انجمن سخن فارسی در دانشگاه شیکاگو

Salaam friends and colleagues, 

Welcome to a new academic year! Please join us at Persian Circle this Fall for an exciting series of talks. We will be meeting from 5-6:30pm on Thursdays in Pick 218, and we are glad to host local academics, artists, and professionals to speak about their work related to Persian and/or Iran.  Here is our schedule: 

Oct 10 – Sylvia Wu (University of Chicago- Art History): Timurid Architecture in Uzbekistan: the historiography, the restoration, and the people

(معماری دوره تیموریان در ازبکستان:  تاریخ و نوسازی و ازبک ها )

Oct 17* – Sam Molaie on The Precise Equivalence of Farsi Word /div/ in English Translations  of Hafiz Poems

Oct 24 – Dr. Farrokh Asadi (Rush University): What do SCIENCE and ART have in common?

چه ویژه گی هایی در علم و هنر مشترک است ؟

Oct 31-  Ava Sharifi (University of Chicago- NELC): Impacting human rights in Iran from abroad

فعالیتهای برون مرزی برای بهبود وضعیت حقوق بشر در ایران

Nov 7 – TBA 

Nov 21* – Thibaut d’Hubert (University of Chicago- SALC): Stylistic reworkings of a Persian dāstān: Sayf al-mulūk between Persian and Middle Bengali

Dec 5 – Ladan Ghajar: The world beyond the window on canvas

دنیای پشت پنجره در بوم نقاشی

Dec 12 – Afsaneh Kalantary (City Colleges of Chicago): Title TBA  

*These talks will be in English 

Unless otherwise indicated, all talks will be in Persian. We welcome all language levels and varieties of Persian enthusiasts, and tea and sweets will be served. Looking forward to seeing you soon! 

به امید دیدار 

Allison