Dr. Leili Anvar is Professor in Persian Language and Literature at the Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales (INALCO), Paris, where she is also the Head of the Iranian Languages Department. She holds a chronicle dedicated to literature and spirituality in the magazine Le monde des religions and co-hosts a weekly radio program on spiritual issues (France Culture). Dr. Anvar attended the Ecole Normale Supérieure, and studied Persian and English literature and civilization at the University of Sorbonne Nouvelle (Paris), where she received her Ph.D. in Persian Literature with a thesis entitled ‘From Paradox to Unity: A Study of the Divan-e Shams’ (1998).Dr. Anvar’s publications include ‘Le genre hagiographique a travers le Tadhkirat al-awliya de Farid al-Din Attar’ in Saints Orientaux (1995); Noms de personnes en Islam, translation from English into French of A. Schimmel’s Islamic Names (1996); ‘Attar’, ‘Rumi’, ‘Vin’ in Le dictionnaire Critique de l’Esotérisme (1998); ‘L’amour de Majnun pour Leyli: folie ou sagesse?’ in Les fous d’amour dans les littératures mediévales orientale et occidentale (2005); Orient, Mille ans de Poésie et de Peinture (2004); Rûmi (2004), ‘Without us from us we’re safe: self and selflessness in the Dîwân of ‘Attâr’, ‘Attâr and the Persian Sufi Tradition: The Art of Spiritual Flight (2007) and Malek Jân Ne’mati (2007); Trésors dévoilés: une Anthologie de l’Islam Sipirituel (with Makram Abbès), 2009. Performance Infinite Echoes Key Note The Varieties of Transcendent Love Key Note Persons and their Brains Key Note Neuroscience, Reverence and Moral Sense Key Note Common Morality: Deciding What to Do Key Note The Neurobiology of Virtue: Evolution, Cognition and Human Flourishing Key Note Advances in Neuroscience Key Note From Prodigy to Virtuoso: Mozart and Ostad Elahi Key Note The More We Understand, The Less We Understand Key Note Universal Morality, Inclusivity, and the Brain Key Note The Neuroscience of Fair Play Key Note The Impact of Brain Function on the Concept of Criminality Speaker Leili Anvar DetailsFriday, September 11, 2009 EventsPrivate: Toward a Common Morality Performance Infinite Echoes Key Note The Varieties of Transcendent Love Key Note Persons and their Brains Key Note Neuroscience, Reverence and Moral Sense Key Note Common Morality: Deciding What to Do Key Note The Neurobiology of Virtue: Evolution, Cognition and Human Flourishing Key Note Advances in Neuroscience Key Note From Prodigy to Virtuoso: Mozart and Ostad Elahi Key Note The More We Understand, The Less We Understand Key Note Universal Morality, Inclusivity, and the Brain Key Note The Neuroscience of Fair Play Key Note The Impact of Brain Function on the Concept of Criminality MorePREVIOUS EVENTInfinite EchoesNEXT EVENTPersons and their Brains