I, Kambiz Sharif: A Talk and Book-Signing

Documentary screening, followed by Q&A between the director and the artist; Terrence Turner: Canadian filmmaker; Parviz Tanavoli: Iranian-Canadian sculptor.

Loneliness and Struggle: Self-Narratives of Iranian Trans People’s Lives

13 September 2019 6:00 pm

Venue: C.K. Choi Building, Room 120
Tags: Alireza Ahmadian Lectures in Iranian and Persianate Studies

Presented in Persian by Mahsa Rad, Ph.D. Candidate in Psychology, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran; Visiting International Research Student at UBC.

Imagining Time in India: Persian Chroniclers and Their Interpreters

11 October 2019 5:00 pm

Venue: C.K. Choi Building, Room 120
Tags: Alireza Ahmadian Lectures in Iranian and Persianate Studies

Presented in English by Shahzad Bashir, Ph.D., Aga Khan Professor of Islamic Humanities Professor of Religious Studies, Brown University.

Iranian Art After Islam: With a Look at Some Renowned Calligraphers (in Persian)

25 October 2019 6:30 pm

Venue: C.K. Choi Building, Room 120
Tags: Alireza Ahmadian Lectures in Iranian and Persianate Studies

Presented in Persian by Farzan Kermani, Ph.D. in Design, IIT Bombay.

Political Economy of Oil Despotism: The Case of Post-Revolutionary Iran (in English)

08 November 2019 6:30 pm

Venue: C.K. Choi Building, Room 120
Tags: Alireza Ahmadian Lectures in Iranian and Persianate Studies

Presented in English by Morteza Asadi, Ph.D. and former Assistant Professor of Economy at Kharazmi University, Tehran.

Civilizational Contacts Between Ancient Iran and Europe During the Classical Era (in English)

29 November 2019 6:30 pm

Venue: C.K. Choi Building, Room 120
Tags: Alireza Ahmadian Lectures in Iranian and Persianate Studies

Presented in English by Kaveh Farrokh, Ph.D., Professor of History & Academic Advisor for Analytica Iranica, Methodolgica Governance University, Paris, France.

The Persian Influences on the Architecture of the Mugal Empire (in Persian)

31 January 2020 6:30 pm

Venue: C.K. Choi Building, Room 120
Categories: Featured Persian
Tags: Alireza Ahmadian Lectures in Iranian and Persianate Studies

Presented in English by Dr. Razieh Rahimi, Ph.D. in Architecture, Savitribai Phule Pune University, India