PSW Workshop with Dr. Alexander Jabbari (University of Oklahoma) | Monday, March 23, 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, March 23, 5:30- 7:30 PM in 4000 South Thayer Building, 202 S. Thayer St., Ann Arbor. Jabbari’s paper is a chapter from his book project on the emergence of modern literary…

PSW Workshop with Dr. Waleed Ziad (UNC Chapel Hill) | Monday, February 10, 2020

  The Persianate Studies Workshop is pleased to welcome Dr. Waleed Ziad, who will be workshopping a paper titled “Bibi Sahiba, ‘the  Second Fatima’: Female Religious Leadership in 18th – 19th Century Afghanistan” on Monday, February 10, 5:30- 7:30 PM in 1022 South Thayer Building, 202 S. Thayer St., Ann Arbor. Ziad’s paper centers on the female scholar-saint Bibi Sahiba…

PSW Workshop with Dr. Cameron Cross (University of Michigan) | Monday, December 9, 2019

Please join us for a workshop featuring Dr. Cameron Cross, who will be workshopping a chapter from his book manuscript entitled “In Which Love Has Many a Tale” on Monday, December 9, 5:30-7:30 PM in 4000 South Thayer Building, 202 S.Thayer St. Ann Arbor. Cross’s paper is the prologue of his book project (title still to…

PSW Workshop with Dr. Prashant Keshavmurthy (McGill University) | Monday, November 4, 2019

The Persianate Studies Workshop is pleased to welcome Dr. Prashant Keshavmurthy, who will be workshopping a paper titled “The Brahman: Xenology in Amīr Khusrow’s Alexandrine Mirror” on Monday, November 4, 5:00- 7:00 PM in 1022 South Thayer Building, 202 S. Thayer St., Ann Arbor. Keshavmurthy’s paper is part of a section of two or three…