Category: Presentations

Bruce Lincoln: An Introduction to Pre-Islamic Iranian Religions

By , March 8, 2011 9:31 am

Prof. Bruce Lincoln gave us a very useful introduction to Pre-Islamic Iranian Religions. Listen to his 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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Dr. Reza Varjavand: Government Spending in Iran

By , November 2, 2010 11:49 pm

Dr. Reza Varjavand discusses how government spending in Iran affects the Iranian economy, and how economic issues influence Iranian policy decisions. You can listen to his talk here.

Theo Beers: Living and Working in Afghanistan

By , October 26, 2010 11:26 pm

Theo is currently a graduate student in the NELC department at the University of Chicago, and he spent last year, as well as the three previous summers, working in Afghanistan at various NGOs. He spoke about his experiences living and working in Afghanistan, as well as presenting a slide show with photographs.

Barbara Scharres

By , October 12, 2010 4:14 am

Barbara Scharres, the Director of Programming at Gene Siskel Film Center, discuss Iranian film and the upcoming Festival of Films from Iran. Her talk is in English.

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.

Stephen Kinzer: A Journalist Discovers Iran and Mosaddeq

By , January 12, 2010 11:38 pm

Stephen Kinzer, author of All the Shah’s Men, discusses Mossadeq and the 1953 coup. Listen to his talk (in English) here.

Kaveh Ehsani: Iran’s Nuclear Program–Key to Technical Progress or an Instrument of Factional Political Power?

By , November 19, 2009 4:41 pm

Listen to Professor Ehsani’s talk here.

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