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The Persian Circle is a weekly lecture in Persian at the University of Chicago's Center for Middle Eastern Studies. This lecture series includes social, cultural and academic discussions about the Persian-speaking world and is led by faculty, students and visiting scholars. The opinions of the speakers are their own. Background pattern created by ransie3.
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- Cameron Cross discusses “Vis o Rāmin”
- Dr. Naser Keyvan’s talk
- Iranian films at the Siskel Center
- Hayedeh Torabi: A Review of “A Separation”
- Welcome, and updates
- Fatih Kurşun: My trip to Iran
- Teaching Persian in Tajikistan
- Matt Stolper: The Persepolis Fortification Archive
- Bruce Lincoln: An Introduction to Pre-Islamic Iranian Religions
- Saeed Ghahremani: Torbati Dialect, a Khorāsāni Dialect, and the Struggle to Keep It Alive through Poetry
- Dr. Reza Varjavand: Government Spending in Iran
- Theo Beers: Living and Working in Afghanistan
- Barbara Scharres
- Zohreh Ghahremani
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Aliev Bahriddin Austin O'Malley Barbara Scharres Bruce Lincoln Chad Mowbray cinema Fatih Kurşun film Hayedeh Torabi Heshmat Moayyad James Clark Kaveh Ehsani Kaveh Hemmat Kioumars Ghereghlou Maqam Matt Stolper Mehrnaz Saeed-Vafa Mohammad Majdzadeh Ms. Fazeli Ms. Niyavarani Ms. Zendebad Naser Keyvan Pedram Partovi poetry Reza Varjavand Rumi Saeed Ghahremani Stephen Kinzer Theo Beers Zohreh Ghahremani
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Dr. Naser Keyvan’s talk
Dr. Keyvan gave a fascinating talk on Wednesday, Oct. 24 about the relationship between the works and world-view of Mowlānā Rumi, and the scientific field of quantum mechanics. His talk, and some of the discussion that followed, was recorded. You … Continue reading
