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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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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:
“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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Salaam! Please join us for a Persian Circle talk on Tuesday, April 25 at 4:30pm with
Dr. Ramin Takloo-Bighash (UIC): 
فرایندهای دموکراتیک در قانون اساسی ایران
“Democratic processes of the Iranian constitution”
 In this talk, intended as a cautionary tale, Dr. Takloo-Bighash will describe the democratic processes present in the constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran. He will show that in […]

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Salaam! Please join us for a Persian Circle talk on Tuesday, Nov. 22 with Prof. Alireza Doostdar:
هالیوود، شیطان‌پرستی و جهان‌وطنی
Hollywood, Satanism and Cosmopolitanism

In this talk, Prof. Doostdar examines the contrasting ways in which Hollywood supernatural thrillers and horror cinema are received in Iran, and offers some remarks on what these responses reveal about attitudes to […]

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Salaam!
Please join us for a Persian Circle talk on Tuesday, Oct. 25 at 4:30pm in Pick 218! Our speaker will be Dr. Reza Varjavand (St. Xavier University), whose book From Misery Alley to Missouri Valley has just been re-published as an expanded edition. Come to hear him talk, drink tea & enjoy some sweets! See […]

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Nilofar Saraj
نیلوفر سراج
“A Look at Shahrzad Series” – Followed by a Screening of the Last Episode
نگاهی‌ به سریال شهرزاد” همراه با نمایش آخرین قسمت سریال”
Tuesday, May 24, 4:30 pm
Farouk Mustafa Seminar Room (Pick Hall #218)
5828 S. University Ave.
Chicago, IL 60637

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[If you missed John Perry’s talk, you can find a copy of it here]
Please join Persian Circle this Tuesday for a talk with Prof. John Perry, introducing his new translation of Dehkhoda’s Charand-o Parand with Janet Afary, Revolutionary Satire from Iran, 1907-1909: Yale UP, 2016. This talk will given in English and Persian.
Tuesday, May 17, 4:30 […]

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[If you missed Saghar Sadeghian’s talk, you can find a recording here]

Saghar Sadeghian (Postdoctoral Associate, Yale)
ساغر صادقیان

Non-Muslims and the Constitutional Revolution: A Quest of Identity
غیرمسلمانان و ابقلاب مشروطه: بحث هویت
The concept of Iranian nationality had become a more visible discourse since 1890s and mostly during the Tobacco Movement. The Iranian Constitutional Revolution emerged in 1906 with the slogan of […]

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