Salaam bar hamegi, This is not specifically a Michigan event, but I expect it will be of interest to many in our community. This promises to be a fascinating conversation, and anyone can attend via Zoom! Read below for more information, and click here to register. This year, the Iranian Studies Program at the Yale…
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PSA Nowruz Show 2023
The Persian Student Association is pleased to announce their 23rd annual Nowruz Show, “Simorgh” (سیمرغ): Come and join us for an evening filled with Persian culture, dance, music, poetry, and much more. In conjunction with the Woman, Life, Freedom revolution in Iran, our show is in support of our fellow Iranians and will highlight Iranian…
Poets For Iran
The Bridge Community Cafe in Ypsilanti, Michigan will be hosting a special event this Saturday entitled Poets For Iran, featuring an open mic, artists, and vendors. Please see the flyers below for more information! Date: March 11, 2023Time: 7:00 pmLocation: 217 W Michigan Ave, Ypsilanti, MI 48197
Thursday Lecture on the Rubaiyat
سلام بر همگی — Greetings all, This is a quick repost of an upcoming lecture on Edward FitzGerald’s translation of the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. Hope you can make it! Reviving Old Desires: The Rubaiyat, the Victorian Underworld, and the Mass Market for the Orient Juan Cole (University of Michigan)Thursday, February 16, 20234:00-6:00 PM1014 Tisch…
Sa’di, Ghazal’s Prophet
We are pleased to announce that our own Shahla Farghadani will be speaking at the University of Chicago’s Persian Circle this Thursday, April 28, at 5pm CST. Please read below for details. سعدی، پیغمبر غزل: ژانری مقدس در ادبیات دوره صفوی و گورکانی (Saʿdi, ghazal’s prophet: Ghazal as a sacred genre in Safavid-Mughal poetics) A…
Great Lakes Adiban Workshop, Oct 9–10
We are pleased to announce that the Great Lakes Adiban Society Workshop will be hosted this year at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor! The workshop is free and open to all, and participants can attend either in person or via Zoom. Click here for the flyer (feel free to redistribute), and read on for the full schedule. If…
A Dialogue on Pre-Modern Persian Literature
We are pleased to announce the second in a series of dialogues between scholars in the U.S. and Iran, jointly organized by the University of Michigan (Middle East Studies) and the University of Chicago (Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations): A Dialogue on Pre-Modern Persian Literature featuring Maryam Hosseini (Al-Zahra University) Mohammad-Jafar Yahaghi (Ferdowsi University Mashhad)…
Amphibology/Ambiguity in Classical and Modern Persian Poetry
We are excited to invite you to our next Persian Roundtable, featuring a short talk by Morteza Fayazi with the title “Amphibology/Ambiguity in Classical and Modern Persian Poetry.” As usual, we will be serving tea and light refreshments, and students and Persian speakers of all levels are invited to come! Date: Friday, November 2 Time:…
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…