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May 01, 2005
Late Antiquity
Yesterday, there was the UCLA Late Antiquity conference. I presented a paper on "Sexual Communism: A New Look at the Rebellion of Mazdak". Everyone who was there said that it went well and at least since I do not just hang my head down and read my paper, but rather look up and present the paper, it was not boring!
I think my arguments were convincing enough, at least I convinced the people at the conference!
It was a nice environment, and I am sure I am going to send proposals for the next year's conference as well. We were also very well treated with lunch and also a great dinner in a restaurant. Thanks to the Regents of the University of California!
Then, to top it all off, I went with a bunch of my friends to this funny movie called "Kung Fu Hustle", I recommend seeing it, it is a nice spoof of Hong Kong movies.
Posted by Khodadad at May 1, 2005 11:17 AM
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Congratulations on the positive reception of your paper! I was a big fan of the TV series "Kung Fu", and I have seen a few Bruce Lee movies. The spoof sounds like fun. Did they have David Carridine or Karem Abdul Jabbar doing any cameos? :)
Posted by: David at May 1, 2005 08:22 PM
I am very interested in the life of Mazdak and have read about his brand of socialism extending to wife sharing, etc. Will you be posting your presentation on your website? I would be very interested to read it. Thanks.
Posted by: Bahram at May 2, 2005 10:14 PM
Thanks for the interest. I am planning to prepare the article for publication, hopefully. I will try to put a short version (probably without much references and actual primary language texts) online for you to read.
Posted by: khodadad at May 3, 2005 03:51 PM