"Who is Nietzsche's Zarathustra?" A talk by Dr. Arya Moknat (UC Irvine)

Department: Center for Persian Studies and Culture

Date and Time: April 4, 2019 | 6:00 PM-8:00 PM

Event Location: Humanities Gateway (HG) 1010

Event Details


"Who is Nietzsche's Zarathustra?"
A talk by Dr. Arya Moknat (UC Irvine)
Thursday, April 4, 2019, 6-8 pm
UC Irvine - Humanities Gateway (HG) 1010

This talk is in PERSIAN.


Please join us on Thursday, April 4, 2019, 6-8 pm in UC Irvine's Humanities Gateway (HG) 1010 for a talk titled "Who is Nietzsche's Zarathustra?" by Dr. Arya Moknat (UC Irvine).

Dr. Arya Moknat is the Jordan Center for Persian Studies' new Scholar-in-Residence for the 2018-2019 academic year. Moknat holds a Ph.D. in political science and philosophy from Claremont Graduate University. He specializes in political philosophy and has written his dissertation on the political thought of Friedrich Nietzsche and David Hume. He is currently researching the philosophical interaction between ancient Greece and Persia and will be giving lectures on the Zoroastrian themes in ancient Greek philosophy, as well as lecturing on Iranian political thought.

This event is free and open to the public. No registration is required.

This event is presented by UC Irvine's Jordan Center for Persian Studies and Culture.