Richard McClary, Moya Carey, Elika Palenzona-Djalili, Shiva Mihan, Mahroo Moosavi, Sepideh Parsapajouh, and Domenico Ingenito.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"sws_supernormalaction\"><button on=\"tap:superwebshare-lightbox\" class=\"superwebshare_normal_button1 superwebshare-button-lg superwebshare-button-default superwebshare_prompt superwebshare_button_svg\" style=\"color:#ffffff;background-color: #BD3854;\" ><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"superwebshare-svg\"  fill=\"currentColor\" viewBox=\"0 0 1000 1000\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"0\"><path stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" d=\"M789.86,323.67c91.79,0,164.25-72.46,164.25-164.25S881.64,0,789.86,0S625.6,72.46,625.6,164.25c0,4.83,0,14.49,0,24.15L306.76,371.98c-24.15-24.15-57.97-33.82-96.62-33.82c-91.79,0-164.25,72.46-164.25,164.25s72.46,164.25,164.25,164.25c38.65,0,72.46-14.49,96.62-33.82L625.6,821.26c0,9.66,0,14.49,0,19.32c0,86.96,72.46,159.42,159.42,159.42s159.42-72.46,159.42-159.42s-67.63-159.42-154.59-159.42c-33.82,0-67.63,9.66-96.62,33.82L374.4,526.57c0-9.66,0-19.32,0-24.15s0-14.49,0-24.15l318.84-188.41C717.39,314.01,751.21,323.67,789.86,323.67z\" \/><\/svg><span>Share<\/span><\/button><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On June 17, 2025, from 9:15 AM to 7:00 PM, the University of Geneva\u2019s Department of Art History will host a series of lectures organized under the auspices of the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":3925,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[],"content_types":[],"class_list":["post-3924","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ancientirannews.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3924","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ancientirannews.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ancientirannews.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ancientirannews.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ancientirannews.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3924"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/ancientirannews.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3924\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3955,"href":"https:\/\/ancientirannews.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3924\/revisions\/3955"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ancientirannews.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3925"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ancientirannews.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3924"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ancientirannews.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3924"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ancientirannews.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3924"},{"taxonomy":"content_types","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ancientirannews.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content_types?post=3924"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}