The Persian Roundtable is pleased to announce its next meeting at 4:00–5:00pm on Friday, October 19 (4000 STB), with a short presentation by Behnoush Rostami entitled “A Star in the Literary Heavens: The Life and Poetry of Parvin E’tesami.” As always, tea and light refreshments will be served, and Persian speakers and learners of all levels…
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Farzaneh Milani on Forugh Farrokhzad
We are extremely fortunate to have Dr. Farzaneh Milani (Dept. of Women Gender & Sexuality, University of Virginia) visiting us in Ann Arbor this Friday to give a talk on the celebrated poet Forugh Farrokhzad. Please note that her talk will be in Persian; a translation of her title, plus the date, time, and location,…
Great Lakes Adiban Workshop 2018
We are very excited to announce the program for the 2018 Great Lakes Adiban Workshop, an intercollegiate organization of which the University of Michigan is an important participant, scheduled to take place at the University of Chicago, October 5–6. The program is attached below, and you can visit https://greatlakesadiban.github.io/ for more information about the Adiban and their…
Inaugural Persian Roundtable, AY 2018–19
Salam bar hamegi, Welcome back to another year of Persian and Iranian studies! We’re so glad to see you again and to welcome our new students, farsi-zabanan, and iran-doostan to the community. Please join us this Friday, 4pm in STB 4000 for our opening session of the Persian Roundtable, where we can enjoy some tea…
Today: “Evolution” by Mehdi Saaedi
Mehdi Saaedi’s lecture: Evolution Friday, Sep 14th, 2018, 7-9 pm North Campus Research Complex 2800 Plymouth Rd, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109 This event is FREE and open to public The lecture is in FARSI Mehdi Saeedi is an award-winning artist and designer currently based in Philadelphia who was born in Tehran, Iran. His aesthetics…
CfP: Great Lakes Adiban Workshop, Chicago 2018
The Great Lakes Adiban Society (GLAS) invites submissions for its second annual workshop, scheduled to take place at the University of Chicago, October 6–7, 2018. We particularly welcome papers that are works in progress and would benefit from extensive discussion and feedback. The Society hopes to provide a regional forum for scholars of Islamicate adab,…
Special Roundtable Event: Ahmet Karamustafa
We are very excited to have Prof. Ahmet Karamustafa (History, University of Maryland) join us for a special session of the Persian Roundtable! Prof. Karamustafa is a specialist in medieval Islam, particularly Sufi thought and practice in Anatolia, and is the author of many books and articles on the topic. He is currently teaching an…
Conference of the Birds | Cameron Cross
For those of you interested in Persian mystical literature, the Islamic Books Reading Group will host an informal discussion next Wednesday about the famous Conference of the Birds (Manteq al-tayr) by the twelfth/thirteenth-century sufi poet Farid al-din ‘Attar, led by Cameron Cross (Near Eastern Studies). Participants are asked to read the book before attending, if…
Persian Roundtable and other events
Welcome back from Thanksgiving break! We have a packed Friday this week; see below for details: First, the Persian Roundtable is pleased to present Ameena Yovan, who will give us a visual tour and presentation about the holy sites of Iraq and Iran, which she visited this summer. This talk is in Persian and is…
PSW: Ali Karjoo-Ravary
The Persianate Studies Workshop cordially invites you next Monday, November 13, 2017, 5 pm – 7 pm for an exciting presentation by Ali Karjoo-Ravary. Refreshments will be served. Performing God’s Shadow: The Material Production of a 14th Century Anatolian Court Ali Karjoo-Ravary (Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Religious Studies, University of Pennsylvania) Monday, Nov. 13, 2017 | 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm | 1022 South Thayer Building Through an…