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Monthly Archive for October, 2021

Salam All,

Please join us this Thursday, November 4, 2021, for a talk with Dr. Abe Soheili! Dr. Soheili holds a Ph.D. in Linguistics from the University of Illinois, and he has worked in both the United States and overseas in foreign language education. In the United States, he worked with the Foreign Service Institute in […]

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Salam All,

Please join us this Thursday, October 28, at 5:00 pm CST on Zoom for the second lecture in the Heshmat Moayyad Lecture Series in Persian Literature and Culture! This series is made possible by a generous gift to NELC and the Humanities Division, and will support at least one lecture per year on Persian literature […]

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Salam All,

Please join us this Thursday, October 21, at 5:00 pm CST on Zoom for a talk with Hashem Morvarid! Hashem Morvarid was born in a religious family in Mashhad. After finishing high school, he entered Mashhad and, a few years later, Qum Islamic Seminaries, where he received a traditional education in Islamic sciences, including […]

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Salaam Everyone,

Please join us this Thursday, October 14, at 5:00 pm CST on Zoom and in person in Pick Hall, room G22 for a book talk with Tara Kangarlou!

Tara Kangarlou is an award-winning journalist who has previously worked for NBC-LA, CNN, and Al Jazeera America. Her writing and reporting has also appeared in TIME, Vanity […]

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Salaam Everyone,

Please join us on Thursday, October 7, at 5:00 pm CST for the first Persian Circle gathering of the fall!

This week we are joined by Zeinab Vessal. Zeinab is an independent scholar in the history of Islamic art and material culture. Her research interests include early-modern Islamic painting, materiality, and Shia art and culture.  […]

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Fall 2021 Scheduling

Salam everyone,

Welcome back to a new year, and a new schedule of Persian Circle talks! We have an exciting mix of talks and interviews lined up.

This quarter, we have decided to continue with ONLINE meetings.* We will be meeting over zoom every week, Thursdays, from 5:00-6:30 CST. Below is a copy of our fall […]

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