Welcome back to class, and to another semester of Persian conversation and camaraderie! Please mark the following dates in your calendar for the Persian Roundtable: January 18 February 1 March 1 March 15 March 29 (Backpacking Event) April 12 All meetings will take place in STB 4000 from 4–5 pm. The one exception to this…
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The Persian and Iranian Studies Backpacking Event, Fall 2018
Come meet our faculty in Persian and Iranian Studies, who will provide an overview of our courses scheduled for next semester and answer your questions about the program. All students, staff, and faculty interested in Iranian studies and Persian language and literature are welcome and encouraged to attend. Tea and Persian food will be served!…
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,…
PSW: Yoni Brack
PSW is pleased to kick off the year with a workshop featuring Yoni Brack (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem), entitled Rashid al-Din, William of Rubruck, and the Mongol Court Debate: Or Why Muslims Succeeded to Convert the Mongols and the Christians Failed? The workshop will take place on Monday, September 24, 5:00-7:00 PM in Osterman Common Room, 1022…
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,…
PSW: Derek Mancini-Lander
PSW is pleased to welcome Derek Mancini-Lander (PhD, University of Michigan, 2012) on April 9, from 5-7 PM in 2022 South Thayer Building. Mancini-Lander will be presenting his paper, titled “Water, Weirs, and Itchy Welts: commemorating Shushtar in transregional contexts, 1678-1830,” which contributes to the study of transregional Persianate communities by examining a corpus of biographical and historical works centered on the…
PSW: Mana Kia
PSW is pleased to welcome Mana Kia (Columbia U), who will be workshopping a paper titled “Historicizing Origins between Iran and India” on Monday, February 19, 5:00-7:00 PM in room 1185 North Quad. Kia’s paper is part of a longer chapter on the meaning of origins in her forthcoming book on transregional Persianate sensibilities of belonging before nationalism. Origins…
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…
PSW: Cameron Cross
Please join us on Monday, January 15 for a workshop with our very own Cameron Cross, titled “The King in Chains: Paradoxes of Power in the Royal Body.” For those interested in receiving a copy of Cameron’s chapter in advance, please email Marian Smith (marianes@umich.edu). We will be gathering in room 2022 South Thayer Building, from 5:00-7:00…