The Persianate Studies Workshop is pleased to announce the virtual Book Launch and discussion of Kathryn Babayan’s new book, The City as Anthology: Eroticism and Urbanity in Early Modern Isfahan (Stanford University Press, 2021). The book is available for purchase during the event for a publisher’s discount (20% off). The book launch with discussion from Çiğdem Kafescioğlu (Boğaziçi Universitesi)…
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PSW Workshop with Ali Altaf Mian | Surviving Desire: Reading Hafiz in Colonial India
The Persianate Studies Workshop at the University of Michigan is delighted to host a virtual writing workshop with Dr. Ali Altaf Mian, who will be presenting a paper titled: “Surviving Desire: Reading Hafiz in Colonial India“. The event will take place on Monday, April 19, 5:00 – 7:00 pm(EST). This journal article stems from Mian’s broader…
PSW Workshop with Alexandra Hoffmann | “Love, Madness, and Masculinities in Neẓāmi’s Layli o Majnun”
The Persianate Studies Workshop at the University of Michigan is pleased to host a virtual writing workshop with Alexandra Hoffmann, who will be presenting a paper titled: “Love, Madness, and Masculinities in Neẓāmi’s Layli o Majnun“. The event will take place on Monday, March 22, 5:00 – 7:00 pm(EST). This paper is an excerpt of…
PSW Workshop with Jane Mikkelson (University of Virginia)| Monday, February 22, 2021
The Persianate Studies Workshop at the University of Michigan is pleased to host a virtual writing workshop with Dr. Jane Mikkelson, who will be presenting a paper titled: “Mapping the Grounds of Verse: A Geopolitical Turn in Early Modern Persian Literary Criticism”. The event will take place on Zoom from 5:00-7 pm (EST) on Monday,…
PSW Workshop with Aria Fani (UW)| Monday, January 25, 2021
The Persianate Studies Workshop at the University of Michigan is delighted to host a virtual writing workshop with Dr. Aria Fani, who will be presenting a paper titled: “Disciplinizing Persian Literature: The Case of Twentieth-century Afghanistan“. The event will take place on Zoom from 5:30-7 pm (EST) on Monday, January 25, 2021. This paper…
PSW Workshop with Golriz Farshi | Monday, December 14, 2020
Please join us on Monday, December 14, for a workshop with Golriz Farshi, titled “Charity and Conversion: the Endowed Charitable Complex of Rabʿ-i Rashīdī.” Farshi will be workshopping a chapter from her dissertation, and would like to hear your feedback! The workshop will take place on Zoom from 5:00-7:00 PM(EST). Farshi’s Project reconstructs the lost physical…
PSW Workshop with Dr. Domenico Ingenito(UCLA) | Monday, November 16, 2020
The Persianate Studies Workshop at the University of Michigan is delighted to host a virtual writing workshop with Dr. Domenico Ingenito, who will be presenting a paper titled: “Enacting and Embodying Medieval Sufi Poetry: Performance, Performativity, and Sacred Eroticism“. The event will take place on Zoom from 5-7 pm (EST) on Monday, November 16, 2020. …
Persian Roundtable with Dr. Mahmoodreza Esfandiar | Thursday, October 22, 20202
Salaam bar hamegi, We are delighted to announce our first virtual Persian roundtable of this academic year. Please join us on Thursday, October 22, at 5-7 pm for a presentation by Dr. Mahmoodreza Esfandiar. His talk titled “Descriptions and Images of Love in Mawlavi’s work.” ِDr. Esfandiar is an associate professor of Comparative Religions and…
PSW Workshop with Dr. Sam Lasman (University of Chicago) | Monday, October 19, 2020
The Persianate Studies Workshop at the University of Michigan is pleased to host a virtual writing workshop with Dr. Sam Lasman who will be presenting a paper titled: “Hostile Others: What Did It Mean to Battle the Draconic in the Medieval Iranian World?”. The event will take place on Zoom from 5-7 pm (EST) on…
PSW Workshop with Dr. Alexander Jabbari (University of Oklahoma) | Monday 21, September, 2020
The Persianate Studies Workshop is pleased to welcome Dr. Alexander Jabbari, who will be workshopping a paper titled “Modernizing Persian Literature’s Homoerotic Heritage” on Monday, September 21, 5-7 PM on Zoom. This paper is a chapter from Jabbari’s book project on the emergence of modern literary history in Persian and Urdu. The chapter analyzes how the…