Translating and Teaching Premodern Persian Literature Session 1 Welcome, opening remarks, 2:00-2:15 2:30-4:00 Chair: Olga Davidson, Boston University Intent and Ambiguity in Rudaki's Poetry: The Problems of Overtranslating-Sassan Tabatabai, Boston University Enigma of the Rudaki-var Style: The Russian Solution-Firuza Abdullaeva, University of Cambridge Neither Read nor Translated: Early Modern Persian Literature by Women-Sunil Sharma, Boston University 4:00-5:00 Q&A