Category: Language and Literature

Teaching Persian in Tajikistan

By , April 19, 2011 12:51 am

Dr. James Clark, Ms. Niyavarani, Ms. Fazeli, and Ms. Zendebad, all of whom work with the Persian CLS (Critical Language Scholarship) program in Tajikistan, talk about their  experiences and challenges of teaching American students Persian in Tajikistan. Listen to the talk here.

Saeed Ghahremani: Torbati Dialect, a Khorāsāni Dialect, and the Struggle to Keep It Alive through Poetry

By , January 4, 2011 8:46 am

گویش تربتی، یکی از گویشهای خراسان، و تلاش برای زنده نگه داشتن آن از طریق شعر

You can listen to the talk here. The ghazal that we listened to can be downloaded here. The pictures from the slide show are displayed below.

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Zohreh Ghahremani

By , October 5, 2010 10:58 pm

Zohreh Ghahremani, author and poet, discusses her new novel Sky of Red Poppies. Listen to her talk here.

Dr. Heshmat Moayyad: Jokes in Persian

By , March 2, 2010 11:07 pm

جوکها در زبان فارسی از آقا دکتر حشمت موید
Listen to Dr. Moayyad’s talk here.

Saeed Ghahremani: Che Guevara in Iran

By , February 16, 2010 3:42 pm

Listen to Dr. Ghahremani’s talk here.

Chad Mowbray and Austin O’Malley: Living and Learning Persian in Tajikistan

By , November 5, 2009 11:39 pm

You can listen to this talk here.

Heshmat Moayyad: Mohammad-Ali Jamalzadeh

By , October 8, 2009 12:51 am

Listen to Dr. Moayyad’s talk here.

Heshmat Moayyad: The Satire of Ṣāḍeq-e Hedāyat

By , January 30, 2009 3:28 pm

آقا دکتر حشمت موید ارائه می کند راجع به طنز سیاسی صادق هدایت

Listen to the talk and download the handout

Saeed Ghahremani: The Metamorphoses of Wolves in Persian Poetry

By , January 23, 2009 3:44 am

Dr. Saeed Ghahremani discusses how the image of the wolf in Persian poetry has changed over time. You can listen to his talk here. The accompanying handout is available here.

آقا دکتر سعید قهرمانی توضیح می دهد که نقش گرگها در شعر فارسی تغییر کرده‌است با مرور زمان

Dr. Aliev Bahriddin: The History of Tajiki Persian and its Relationship to the Persian of Iran

By , November 18, 2008 8:57 pm

Listen to Dr. Bahriddin’s talk here.

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