Imaginative minds, Shackled Feet with Belgheis Soleimani

19 June 2021 10:00 am

Categories: Featured Persian

Join our next dive into different manifestations of femininity in Persian literature

Afghans in the Persianate Age

24 July 2021 4:00 pm

Venue: Online Event
Categories: Featured Events, Featured Persian
Tags: Alireza Ahmadian Lectures in Iranian and Persianate Studies

Presenter: Dr. Naveena Navqi (Assistant Professor, Persianate Islamic Cultures of South Asia, UBC Asian Studies).

In Search of Identity: Story-Reading with Mitra Eliati

03 August 2021 7:00 pm

Categories: Featured Events, Featured Persian

The Persian Language and Iranian Studies Initiative at UBC and the UBC Persian Literature Reading Club are hosting another prominent figure in modern Persian literature, Mitra Eliati on August 3, 2021.

Literature and the Feminine Perspective: Story-Reading with Mehrnoosh Mazarei

25 August 2021 7:00 pm

Categories: Featured Persian
Tags: Persian Literature Workshop

The Persian Language and Iranian Studies Initiative at UBC and the UBC Persian Literature Reading Club, and the UBC Persian Club are hosting their next Literature Reading Workshop with another Persian Women Writer, Mehrnoosh Mazarei.

Virtual Book Talk with Elaheh Kheirandish: Baghdad and Isfahan: A Dialogue of Two Cities in an Age of Science CA. 750-1750

08 September 2021 11:00 am

Categories: Featured Persian

Moderated by Dr. Hessam Dehghani, this book talk features author Dr. Elaheh Kheirandish in discussion of her book Baghdad and Isfahan: A Dialogue of Two Cities in an Age of Science CA. 750-1750 alongside two panelists Prof. Charles Melville and Dr. Anne Ashley Davenport.

Production and Circulation of Post-revolutionary Iranian Literature

25 September 2021 4:00 pm

Venue: Online Event
Categories: Featured Persian
Tags: Alireza Ahmadian Lectures in Iranian and Persianate Studies

You are invited to the Alireza Ahmadian Lecture in Iranian and Persianate Studies: Production and Circulation of Post-revolutionary Iranian Literature on September 25, 2021.

Migration and Language: Story-Reading with Fariba Sedighim

29 September 2021 6:30 pm

Categories: Featured Persian

The Persian Language and Iranian Studies Initiative at UBC and the UBC Persian Literature Reading Club, and the UBC Persian Club are hosting a series of events analyzing the literature of migration and exile in Modern Persian Literature. The first workshop features author, Fariba Sedighim, who will speak about “language and migration” by way […]

Reflections on the Story of Ali in Sunni Islam

02 October 2021 4:00 pm

Venue: Online Event
Categories: Featured Events, Featured Persian
Tags: Alireza Ahmadian Lectures in Iranian and Persianate Studies

You are invited to the Alireza Ahmadian Lecture in Iranian and Persianate Studies: Reflections on the Story of Ali in Sunni Islam on October 2, 2021.

Virtual Book Talk with Shahla Haeri: The Unforgettable Queens of Islam: Succession, Authority, Gender

06 October 2021 5:00 pm

Categories: Featured Persian

The Persian Language and Iranian Studies Initiative at UBC is hosting a virtual book talk featuring author Dr. Shahla Haeri in discussion of her book The Unforgettable Queens of Islam: Succession, Authority, Gender. Moderated by Dr. Hessam Dehghani (University of British Columbia), the session will include a discussion of Dr. Haeri’s book, followed by a Q&A […]

Social Media, Music, and Poetic Worldmaking in Iranian Publics

16 October 2021 4:00 pm

Venue: Online Event
Categories: Featured Persian
Tags: Alireza Ahmadian Lectures in Iranian and Persianate Studies

You are invited to the Alireza Ahmadian Lecture in Iranian and Persianate Studies: Social Media, Music, and Poetic Worldmaking in Iranian Publics on October 16, 2021.