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From Rhubarb to Rubies: European Travels to Safavid Iran (1550–1700), European and Iranian Perspectives Start: 9:00 am End: 5:00 pm Travelling To and In Safavid Iran (1550-1700): European and Iranian Perspectives New Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Water and Society in World Perspective Start: 9:00 am End: 8:00 pm Water sustainability has become an urgent concern in the world today, arguably nowhere more so than in the Middle East but inother parts of the world as well. The goal of the conference is to bring together an inter-disciplinary group of scholars, at all stages of their careers, who are doing water-related research in these regionsand from historical as well as contemporary perspectives.