Johan G.J. Ter Haar
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Johan G.j Ter Haar | |
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| Occupation | Professor And Author |
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| Alma mater | Persian language and literature and the cultural history of Iran |
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| Institutions | Leiden University |
Johan G.J Ter Haar is a chair of Persian language and literature and the cultural history of Iran at Leiden University. His special fields of interests is Shia and Sufi in Islam.[1] On 15 May 1998, Dr J.G.J. Ter Haar (1941) delivered his inaugural speech as Professor of Persian Language and Literature and the Cultural History of Iran. The speech was entitled: In De Stilte Van De Sharia, Een debat over de islam in het moderne Iran (In the Silence of the Sharia; a debate on Islam in Modern Iran). [2]
Works[edit | edit source]
- "Ta`ziyeh: ritual theatre from Shi`ite Iran", Theatre Intercontinental: Form, Functions, Correspondences, Edited by C. C. Barfoot and Cobi Ordewijk, Amsterdom, Rodopi, 1993, 155-174 p.