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Connecting Past, Present and Future: Ainu Documentary, Language and Culture

This multilingual event will invite a group of four speakers to share their experiences and activities of Ainu language and culture revitalization. The panel consists of Naomi MIZOGUCHI, Film Director of Ainu | ひと (2019) (“Ainu – Indigenous People of Japan”), who will talk about why and how she made this documentary, including her friendship […]

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 […]

The Relationship between Chen Yingning’s Immortal Theory and Monk Taixu’s Influence

Daoist master Chen Yingning initially promoted his immortal theory in 1940s Shanghai, but he later abandoned it. His view towards Buddhism had shifted from the three teachings (Confucianism, Buddhism and Daoism) to separating immortal theories from Buddhism, and eventually realigning with Buddhism, influenced in part by Buddhist monk Taixu. Date: November 27, 2023, 7–9 pm […]

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 […]