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, January 24 at 4:30pm with artist Ario Mashayekhi:
انسانیت در میان بی رحمی انسان
مشاهده هنری به زیبایی در برابر فجایع انسانی
Humanity Amidst Inhumanities. An Artistic view to Beauty in the Face of Human Atrocities
(self-portrait of the artist)
Ario Mashayekhi works professionally as a painter, sculptor and […]
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Posted in Upcoming Events on Jan 14th, 2017
Salaam! Please join us for the very first Persian Circle of this year on Tuesday, January 17 at 4:30pm with our own Saeed Yousef Ghahremani:
میان واقع و رؤیا، همیشه شعر پلی ست
سعید یوسف نمونه هائی از اشعار خود را از چهار کتاب شعر جدید که در دست چاپ دارد خواهد خواند
A Bridge between Reality and […]
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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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Posted in Presentations, Upcoming Events on Nov 12th, 2016
Salaam!
Please join us for a Persian Circle talk on Tuesday, November 15 with Ahmad Arbaboun (CMES Alumnus):
مکتب اصول فلسفی شیخ مرتضی انصاری (وفات 1864 میلادی – 1281 هجری قمری)
“Murtaḍá al-Anṣārī’s (d. 1864) School of Philosophical Jurisprudence”
In this talk Ahmad Arbaboun will be looking at a crucial point in the history of Shi’i jurisprudence where after […]
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Posted in Uncategorized, Upcoming Events on Oct 31st, 2016
Salaam!
Join the Persian Circle for a screening of
مارمولک
Tuesday, Nov. 1, 4:30-6:30pm
Pick 218
There will be a short introduction before the screening. Come for a relaxing Persian Circle event and have some popcorn!
Be omid-e didaar,
Alexandra
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Posted in Religion, Upcoming Events on Oct 2nd, 2016
Salaam!
Please join us for the first Persian Circle of the Autumn Quarter on Oct. 4 with Maryam Sabbaghi (University of Chicago, Divinity school):
گذری بر مکانهای تاریخی یهودی و زرتشتی در ایران
“Exploring Jewish and Zoroastrian Sites in Iran”
Maryam will talk about her caffeinated wanderings through various Jewish and Zoroastrian neighborhoods and sites in Tehran, Yazd, […]
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Dear friends and colleagues,
welcome back to the new academic year! I’m the student coordinator for the Persian Circle, a weekly event for Persianists, Persian speakers, Persian learners and –lovers!
This year, we will meet on Tuesdays, 4:30-6pm in Pick Hall 218 (5828 S University Ave). We will host faculty, students, and professionals who will present on […]
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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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Salaam Persian Circlers! Here is our schedule for Spring quarter. It will be updated with more details as they become available. All dates, unless otherwise noted, are Tuesdays at 4:30 pm.
April 5: Shabnam Rahimi-Golkhandan
April 12: Kimia Maleki
April 19: Hossein Khandan
April 26: Afsaneh Kalantary
May 10: Bruce Lincoln, “Persian Archers and Paradise Gardens” (in English)
Wednesday, May 18, 5pm, Nasrin […]
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