The sessions are all in Persian Persian Literature Reading Club’s new panel discussion series in the year 2023-2024 will focus on: History and its Representation in Literature Introduction and Significance of the Topic: Mohammad Ali Jamālzādeh, in the preface of his collection of stories “Once Upon a Time”, has regarded innovative approaches in literature, especially […]
The Alireza Ahmadian Lecture in Iranian and Persianate Studies presents: The Making of Persianate Modernity: Language and Literary History between Iran and India on September 28, 2024. For a millennium, Persian was a preeminent language of learning far beyond Iran, stretching from the Balkans to China. In this talk on his recent book, Alexander Jabbari […]
The sessions are all in Persian Persian Literature Reading Club’s new panel discussion series in the year 2024-2025 will focus on: The Literature of Awakening Initiated by: Dr. Farzan Sojoodi Dr. Hessam Dehghani Location: Seminar Room, Department of Asian Studies Throughout history, the political role of poetics (and artistic creation in general) has been a […]
The event recording is now available: The Alireza Ahmadian Lecture in Iranian and Persianate Studies presents: What Did the People of Iran Laugh About for 50 Years?: The Social, Cultural, and Political Role of Towfigh Satirical Paper on October 19, 2024. Abstract In this talk, Dr. Abbas Towfigh will explore the social, cultural, and political […]
The sessions are all in Persian Persian Literature Reading Club’s new panel discussion series in the year 2024-2025 will focus on: The Literature of Awakening Initiated by: Dr. Farzan Sojoodi Dr. Hessam Dehghani Location: Seminar Room, Department of Asian Studies Throughout history, the political role of poetics (and artistic creation in general) has been a […]
The sessions are all in Persian Persian Literature Reading Club’s new panel discussion series in the year 2024-2025 will focus on: The Literature of Awakening Initiated by: Dr. Farzan Sojoodi Dr. Hessam Dehghani Location: Seminar Room, Department of Asian Studies Throughout history, the political role of poetics (and artistic creation in general) has been a […]
The event recording is now available: The Alireza Ahmadian Lecture in Iranian and Persianate Studies presents: Rumi’s Misogyny and Racism and the Limits of Mystical Knowledge on January 18, 2025. In this talk, Mahdi Tourage will discuss what we should do with the ample evidence of misogyny, racism, and male-supremacy in the poetry of a […]
The sessions are all in Persian Persian Literature Reading Club’s new panel discussion series in the year 2024-2025 will focus on: The Literature of Awakening Initiated by: Dr. Farzan Sojoodi Dr. Hessam Dehghani Location: Seminar Room, Department of Asian Studies Throughout history, the political role of poetics (and artistic creation in general) has been a […]
Screening of acclaimed films Hair (2022) & A Move (2024) followed by a Q&A with directors Samaneh Yadollahi & Elahe Esmaili, & producer Hossein Behboudi Rad, moderated by poet, critic & researcher Leila Sadeghi. This talk is free. Registration is required by January 25, 11:59pm. Questions? Email the student organisers at framingasia@gmail.com Date & Time: […]
The Alireza Ahmadian Lecture in Iranian and Persianate Studies presents: Remembering an Erased Past in Iran: The Color Black on February 1, 2025. In this talk, Beeta Baghoolizadeh will discuss her first book, The Color Black: Enslavement and Erasure in Iran, where she examines constructions of race, particularly Blackness, through enslavement and abolition in the 19th and 20th centuries. […]