Selected Publications by Robyn
C. Friend
Books
Dr. Friend started writing children's books in 2005; these
are published through Cascade Pass.
These include:
Magazine articles, academic
articles, and other short items
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Enveloping Ambipositions in Suleimaniye
Kurdish, South Asian Languages Analysis Roundtable Conference, May
1985.
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Ergativity in Suleimaniye Kurdish,
Middle Eastern Studies Association Annual Conference, November 1985.
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Performer - Audience Relationships in the
Bazm, Middle Eastern Studies Association Annual Conference, November
1986 (with Morteza Varzi, Margaret Caton, and Neil Siegel).
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Contemporary Contexts for Iranian Professional
Musical Performance, Middle Eastern Studies Association Annual Conference,
November 1986 (with Neil Siegel).
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Contexts for Iranian Professional
Musical Performance, Los Angeles CityRoots Festival, May 1987 (with
Neil Siegel and Morteza Varzi).
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Ballooning on Mars: A Description of the TITAN Mars Balloon
Model and a Discussion of Initial Results, July 1987 (with Thomas Heinsheimer).
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Mars Balloon System Study, Space Future Forum (in celebration
of the 30th anniversary of the launch of Sputnik), Moscow, USSR, October
1987 (with Jacques Blamont, James Burke, Louis Friedman, Thomas Heinsheimer,
Harold Masursky, Bruce Murray, et al.)
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Exploration of Mars by Balloon: Two Leading Concepts, COSPAR
Conference, Espoo, Finland (with Jacques Blamont, Thomas Heinsheimer, Vladimir
Linkin, Bruce Murray, et al.) (July 1988).
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Bound Clitic Objects of Independent
Adpositions in Suleimaniye Kurdish. Middle East Studies Association
Annual Conference (November 1988).
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Concepts for Autonomous Flight Control
for a Balloon on Mars (with Thomas Heinsheimer and Neil Siegel), NASA
conference, Huntsville, Alabama (November 1988).
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Presenting Ethnic Dance on the Stage, 1992 UCLA Dance
Ethnology Forum.
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Chub-bazi, an entry in The Encyclopedia
of Iran (1993).
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Dance in Iran, an entry in The
Encyclopedia of Iran (1993).
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Iranian Music Culture in Los Angeles (with Neil G. Siegel),
World Music Institute, New York (to appear).
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The Exquisite Art of Persian Classical
Dance, First published in "Habibi, A Journal for Lovers of Middle Eastern
Dance and Arts", volume 15, number 2, Spring 1996, pages 6-8.
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Jamile -- The Goddess of Persian Dance,
First published in "Habibi, A Journal for Lovers of Middle Eastern Dance
and Arts", volume 16, number 1, Winter 1997.
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Status and Preservation of Iranian
Dance: Cultural Factors Influencing the Iranian Attitude Concerning
Dance. Paper presented at the 1st International Conference on
Middle Eastern Dance, 16-18 May 1997, Orange Coast College, California.
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Review of the book Crowning Anguish,
an autobiographical memoir by a 19th-century Persian princess.First
published in "Habibi, A Journal for Lovers of Middle Eastern Dance and
Arts", volume 16, number 3, 1997, page 37.
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Presenting Ethnic Dance on the Stage.
Material first presented at a 1992 UCLA Dance Ethnology Conference.
The version was first published in "Habibi, A Journal for Lovers of Middle
Eastern Dance and Arts", volume 17, number 3, 1999, pages 10-13.
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Book review: "Irangeles",
"An Introduction to Iranian Culture". First published in "Habibi,
A Journal for Lovers of Middle Eastern Dance and Arts", volume 15, number
3, 1996.
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Concert review: "The
Gold of Xian". First published in "Habibi, A Journal for Lovers
of Middle Eastern Dance and Arts", volume 18, number 3, 2001.
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"Spirituality
in Iranian Music and Dance: Conversations with Morteza Varzi".
First published in "Habibi, A Journal for Lovers of Middle Eastern Dance
and Arts", volume 18, number 2, 2001.
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"Introduction
to Dance in Iran, part I". Published on Bhuz.com, July 2001.
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"Introduction
to Dance in Iran, part II". Published on Bhuz.com, July 2001.
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Book review: "New
Food of Life: Ancient Persian and Modern Iranian Cooking and Ceremonies".
First published in "Habibi, A Journal for Lovers of Middle Eastern Dance
and Arts", volume 18, number 2, 2001.
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Book review: "Suri
and Co.: Tales of a Persian Teenage Girl". First published in
"Habibi, A Journal for Lovers of Middle Eastern Dance and Arts", volume
18, number 2, 2001.
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Concert review: International
Music Academy. First published in "Habibi, A Journal for Lovers
of Middle Eastern Dance and Arts", 1996.
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Concert review: "Khedi
at Orange Coast College". First published in "Habibi, A Journal
for Lovers of Middle Eastern Dance and Arts", volume 17, number 3.
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Viloyat
Akilova: An Uzbek Dance Legend, an Uzbek Dance Heritage.
First published in "Habibi, A Journal for Lovers of Middle Eastern Dance
and Arts", volume 19, number 3 (part I), and volume 19 number 4 (part II).
Click
here to download (PDF format) the booklet "Cultural Parameters of Iranian
Musical Expression", edited by Margaret Caton and Neil Siegel, published
by the Institute of Persian Performing Arts. Robyn contributed to
two of the five articles.
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