The Cambridge Shahnama Centre for Persian Studies

Emilio learnt a great deal about Classical Persian literature and history during his time at the Pembroke Centre for Persian Studies, which helped him widen his knowledge, not only of the history of Iran but the Middle East as well as develop a better understanding of his mother’s heritage and her upbringing in Iran. Towards the end of his internship Emilio wrote an essay on the women in Ferdawsi’s Shahnama, concentrating on the story of Sudaba and Siyavush and using the Shahnama Project website to illustrate his narrativeEmilio Risoli is currently a sixth form student at Haberdashers’ Aske’s Boys’ School in Hertfordshire. In the near future he intends to apply to Cambridge to read history

During the summer of 2015 he helped out with the Shahnama project as an intern, especially concentrating on the presence of Shahnama in various media outlets, reading and preparing materials for the Centre’s website.  

Emilio learnt a great deal about Classical Persian literature and history during his time at the Pembroke Centre for Persian Studies, which helped him widen his knowledge, not only of the history of Iran but the Middle East as well as develop a better understanding of his mother’s heritage and her upbringing in Iran. Towards the end of his internship Emilio wrote an essay on the women in Ferdawsi’s Shahnama, concentrating on the story of Sudaba and Siyavush and using the Shahnama Project website to illustrate his narrative