The Chair of Iranian Studies at the YSU Faculty of Oriental Studies hosted an open lecture by Dr. Saeed Talajooy, senior lecturer in Persian and Persian Studies at the University of St Andrews.
Talajooy delivered a lecture titled "The Ideals of Javānmardi in Modern Iran: Origins, Forms and Functions."
During the lecture, Talajooy examined in detail the development and historical manifestations of the traditional concept of javānmardi (chivalry, dignity and nobility among ordinary people) within the Iranian sociocultural context. He detailed the role, influence and principal functions of this ideology in the sociocultural life of modern Iran.
