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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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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,
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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Salaam bar hamegi!

 

This week, Persian Circle are pleased to host Kimia Maleki, who will be discussing an exhibition she recently curated entitled “Sedentary Fragmentation”, which concerned the history of the Iranian arts scene in Chicago.

 

The exhibition is no longer running, so this will be a great opportunity for those of you who missed it […]

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انجمن سخن فارسی در دانشگاه شیکاگو
& the Turkish Circle  present
a talk in English by August Samie (NELC) on talk on Tuesday, May 23 at 4:30pm in Pick 218:
Modern Uzbeks: My Experience in Tashkent and Samarkand
ازبکان مدرن: تجربه من در سمرقند و تاشکند
Zamonaviy O’zbeklar: Tajribam Toshkent va Samarqandda

August Samie is a fourth-year doctoral student in […]

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Please join us for a Persian Circle talk on Tuesday, May 16 at 4:30pm with filmmaker Prof. Mehrnaz Saeed-Vafa (Columbia College, Chicago):
کوتاه‌ترین راه
The Shortest Way

Mehrnaz Saeed-Vafa is a filmmaker and a professor in the Cinema and Television Arts Department at Columbia College Chicago.  She has written extensively on Iranian cinema and has published her book […]

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May 9: Prof. Giusto Traina

انجمن سخن فارسی در دانشگاه شیکاگو
Please join us for a Persian Circle talk on Tuesday, May 9 at 4:30 PM with Dumanian Visiting Professor Giusto Traina (University of Paris-Sorbonne):
“Ardaxshīr I: The Armenian File”

When it comes to consider the Armenian sources, many Iranologists still follow the attitude of Arthur Christensen: although apparently neutral, the great Danish […]

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