Event Tag Archives: Alireza Ahmadian Lecture in Iranian and Persianate Studies

Lament of the Ages: Memory, Voice, and Experience with the Dotāris of Torbat-e Jām

The event recording is now available: The Alireza Ahmadian Lecture in Iranian and Persianate Studies presents: Lament of the Ages: Memory, Voice, and Experience with the Dotāris of Torbat-e Jām on November 25, 2023. Poems are performed to music and understood as part of the spiritual practice of the Mojaddedi Naqshbandi Sufi order in Torbat-e […]

Exploring “Liku”: Baluchi Folk Poetry’s Brief Beauty

The event recording is now available: The Alireza Ahmadian Lecture in Iranian and Persianate Studies presents: Exploring “Liku”: Baluchi Folk Poetry’s Brief Beauty on December 9, 2023. This lecture will be presented in Persian.  Liku is an ancient, monorhyme poetic form consisting of a single verse, prevalent in Southeast Iran (Baluchistan and the southern areas […]

The Persianate Understanding of Japan: The Reach and Limits of Inter-Asian Exchange

The Alireza Ahmadian Lecture in Iranian and Persianate Studies presents: The Persianate Understanding of Japan: The Reach and Limits of Inter-Asian Exchange on January 25, 2024. *Please note that this lecture will not be recorded. Following the Japanese defeat of Russia in 1905, intellectuals from Iran, India, and Afghanistan looked to Japan as a model […]

Twelver Shiite Martyrologies in Turkic: The Politics of Translation and Ritual in Early Modern Iran

The event recording is now available: The Alireza Ahmadian Lecture in Iranian and Persianate Studies presents: Twelver Shiite Martyrologies in Turkic: The Politics of Translation and Ritual in Early Modern Iran on March 2, 2024. The talk will discuss the political, social, and ritual function of Turkic in early modern Iran through the genre of martyrology. […]