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Salam bar hamegi, Nowruz Mobarak, and welcome to the Spring Quarter!
This quarter the Persian Circle at the University of Chicago has a number of exciting lectures lined up. Please see the current schedule below and take note in your calendars!

– 5th April: Professor Farrokh Asadi (Rush University) presents a screening of Mohammad Reza Aslani’s poetic documentary, “Tehran, […]

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Ba salam,
This week at Persian Circle, the organisers of Persian Movie Nights at the University of Chicago will be screening Hamid Nematollah’s critically-acclaimed 2017 film, “Rag-e Khab” (‘Subdued’), starring Leila Hatami.

You can watch the trailer here.
Synopsis:
Mina is recently divorced from her drug addict husband. With her mother deceased and estranged from her father, she leads an […]

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Dear all,
Please join us at Persian Circle at the University of Chicago on Thursday 1st February at 5pm, for a talk in Persian entitled:
Racism in Iran: The Roots, the Excuses, and Present Manifestations
نژادپرستی در ایران
ریشه ها، بهانه ها، و جلوه های کنونی
Our speaker is Dr Saeed Yousef from the University of Chicago.
Address:
Thursday 1st February
5:00-6:30pm
Pick Hall […]

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Salam bar hamegi,
Please join us on Thursday 18th January at 5pm, for Persian Circle at the University of Chicago, where Farinaz Kavianifar will be giving a talk in Persian entitled:
“The Tradition and Music of the Yarsan”
“سنت و موسيقى يارستان”

Thursday 18th January
5:00-6:30pm
Pick Hall 218
5828 S. University Ave
Chicago, IL 60637
Farinaz Kavianifar is a second-year M.A. student at […]

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Dear all,
Happy New Year, and welcome back!
Please join us the first Persian Circle of the quarter, this Thursday 11th January, when we will be fortunate to host Sayeh Eghtesadinia once more. She will give a Persian-language talk entitled:
“War Poetry in Iran”
شعر جنگ در ایران

Thursday 11th January
5:00-6:30pm
Pick Hall 218
5828 S. University Ave
Chicago, IL 60540
Sayeh Eghtesadinia, literary […]

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Dear all,

 

Please join us for the final, and extra special meeting of Persian Circle at the University of Chicago this quarter, on Thursday 30th November, when we will be delighted to host Ahmad Karimi-Hakkak, Professor of Persian Language, Literature, and Culture at the University of Maryland (https://sllc.umd.edu/user/karimi). Prof. Hakkak will give a talk in Persian […]

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Dear all,
This week, Persian Circle at the University of Chicago presents a talk in English:

“University Years in Shiraz” by Dr. Michael Milgrim
Thursday 9th November 2017
5pm-6.30pm
Pick Hall, Room 218
University of Chicago
5828 S. University Avenue
Chicago, IL 60637

This talk focuses on the American experience at the University of Shiraz (Pahlavi University) in the 1970s, when Pahlavi University had […]

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با سلام

 

این هفته انجمن سخن فارسی در دانشگاه شیکاگو تقدیم می کند سخنرانی ای به زبان فارسی:

 

“شعر شاملو: آزادى مطلق يا قيدهاى تازه؟ “

سخنران ما در این جلسه استاد سعید یوسف از دانشگاه شیکاگو است

 

پنجشنبه ۲۶ اکتبر ۲۰۱۷

ساعت: ۵:۰۰ تا ۶:۳۰

 

 

This week, Persian Circle at the Univeristy of Chicago presents a talk in Persian:

 

“Shamlu’s […]

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با سلام
این هفته انجمن سخن فارسی در دانشگاه شیکاگو تقدیم می کند سخنرانی ای به زبان فارسی:
“نظام جدید لباس مردان در عهد رضا شاه”
سخنران ما در این جلسه استاد هوشنگ شهابی از دانشگاه بوستون است
پنجشنبه ۲۶ اکتبر ۲۰۱۷
ساعت: ۵:۰۰ تا ۶:۳۰

This week, Persian Circle at the Univeristy of Chicago presents a talk in Persian:
“Reza Shah’s […]

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Bā salām,
Friends and colleagues, this week, the University of Chicago’s Persian Circle are very pleased to be hosting author and political fashion blogger Hoda Katebi, who will be giving a talk entitled:
Now Trending: The Politics of Fashion in Tehran
[This talk will be in English]
Thursday 19th October, 5-6.30pm, Pick Hall 218
(5828 S. University Ave, Chicago, IL 60637)

Talk […]

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