Abbas Milani Lecture from 'Islam, Iran, and the West' (Excerpt 1)

This is an excerpt from Dr. Abbas Milani's class lecture as a part of his "Islam, Iran, and the West" course (POLISCI 149S) during the 2024 spring quarter at Stanford University.

In this class, Dr. Milani explores the notions of Islam, Iran and the West beyond Eurocentric conceptions and examines Iran’s political and cultural encounters with Islam and the West throughout modernity.

This recording was made on March 10, 2024.

[davet]

19:22 It's too bad, too, because the birth of Islam and early caliphates would make an amazing HBO series, like Rome or Game of Thrones.

[geraldcera]

AFTER ALL YHESE YEARS YOU ARE STILL MY TEACHER THANK YOU!, PERHAPS NEXT YOU COULD BE MY TEACHER GERALD CERA

[kevinwellwrought]

The quality that stands out among Iranians more than anything else is Common Sense.

[hakeemluqman]

Pls drop more of abbas milani lectures

[kouroshafsharpanah-nkof]

...Okay all these things were true! but why Weat looks like these today and we East looking like this today ?