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Dr. Shirin Saeidi: Reflecting on an Idealized Past, Memory and Women’s Rights Struggles in Post-Revolutionary Iran
Dr. Shirin Saeidi, Assistant ProfessorDepartment of Political Science University of Arkansas Dr. Shirin Saeidi has published numerous articles and book chapters that have appeared in Gender History, ...
Ehsan Yarshater: A Homage
Mention Kodoom when calling for FREE registration. Please join the Pourdavoud Center in celebrating the life and scholarly contributions of Professor Eshan Yarshater (1920-2018), the Hagop Kevorkian ...
Ctesiphon: An Ancient Royal Capital in Context, Talks and FREE Film Screening
Located on the eastern bank of the Tigris River near present-day Baghdad, Iraq, the city of Ctesiphon served as a royal capital of the Persian Empire in the Parthian and Sasanian eras for over eight...
The Idea of Iran: Renewal in the Age of Post-Mongol Prestige
The twelth programme in The Idea of Iran annual series. The Mongol invasions of the first half of the thirteenth century set in motion profound transformations in the historical trajectory of Islam...
"Persia, Iran and the Jews"
Dear all, The Jewish community of Persia, modern-day Iran, is one of the oldest in the Diaspora. They have a history that begins over 2,400 years ago since the 6th century B.C.E, which is the time of...
Dr. Shahpour Bakhtiar Memorial
lectures by Ali Shakeri Zand, Naser kakhsaz, masoud Noghreh Kar...
Veils and Words: Iranian Women Poets of the 20th Century
In conjunction with the Poetic Voices of the Muslim World project, professor of Persian literature, Dr. Farzaneh Milani, explores the work of three great Iranian women poets of the 20th Century -- cla...
The Opposition and the 2013 Iranian Presidential Election
A Talk by Iraj Mesdaghi Iraj Mesdaghi began his political life in the United States with the Confederation of Iranian Students and returned to Iran during the 1979 anti-monarchist revolution. In 198...
Lecture by Nazila Khalkhali
Topic: AYĀDGĀR Ī ZARĒRĀN, The only surviving ancient Iranian epic poetry How do we know our Pre-Islamic Literature? A large part of Shâh Nâme is inspired by the Old and Middle Persian soّurces. Among...
