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…

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…