Prof. Stolper discusses the historical importance of the Persepolis Fortification Archive, and the steps that are being taken to make the archive available to scholars. Listen to his talk (in English) here.
Prof. Bruce Lincoln gave us a very useful introduction to Pre-Islamic Iranian Religions. Listen to his talk here.
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 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 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, 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, author and poet, discusses her new novel Sky of Red Poppies. Listen to her talk here.
جوکها در زبان فارسی از آقا دکتر حشمت موید
Listen to Dr. Moayyad’s talk here.
Listen to Dr. Ghahremani’s talk here.
Stephen Kinzer, author of All the Shah’s Men, discusses Mossadeq and the 1953 coup. Listen to his talk (in English) here.
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