Stanford Iranian Studies Program
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The Hamid and Christina Moghadam Program in Iranian Studies fosters the interdisciplinary study of Iran as a civilization. Each academic year, the Program offers undergraduate courses related to Iran in such disciplines as language, literature, economics, and political science. It provides a wealth of events for scholars, students and the general public, which include conferences, symposia, forums, lectures and performances. Listen to one of our podcasts or check out our youtube channel to discover Iran!
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Book Talk: Ahmad Shamlou, Behind the Mirror | October 5, 2023 Speaker: Bahram Grami A book talk about the acclaimed Iranian poet, Ahmad Shamlou, with Dr. Bahram Grami. Event is in Persian and was organized on Oct. 5, 2023. “The book 'Ahmad Shamlou, Behind the Mirror' is not a literary criticism, | 10/5/2023 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Mohammad Reza Shajarian Records Singing with Hagia Sophia Acoustics | In 2014, Maestro Mohammad Reza Shajarian visited Stanford University. In collaboration with Stanford’s Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics (CCRMA), he recorded a few test sessions using virtual acoustics of the Hagia Sophia. Recording | 9/6/2023 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Parliamentary Politics and Iran-US Relations During the Cold War | June 1, 2023 Speaker: Tomoyo Chisaka The second Zahedi Family Fellow lecture by the Spring 2023 Zahedi Fellow, Dr. Tomoyo Chisaka. Influential literature on Iran-US relations has assessed economic and security issues as having profound impacts on the r | 6/1/2023 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Women, Art, Freedom: Women Artists & Street Politics in Iran by Pamela Karimi | May 11, 2023 Speakers: Pamela Karimi Discussion with Dr. Pamela Karimi about the work of several prominent contemporary women artists and their courageous acts of political activism in the streets of Iran. Following the tragic murder of Mahsa Amini, Ira | 5/11/2023 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Never Invisible: An Iranian Woman’s Life Across the Twentieth Century | May 2, 2023 Speakers: Ladan Lari, Leila Pourhashemi, Abbas Milani, Kioumars Ghereghlou A discussion about "Never Invisible: An Iranian Woman’s Life Across the Twentieth Century" (Mage Publishers, 2023). Houri Mostofi Moghadam was born in Tehran, Iran, | 5/2/2023 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Challenges and Prospects for Dynamic Entrepreneurship in Iran’s Transition to Democracy | April 21, 2023 A conversation with prominent Iranian-American business leaders Faraj Aalaei, Siavash Alamouti, Fay Arjomandi, Afsaneh Beschloss, Hamid Moghadam, and Shane Tedjarati about the role of dynamic entrepreneurship, the role of women in the fut | 4/21/2023 | Free | View in iTunes |
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From Esther to Persepolis: Harbingers of Woman, Life, Freedom | March 25, 2023 Speakers: Mahnaz Afkhami, Homa Sarshar, and Marjane Satrapi A discussion with Ms. Mahnaz Afkhami, Ms. Homa Sarshar, and Ms. Marjane Satrapi, moderated by Dr. Mandana Zandian as a part of the conference "Dialogues on Iran's Transition to S | 3/25/2023 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Pacted Transitions and Applications to Iran | March 17, 2023 Speakers: Hicham Alaoui A discussion with Dr. Hicham Alaoui (Hicham Alaoui Foundation) and Dr. Abbas Milani (Stanford Iranian Studies) in March of 2023. Part of the conference "Dialogues on Iran's Transition to Secular Democracy" co-hos | 3/17/2023 | Free | View in iTunes |
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The Challenges of Iran's Transition in Comparative Perspective | March 16, 2023 Speakers: Larry Diamond, Michael McFaul, Abbas Milani A discussion with Professor Larry Diamond (Political Science, Stanford) and Professor Michael McFaul (FSI, Stanford), moderated by Dr. Abbas Milani (Stanford Iranian Studies) in March | 3/16/2023 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Human Rights Data Collection for Judicial Processes in Iran's Transition to Secular Democracy | March 15, 2023 Speakers: Allen Weiner, Bailey Ulbricht A discussion with Professor Allen Weiner (Stanford Law School) and Bailey Ulbricht (Stanford Humanitarian Program), moderated by Dr. Abbas Milani (Stanford Iranian Studies) in March of 2023. Part | 3/15/2023 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Panel Discussion of Norooz (Persian New Year) | March 14, 2023 Speakers: Mojdeh Shamsaie, Shervin Emami, Abbas Milani, Donya Nasser Panel discussion of Norooz/Persian New Year, hosted by the Stanford Iranian Studies Program and the Knight-Hennessy Scholars Program at Stanford in March 2023. Ms. Mojde | 3/14/2023 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Amplifying Iranian Women with Voice AI with Iran Davar Ardalan | March 9, 2023 Speaker: Iran Davar Ardalan Iran Davar Ardalan discusses the innovative and new Voice AI experience “Freedom Speaks.” This project honors Iranian women using powerful art such as poems, music and more from the past & present—all acce | 3/9/2023 | Free | View in iTunes |
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What the Failure of Local Democracy in Iran tells about Islamist Authoritarianism by Kian Tajbakhsh | March 2, 2023 Speakers: Kian Tajbakhsh Author Kian Tajbakhsh discussed his most recent book, "Creating Local Democracy in Iran: State Building and the Politics of Decentralization." With a combination of historical, political, and financial field resear | 3/2/2023 | Free | View in iTunes |
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A Discussion with Mohsen Yalfani | February 17, 2023 Speakers: Mohsen Yalfani, Shabnam Tolouei A discussion with Mohsen Yalfani about his life, work, and the recent reading of his play “Diaspora,” directed by Shabnam Tolouei at Stanford University. Ms. Tolouei joined the conversation | 2/17/2023 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Reza Shah's Exile in Mauritius with Houchang Chehabi | February 8, 2023 Speaker: Houchang Chehabi Dr. Houchang Chehabi discusses his new research work on Reza Shah and his family's exile in Mauritius. In 1941 Reza Shah and most of his family were exiled by the British to the Indian Ocean island of Mauritius | 2/8/2023 | Free | View in iTunes |
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"How Iranians and Iran Changed the life of an American Woman" by Mona Khademi | February 2, 2023 Speaker: Mona Khademi Mona Khademi will examine the extraordinary life of Laura Barney and her deep and enduring connections with Iranians and Iran, and their impact on her life. Laura Barney learned Persian, traveled to Iran in 1906, v | 2/2/2023 | Free | View in iTunes |
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A Narrative of Endurance with Homa Sarshar | December 1, 2022 Speaker: Homa Sarshar Homa Sarshar discusses her new book "A Narrative of Endurance." She also touched on the Iranian women’s movement and demonstrations organized by the Iranian diaspora in support of protests in Iran over the past f | 12/1/2022 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Shirin Ebadi: Until We Are Free (film screening discussion) | November 30, 2022 Speaker: Shirin Ebadi The Iranian Studies Program screened a new documentary “Shirin Ebadi: Until We Are Free” about the Nobel Peace laureate’s mission to bring justice to the people of Iran. Dr. Ebadi held a post screening discu | 11/30/2022 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Film screening: There Is No Evil | October 29, 2021 Speaker: Mohammad Rasoulof The film screening of There Is No Evil was followed by a discussion with the film's director, Mohammad Rasoulof. The talk is in Persian with live English translation. About the film: Filmed in secret and ban | 10/29/2022 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Dr. Hamed Esmaeilion: It Snows In This House (Book Talk) | October 28, 2022 Speaker: Hamed Esmaeilion Dr. Hamed Esmaeilion discusses his award-winning novels written in Persian, as well as his moving memoir about the loss of his wife and daughter in the downing of flight PS752 by the Islamic Republic of Iran on | 10/28/2022 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Dr. Hamed Esmaeilion and Babak Payami: An Open Wound in the Sky | October 13, 2022 Speakers: Dr. Hamed Esmaeilion and Babak Payami The Hamid and Christina Moghadam Program in Iranian Studies held a special screening of award-winning director Babak Payami’s new documentary "752 Is Not a Number" about the unprecedente | 10/13/2022 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Book Talk: The Battles of a Judge with Dr. Hamid Najafi | September 29, 2022 Speaker: Dr. Hamid Najafi Dr. Hamid Najafi discusses his new book "The Battles of a Judge." The book was written by Dr. Najafi and his late father, Dr. Hossein Najafi. From 1946 to 1979, Hossein Najafi served at the Justice Ministry o | 9/29/2022 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Nobody's Periphery: Pahlavi Iran and the Arab-Israeli Conflict | May 31, 2022 Speaker: Arash Azizi "Pahlavi Iran, alongside Turkey, was a rare case of a Muslim-majority state to have consistent relations with Israel. Much of existing literature often discusses this as an aspect of Israeli Prime Minister David Ben-Gur | 5/31/2022 | Free | View in iTunes |
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The Reconfiguration of Iran's Political Elite: Rising Indoctrinated Technocrats with Saeid Golkar | May 19, 2022 Speaker: Saeid Golkar Ayatollah Khamenei is replacing the Islamic Republic's old cohort of specialists with newly indoctrinated technocrats, preparing the regime for a swift succession. In addition, reconfiguration of political elites is sh | 5/19/2022 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Ehsan Yarshater's Yaddashtha: Reflections on Iranian History, Literature, Culture, and the Arts | April 8, 2022 Speakers: Mahnaz Afkhami, Ali Banuazizi, Mandana Zandian Scholars reflect on Ehsan Yarshater's remarkable contributions and lasting impact on the study of Iranian history, literature, culture, and the arts. Dr. Yarshater (1920-2018) was Ha | 4/22/2022 | Free | View in iTunes |
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The Clash of Values: Islamic Fundamentalism Versus Liberal Nationalism with Mansoor Moaddel | April 14, 2022 The Clash of Values provides groundbreaking empirical data to demonstrate how the collision between Islamic fundamentalism and liberal nationalism explains the region’s present and will determine its future. Analyzing data from over 60 | 4/14/2022 | Free | View in iTunes |
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The Legacy of Mohammad Mosaddegh with Nicolas Gorjestani | March 3, 2022 Speaker: Nicolas Gorjestani Mohammad Mosaddegh, Iran's prime minister in the early 1950s, was one of the most consequential national leaders of the twentieth century. Based on his recent book, Nicolas Gorjestani will examine Mosaddegh's li | 3/3/2022 | Free | View in iTunes |
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One Hundred Years of Extraterritoriality and Capitulations in Iran: 1828-1928 | February 25, 2022 In the age of imperialism Iran was one of only a handful of non-Western states that maintained their sovereignty. However, as in other places such as the Ottoman Empire, China, and Siam, this sovereignty was punctured by unequal treati | 2/22/2022 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Film screening: "Immigrant Stories: Iranian-Americans of Silicon Valley" | November 12, 2021 The film screening of Immigrant Stories: Iranian-Americans of Silicon Valley was followed by a conversation with the film's co-directors, Nima Naimi, Alireza Sanayei, and Julian Gigola. About the documentary: Iranian Americans have a | 11/12/2021 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Global 1968, the Death of Takhti, and the Birth of the Iranian Revolution | October 15, 2021 Naghmeh Sohrabi and Arash Davari This talk reconstructs rumors and demonstrations in 1968 around the death of Gholamreza Takhti, Iran's beloved gold-winning wrestling champion, recentering them in the history of the 1979 revolution and | 11/5/2021 | Free | View in iTunes |
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On Ebrahim Golestan: An Inquiry into "Tide and Mist" | November 5, 2021 Speaker: Sahand Abidi Sahand Abidi is an essayist and critic. He studied drama at the fine arts faculty of Tehran University. He worked as a playwright, dramaturge, assistant director and actor in theatre, and taught courses on the hist | 11/5/2021 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Image and Words in the Films and Stories of Ebrahim Golestan | October 22, 2021 Speaker: Ameneh Yousefi Ameneh Yousefi was born in Hamedan city in Iran. She received her Doctoral in Persian Literature from the University of Karaj. She has done several auditorial, visual and animated projects as an author for Local | 10/22/2021 | Free | View in iTunes |
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White Torture: The Infamy of Solitary Confinement in Iran with Narges Mohammadi | September 29, 2021 Narges Mohammadi in conversation with Darius Rejali and Abbas Milani. Narges Mohammadi is Deputy Director of the Defenders of Human Rights Centre (DHRC). She was elected as President of the Executive Committee of the National Council | 10/21/2021 | Free | View in iTunes |
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SGS Summer Film Festival: Cafe Transit | August 11, 2021 Speaker: Fereshteh Sadreorafaei Fereshteh Sadreorafaei was born in Tehran, Iran in 1962. From a young age, she attended the Children and Adolescents' Intellectual Development Center. There, she studied theater and puppetry and staged sev | 8/11/2021 | Free | View in iTunes |
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President Carter's Handling of the Iranian Revolution and Hostage Crisis: Discussion with Kai Bird | July 18, 2021 Kai Bird discusses President Jimmy Carter's interaction with Iran as a part of his new book, "The Outlier: The Unfinished Presidency of Jimmy Carter" (Crown, 2021). More about the book: "Four decades after Ronald Reagan’s landslide wi | 7/20/2021 | Free | View in iTunes |
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The Nonviolent Revolution of Iranian Women Writers: A Conversation with Farzaneh Milani | June 24, 2021 Professor Farzaneh Milani discusses Iranian women writers and the Iranian women’s movement with Professor Abbas Milani. The conversation is a part of the on-going series on the Iranian women’s movement. Farzaneh Milani is Raymond J. | 6/29/2021 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Losing Our Minds, Coming to Our Senses: Sensory readings of Persian literature (A Hafezian Banquet) | May 27, 2021 Literary research premised on sensory studies challenges above all the monopolization of modern Persian literary criticism by socio-political discourses, which generally rely on content-based approaches constructing "committed readings" of | 6/4/2021 | Free | View in iTunes |
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The Economic Cost of the Islamic Revolution and War for Iran with Mohammad Reza Farzanegan | May 20, 2021 This study estimates the joint effect of a new political regime and war against Iraq, on Iran’s per capita Gross Domestic Product (‘GDP,’ constant 2010 US$) for the period 1978–1988, during the revolution/war. Professor Mohammad Rez | 6/4/2021 | Free | View in iTunes |
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The Iranian Women's Movement: A Conversation with Kian Katouzian | May 6, 2021 Kian Katouzian discusses her life as a working woman in Iran, participating in the opposition against the Shah and then against Khomeini before leaving Iran for a life of exile in France. She discusses the feelings of loneliness and disorie | 6/4/2021 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Translating Ulysses into Persian: A Century of Censorship with Akram Pedramnia | April 22, 2021 Translating a work that employs inventive literary techniques is an already arduous task, however, negotiating with a system of imposed censorship makes the process of translating and publishing increasingly more intricate. In this talk, | 5/3/2021 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Iran's Experiment with Parliamentary Government with Mangol Bayat | For the past several decades, scholars have studied and written about the Iranian constitutional revolution with the 1979 Islamic Revolution as a subtext, obscuring the secularist trend that characterized its very nature. Constitutionalist leaders represented a diverse composite of beliefs, yet they all shared a similar vision of a new Iran, one that included far-reaching modernizing reforms and concepts rooted in the European Enlightenment. The second national assembly (majles), during its brief two-year term, aspired to legislate these reforms in one of the most important experiments in parliamentary governance. In her recent book Iran’s Experiment with Parliamentary Government: The Second Majles 1909-1911 (Syracuse University Press, 2020), Mangol Bayat provides a much-needed detailed analysis of this historic episode, examining the national and international actors, and the political climate that engendered one crisis after another, ultimately leading to its fateful end. Bayat highlights the radical transformation of old institutions and the innovation of new ones, and most importantly, shows how this term provided a reasonably successful model of parliament imposing its will on the executive power that was primarily composed of old-guard, elite leaders. At the same time, Bayat challenges the traditional perception among scholars that reform attempts failed due to sectarian politics and ideological differences. She also describes in detail the role of the European nineteenth-early twentieth century Great Game in Asia, and more specifically the 1907 Anglo-Russian Convention dividing Iran into two spheres of influence, in causing the abrupt closing of the second majles that temporarily halted the reform project. Mangol Bayat has taught Middle Eastern history at several universities, including Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the University of Iowa, Harvard University, and Shiraz University (formerly Pahlavi University). She is the author of Mysticism and Dissent: Socioreligious Thought in Qajar Iran and Iran's First Revolution: Shi'ism and the Constitutional Revolution of 1905-1909. | 4/27/2021 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Britain and the Abdication of Reza Shah with Shaul Bakhash | When Britain and the Soviet Union invaded and occupied Iran in August 1941 during the Second World War, in violation of Iran’s policy of neutrality, their principal purpose was to use Iran as a bridge to supply a Russia hard-pressed by Hitler’s army | 4/27/2021 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Exposing Economic Corruption in Iran: A Journalist's Odyssey into Exile with Mohammad Mosaed | Mohammad Mosaed is an Iranian investigative journalist who wrote and reported on economic corruption in Iran. He was arrested in November 2019, banned from working, and sentenced to 4 years and 9 months in prison. He escaped the country while appealing | 4/27/2021 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Song Sparrow: Film Screening & Discussion with Farzaneh Omidvarnia | Farzaneh Omidvarnia’s 2019 short film “Song Sparrow” (11 minutes) follows a group of refugees trying to reach a safe country in search of a better life. Based on real events in Austria in 2015 and Ireland in 2019, the film creatively uses dolls an | 4/27/2021 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Beholding Beauty: Sa'di of Shiraz and the Aesthetics of Desire in Medieval Persian Poetry | Professor Domenico Ingenito discusses his new book Beholding Beauty: Sa'di of Shiraz and the Aesthetics of Desire in Medieval Persian Poetry (Brill, December 2020). The book explores the relationship between sexuality, politics, and spirituality in the | 4/27/2021 | Free | View in iTunes |
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America and Iran: A History, 1720 to the Present with John Ghazvinian | Dr. John Ghazvinian discusses his recent book America and Iran: A History, 1720 to the Present (Knopf, 2021). In recent times, the United States and Iran have seemed closer to war than peace, but that is not where their story began. When America was in | 4/27/2021 | Free | View in iTunes |
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In Solitary: Then the Fish Swallowed Him with Amir Arian | Amir Ahmadi Arian discusses his first novel in English, Then the Fish Swallowed Him published by HarperCollins in 2020. “Yunus Turabi, a bus driver in Tehran, leads an unremarkable life. A solitary man since the unexpected deaths of his father and m | 4/27/2021 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Book Talk: Man of My Time with Dalia Sofer | Set in Tehran and New York, Man of My Time is the story of Hamid Mozaffarian, who is as alienated from himself as he is from the world. After decades of working with ambivalence for the Iranian government, Hamid travels on a diplomatic mission to New Y | 4/27/2021 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Ala Mohseni Discusses His New Documentary "Ayyar e Tanha" About Bahram Beyzaie | Filmmaker Ala Mohseni will discuss his new documentary "Ayyar e Tanha." It documents the particular situation in Iran that forced an acclaimed and distinguished artist like Bahram Beyzaie to leave his homeland and live in exile. Please watch the film | 4/27/2021 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Iranian Women: The Achilles Heel of the Islamic Republic of Iran with Homa Sarshar | Homa Sarshar discusses her life and work, and the role of women in Iran. Homa Sarshar is a published author, award-winning journalist, writer, and media personality. She is the author of four books and the editor of eleven other volumes, including fi | 4/27/2021 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Book Talk: Out of Mesopotamia with Salar Abdoh | April 15, 2021 An unprecedented glimpse into "endless war" from a Middle Eastern perspective, Salar Abdoh’s novel, "Out of Mesopotamia," follows in the tradition of the Western canon of martial writers–from Hemingway and Orwell to Tim O'Brien and Ph | 4/26/2021 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Blue Logos and Women's Wisdom with Shahrnush Parsipur | October 15, 2020 Shahrnush Parsipur was born in Tehran, Iran and received her BA in Sociology from the University of Tehran. She wrote her first novel at the age of 28, Sag va Zememstaneh Boland (The Dog and the Long Winter) and later that year was impr | 2/4/2021 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Book Talk: Disoriental with Negar Djavadi | Négar Djavadi was born in Iran in 1969 to a family of intellectuals opposed to the regimes both of the Shah, then of Khomeini. She arrived in France at the age of eleven, having crossed the mountains of Kurdistan on horseback with her mother and sister | 2/4/2021 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Film Screening and Panel Discussion: NASRIN | NASRIN is an immersive portrait of attorney Nasrin Sotoudeh, one of the world’s most prominent human rights activists and political prisoners. Written and directed by Jeff Kaufman, produced by Marcia Ross, and secretly filmed in Iran by women and men | 10/23/2020 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Muslim Women and Political Leadership - Shahla Haeri | "Political mobility and freedom to choose are the quintessential mandate of women in the second decade of the 21st century. From Northwest Africa to Southeast Asia, and anywhere in-between Muslim women are mobilizing, joining their voices and marshallin | 10/23/2020 | Free | View in iTunes |
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SGS Summer Film Festival: Chicken with Plums - Marjane Satrapi | This year the Stanford Global Studies Summer Film Festival will be held virtually. Join us from your home as we watch seven films from around the world that focus on the theme “Love in the Time of Cinema.” The Hamid and Christina Moghadam Progra | 10/23/2020 | Free | View in iTunes |
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The Iranian Women's Movement: A Conversation with Mansoureh Shojaee | Mansoureh Shojaee has been one of the leaders of the Iranian women’s rights movement for over 20 years and involved in politics for more than 30 years. She was a librarian at the National Library in Tehran for 22 years and worked as a journalist, free | 9/9/2020 | Free | View in iTunes |
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The Iranian Women's Movement: A Conversation with Mahnaz Afkhami | Mahnaz Afkhami will discuss her experience with the Iranian women’s movement. Conversation will be in English. Mahnaz Afkhami is the founder, president, and CEO of Women’s Learning Partnership and former Minister for Women’s Affairs in Iran. Afkh | 9/9/2020 | Free | View in iTunes |
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The Iranian Women's Movement: A Conversation with Mehrangiz Kar | Professor Mehrangiz Kar, a human rights lawyer from Iran, is an internationally recognized writer, speaker and activist who advocates for the defense of women’s and human rights in Iran and throughout the Islamic world. A common theme in her work is t | 7/13/2020 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Saadi and Humanism | Abbas Milani discusses his new book Saadi and Humanism (written with Maryam Mirzadeh, published by Zemestan Press in Iran). The book is in Persian/Farsi, the conversation was in English. | 7/13/2020 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Iran in the International System | Heinz Gärtner and Mitra Shahmoradi discuss their recent book Iran in the International System: Iran between Great Powers and Great Ideas (Routledge, January 2020). They are joined by Abbas Milani who will speak about his chapter in the book. Drawing on | 7/13/2020 | Free | View in iTunes |
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The Iranian Women's Movement: A Conversation with Faezeh Hashemi Rafsanjani | Faezeh Hashemi Rafsanjani, a member of a family long considered a pillar of the Islamic Republic of Iran, became a prisoner of conscience in that regime and is now a defender of equal rights for women—one of the many fascinating transformations in Ira | 7/13/2020 | Free | View in iTunes |
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An Overview of the COVID-19 Situation: Lessons Learned from Iran | April 22, 2020 Arash Alaei, Kamiar Alaei Discussion will include a brief overview of the current situation of the coronavirus in Iran followed by a health policy analysis of: • When, how and why the virus entered Iran; • Whether it was preventab | 5/8/2020 | Free | View in iTunes |
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From COVID19 to Cholera: Repeating Patterns in Iranian Pandemic History | Dr. Amir Afkhami April 16, 2020 Why has the novel coronavirus (COVID19) pandemic been so widespread and deadly in Iran and what are the consequences of the outbreak? This lecture will attempt to answer these questions by presenting a timeline of the CO | 4/23/2020 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Rereading the Ten Nights | Dr. Mandana Zandian lectured at Stanford on March 5, 2020. In October 1977, the German-Iranian Cultural Association in Tehran hosted ten nights of literature reading sessions, organized by the Iranian Writers Association. This series of literature read | 3/27/2020 | Free | View in iTunes |
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"Iran Reframed: Anxieties of Power in the Islamic Republic" by Narges Bajoghli | Professor Narges Bajoghli discussed her recent book "Iran Reframed" at Stanford on February 20, 2020. “An inside look at what it means to be pro-regime in Iran, and the debates around the future of the Islamic Republic. More than half of Iran's citizens were not alive at the time of the 1979 Revolution. Now entering its fifth decade in power, the Iranian regime faces the paradox of any successful revolution: how to transmit the commitments of its political project to the next generation. New media ventures supported by the Islamic Republic attempt to win the hearts and minds of younger Iranians. Yet members of this new generation—whether dissidents or fundamentalists—are increasingly skeptical of these efforts. Iran Reframed offers unprecedented access to those who wield power in Iran as they debate and define the future of the Republic. Over ten years, Narges Bajoghli met with men in Iran's Revolutionary Guard, Ansar Hezbollah, and Basij paramilitary organizations to investigate how their media producers developed strategies to court Iranian youth. Readers come to know these men—what the regime means to them and their anxieties about the future of their revolutionary project. Contestation over how to define the regime underlies all their efforts to communicate with the public. This book offers a multilayered story about what it means to be pro-regime in the Islamic Republic, challenging everything we think we know about Iran and revolution.” Narges Bajoghli is Assistant Professor of Middle East Studies at the School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University. She has written for The New York Times Magazine, The Guardian, and The Washington Post, and has appeared as a commentator on NPR, PBS, and the BBC. She is the director of the documentary The Skin That Burns, screened at The Hague, Hiroshima, Jaipur, and film festivals throughout the United States. | 2/26/2020 | Free | View in iTunes |
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"In the Presence of the Secret of Motherland" by Reza Farokhfal | On October 15, 2019, Reza Farokhfal discussed his recent book "In the Presence of the Secret of Motherland" and Iran and "Iranianity" in Persian literature. Reza Farokhfal is a published writer in his home country of Iran. His fictional works as well | 1/30/2020 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Cooking in Iran: Regional Recipes and Kitchen Secrets | Najmieh Batmanglij, hailed as “The Grande Dame of Iranian Cooking” by The Washington Post, has spent the past 40 years cooking, traveling, and adapting authentic Persian recipes to tastes and techniques in the West. Her celebrated cook books include | 12/18/2019 | Free | View in iTunes |
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"Tehran Children: A Holocaust Refugee Odyssey" by Mikhal Dekel | Mikhal Dekel discusses her most recent book, "Tehran Children: A Holocaust Refugee Odyssey." Beginning in March 1942, Iran became a place of refuge to over one hundred thousand Polish citizens—Catholic but also Jewish—who joined other Jewish refugee | 11/26/2019 | Free | View in iTunes |
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"Hafiz and His Contemporaries" by Dominic Parviz Brookshaw | Dominic Parviz Brookshaw is Associate Professor of Persian Literature at the University of Oxford, and Senior Research Fellow in Persian at Wadham College, Oxford. From 2011-2013 he was Assistant Professor of Persian Literature and Comparative Literatur | 11/26/2019 | Free | View in iTunes |
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"All the Saffron We Carried with Us" by Naz Deravian | Naz Deravian is a James Beard Award nominated author of Bottom of the Pot: Persian Recipes and Stories (Flatiron Books). She is the recipient of The IACP Julia Child First Book Award, presented by The Julia Child Foundation for Gastronomy and the Culina | 10/24/2019 | Free | View in iTunes |
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"The Art of Iranian Classical Music" by Parissa | April 25, 2019 Speaker: Parissa Parissa, the grande dame of classical Persian music, led a discussion/workshop on the history, context, and purpose of Iranian classical music. Parissa is known for her extraordinary vocal ability and style. She is the | 10/4/2019 | Free | View in iTunes |
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"Iran: the Islamic Regime's Resilience under Pressure" by Amin Saikal | The Islamic Republic of Iran has been in the eyes of the storm ever since its foundation four decades ago. Initially, some analysts could not have confidence in its durability, but it has endured many domestic and foreign policy challenges. Despite bein | 5/28/2019 | Free | View in iTunes |
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"A Modern Contagion: Cholera's Impact on Iranian History" by Amir Afkhami | Amir A. Afkhami presents an overview of pandemic cholera’s seminal role in the emergence and development of modernity in Iran during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. This includes details on cholera’s transformative impact on the country’s | 5/28/2019 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Pooya Azadi: Moving Toward a New Equilibrium in Iran | Dr. Pooya Azadi, Stanford Iran 2040 project manager, presented an overview of the research outcomes as well as his personal experience in managing the project. Established in 2016 in the Hamid and Christina Moghadam Program in Iranian Studies, the Sta | 4/4/2019 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Mutual Radicalization: How Groups and Nations Drive Each Other to Extremes | Professor Fathali M. Moghddam discusses how radicalization has become a serious global problem. The talk explores mutual radicalization, where groups and nations push each other to extremes. Drawing from well-established psychological principles, a mode | 4/4/2019 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Iran, Israel, And The U.S. In A Changing Middle East | Talk by David Menashri at Stanford University's Hamid and Christina Moghadam Program in Iranian Studies on December 4, 2018. Co-sponsored by the Taube Center for Jewish Studies. David Menashri is professor emeritus at Tel Aviv University and Senior Re | 3/19/2019 | Free | View in iTunes |
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"The Next Revolution Will Be Led By Women" by Masih Alinejad | (Talk is in English after the first two minutes) Masih Alinejad spoke about her book "The Wind in My Hair" at Stanford University on November 29, 2018. Masih Alinejad is an Iranian journalist, women's rights activist, TV host of Tablet satirical news | 3/19/2019 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Book Talk: "With Open Eyes" by Zakaria Hashemi | Zakaria Hashemi is an acclaimed director, novelist, documentary filmmaker for television, and the lead actor in Ebrahim Golestan’s “Brick and Mirror.” He discusses his book With Open Eyes (2004), a memoir-like novel describing his experiences as a | 11/15/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Halting Exchange: The Travel Ban's Cultural Effects | Inspired by the Kronos Quartet’s performance Music For Change: The Banned Countries, Stanford Live is partnering with the Hamid and Christina Moghadam Program in Iranian Studies to bring together artists and Stanford foreign relations experts to discu | 11/14/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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The Archaeology Of A Sound: Searching For The Music Of Abdolqader Maraqi - Part 2 | Mohammadreza Darvishi was born in 1955, in Shiraz. In 1979, he graduated from the University of Tehran with honors in composition. Darvishi has taught at several universities in Iran and given many lectures all around the world. He has travelled to Iran | 9/24/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Semiotics Of Iranian Myths With Bahram Beyzaie Part V | Workshop with renowned Iranian film director Bahram Beyzaie at Stanford University, January-March 2013. Sponsored by the Stanford Hamid and Christina Moghadam Program in Iranian Studies, and the Bita Daryabari Endowment in Persian Letters. The five se | 6/28/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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7th Annual Bita Prize For Literature To Mr Iraj Pezeshkzad | The Bita Daryabari Endowment in Persian Letters, with Stanford's Iranian Studies Program, presented the Bita Prize for Literature on Friday, November 7th 2014, to Iraj Pezeshkzad. With a special presentation by Parviz Sayyad. | 6/28/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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The Garden In The Carpet - The Carpet In The Garden | Lecture by Faryar Javherian on February 26, 2015. Faryar Javaherian is an Iranian architect and curator, born in Mahshad, Khorassan, raised in Paris, France and educated in the United States. She studied at the University of Texas at Austin, where she | 6/28/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Fifth Annual Bita Prize For Literature To Mr Houshang Seyhoun | The Bita Daryabari Endowment in Persian Letters, with Stanford's Iranian Studies Program, presented the Bita Prize for Literature on Thursday, November 29th, 2012, to Mr. Houshang Seyhoun. Houshang Seyoun is a renowned artist and architect known for hi | 6/28/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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In Memory Of Amin Banani- A Life In Letters And Iranian Studies | February 25, 2014 Speaker: Sheila Banani, Firuz Kazemzadeh, Bahiyyih Nakhjavani, Wali Ahmadi, John Eilts, Bahram Beyzaie and Abbas Milani. Professor Amin Banani was one of the first Iranians to receive a Ph.D. in history from Stanford University. He | 6/28/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Eighth Annual Bita Prize For Persian Arts To Dr. Ehsan Yarshater | Ehsan Yarshater is the Hagop Kevorkian Professor Emeritus of Iranian Studies at Columbia University and Director of its Center for Iranian Studies. | 6/28/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Why Was Towfigh Permanently Banned? | Talk by Dr. Abbas Towfigh at Stanford University on April 5, 2018. Dr. Towfigh taught at several universities in Iran and is a poet, author, writer, satirist, and the former editor-in-chief of "Towfigh" satirical paper. He discusses the ban on the most | 6/28/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Stanford Conference On Iran- Political Elite Formation And Circulation | Presentation by Professor Mehrzad Boroujerdi on March 2, 2018 at the conference "Islamic Republic of Iran: Continuity or Change?" sponsored by the Hamid and Christina Moghadam Program in Iranian Studies and the Freeman Spogli Institute at Stanford Unive | 6/28/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Stanford Conference On Iran- Concluding Discussion | Abbas Milani, Larry Diamond, Francis Fukuyama, and Michael McFaul discuss Iran on March 2, 2018 at the conference "Islamic Republic of Iran: Continuity or Change?" sponsored by the Hamid and Christina Moghadam Program in Iranian Studies and the Freeman | 6/26/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Stanford Conference On Iran- Recent Trends In The Iranian Economy | Presentation by Dr. Pooya Azadi on March 2, 2018 at the conference "Islamic Republic of Iran: Continuity or Change?" sponsored by the Hamid and Christina Moghadam Program in Iranian Studies and the Freeman Spogli Institute at Stanford University. More i | 6/26/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Stanford Conference On Iran: US-Iran Relations In The Age Of Trump | Presentation by Dr. Colin H. Kahl on March 2, 2018 at the conference "Islamic Republic of Iran: Continuity or Change?" sponsored by the Hamid and Christina Moghadam Program in Iranian Studies and the Freeman Spogli Institute at Stanford University. More information: https://iranian-studies.stanford.edu/ | 6/25/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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"Literary Modernity In Iran" by Iraj Parsinejad | Iraj Parsinejad studied Persian literature (BA, University of Tehran) and Linguistics (MA, Wolfson College, Oxford). He is the author of A History of Literary Criticism in Iran (IBEX, 2003). He will discuss the origins of literary modernity in Iran incl | 6/14/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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I Am Taraneh: Discussion With Rasoul Sadrameli | A discussion with Rasoul Sadrameli, director of "I am Taraneh, 15," Abbas Milani, and Bahram Beyzaie, August 31, 2016. As part of the SGS Summer Film Festival, the Hamid & Christina Moghadam Program in Iranian Studies screened the film "I am Taraneh, 1 | 6/14/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Third Annual Bita Prize For Literature To Mr. Mohammad - Reza Shajarian | The Bita Daryabari Endowment in Persian Letters, with Stanford's Iranian Studies Program, presented the Third Annual Bita Prize for Literature on November 19th, 2010, to Mr. Mohammad-Reza Shajarian. For two generations of Iranians, their most personal | 6/14/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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"Women Write Iran: Nostalgia And Human Rights From The Diaspora" by Nima Naghibi | Nima Naghibi is Chair and Associate Professor of English at Ryerson University in Toronto. Her research is in the areas of postcolonial and diaspora studies, and life narratives with particular attention to questions of human rights and social justice. | 6/14/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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"From Isfahan To Irvine" by Hossein Omoumi | Hossein Omoumi is a scholar and musician from Isfahan, Iran. He currently teaches at UC Irvine. A new documentary about his life, made by Hesam Abedimi, and innovative teaching style will also be screened (in Farsi with English subtitles). After, Hossein will discuss and demonstrate the structure of classical Persian music by singing and playing the Ney, with vocals from Jessika Kenney, santur accompaniment from Faraz Minooie, and Sina Dehghani playing the tombak. | 6/11/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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"The Eternal Magnetism Of The Dictator: A Psychological Analysis" by Fathali M. Moghaddam | History is a continuing struggle to escape dictatorship. Despite modest progress toward actualized democracy in some parts of the world, dictators once again loom large on the world stage. Globalization is associated with certain conditions that nurture | 6/11/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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"In Search Of Modern Iran" by Abbas Amanat | Abbas Amanat is Professor of History and International Studies and Director of the Yale Program in Iranian Studies. He discusses his new book Iran: A Modern History. | 6/11/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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"Maqams: The Roots Of Iranian Classical Music" by Kayhan Kalhor and Ali Akbar Moradi | Kayhan Kalhor and Ali Akbar Moradi in discussion Kayhan Kalhor is an internationally acclaimed kamancheh (Persian spike fiddle) player. His musical collaborations have helped popularize Persian music outside of Iran and attract audiences from around th | 6/11/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Bahram Beyzaie Discusses "Crossroads" | Professor Bahram Beyzaie discusses his newest play "Crossroads" at Stanford University on April 23, 2018. Learn more about "Crossroads" here: https://iranian-studies.stanford.edu/events/bahram-beyzaie-discusses-crossroads-play | 6/11/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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"An Alternative Approach to United States/Iran Relations" by Richard Falk | "An Alternative Approach to United States/Iran Relations" by Richard Falk by Stanford Iranian Studies Program | 6/7/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Iran and the United States: Missed Opportunities for Reconciliation and Future Prospects | By Barbara Slavin | 6/7/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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"Chaucer's Pious Queen and a Persian in a Pear Tree" by Franklin Lewis | "Chaucer's Pious Queen and a Persian in a Pear Tree" by Franklin Lewis by Stanford Iranian Studies Program | 6/7/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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"US-Iran Relations: A Hostage's view" by Kathryn Koob | "US-Iran Relations: A Hostage's view" by Kathryn Koob by Stanford Iranian Studies Program | 6/7/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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"Novels and History: Diaspora Writing and Iranian History" by Bahiyyih Nakhjavani | "Novels and History: Diaspora Writing and Iranian History" by Bahiyyih Nakhjavani by Stanford Iranian Studies Program | 6/7/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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"Ayatollah Khomeini's Theory of Government: Genesis and Evolution" by Dr. Arash Naraghi | Dr. Arash Naraghi got his doctorate degree in Pharmacology from Tehran University, and is currently a Ph.D. candidate in philosophy at University of California, Santa Barbara. He published a book on new understanding of Abrahamian religion and faith in | 6/7/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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"The Early German Poetry of Fereydoun Farrokhzad" by Nima Mina | Nima Mina is a member of academic staff at the University of London's School of Oriental and African Studies in the field of Persian and Comparative Literature. He received his academic training in general linguistics and Medieval Studies at the Univers | 6/7/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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An Evening with Dariush Mehrjui | Dariush Mehrjui, born 8 December 1939 in Tehran) is an Iranian director, screenwriter, producer, and film editor. As an Iranian New Wave cinema icon, Mehrjui is regarded to be one of the intellectual directors of Iranian cinema. Most of his films are in | 6/7/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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"The Islamic Revolution of 1979: A Diplomat's View" by Jack Miklos | "The Islamic Revolution of 1979: A Diplomat's View" by Jack Miklos by Stanford Iranian Studies Program | 6/7/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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"Asia Between Two Worlds" by Shahrnush Parsipur | Born and raised in Tehran, Shahrnush Parsipur received her B.A. in sociology from Tehran University in 1973 and studied Chinese language and civilization at the Sorbonne from 1976 to 1980. Her first book was Tupak-e Qermez (The Little Red Ball - 1969), | 6/7/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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"Breath Poetry" by Ziba Karbassi | One of the rising stars of Iranian poetry, Ziba Karbassi was born in 1974 in Tabriz, Iran. She left Iran in 1989 and now lives between London and Paris. She has published five volumes of poetry in Persian, all outside Iran, and continues to write prolif | 6/7/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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"Messianic Pragmatists, The Riddle of Iran" by Roger Cohen | Roger Cohen joined The New York Times in 1990. He was a foreign correspondent for more than a decade before becoming acting Foreign Editor on September 11, 2001, and Foreign Editor six months later. Since 2004 he has written a column for the Times-owned | 6/7/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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"The Ismailis of the Iranian World: History and Intellectual Contributions" by Farhad Daftary | Farhad Daftary has been affiliated since 1988 to The Institute of Ismaili Studies, London, where he is currently Co-Director and Head of the Department of Academic Research and Publications. He completed his undergraduate and graduate studies in the US | 6/7/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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"The Odyssey of a Writer From Shiraz to Stanford" by Shahriyar Mandanipour | "The Odyssey of a Writer From Shiraz to Stanford" by Shahriyar Mandanipour by Stanford Iranian Studies Program | 6/7/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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"Covering Tehran: A Journalist's Perspective" by Nazila Fathi | Nazila Fathi, New York Times reporter who was in Iran at the time of the June 2009 election. | 6/7/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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"The Social Contract in Iran" by Paul Rivlin | Paul Rivlin is an economist and senior research fellow at the Moshe Dayan Center for Middle East and African Studies at Tel Aviv University. He studied at Cambridge, London and Harvard Universities and is the author of four books: The Dynamics of Economic Policy Making in Egypt; The Israeli Economy; Economic Policy and Performance in the Arab World, and Arab Economies in the Twenty First Century as well as monographs, papers, reports and contributions to books on economic development in the Middle East, international energy markets, defense and trade economics. He has taught undergraduate and graduate courses on Middle East economics at Tel Aviv, London and Ben Gurion Universities and has been a visiting professor at Emory University. Closest parking is at the Oval. Look for Lasuen Mall (located to your left, if facing Memorial Church). | 6/7/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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"Persian in Pakistan: Many Dimensions of a Cultural Relationship" by Shahzad Bashir | Shahzad Bashir, Director of the Abbasi Program in Islamic Studies and Associate Professor of Religious Studies, Stanford University Shahzad Bashir specializes in Islamic Studies with primary interests in Sufism, Shi'ism, and the intellectual and social history of Persianate Islamic societies (Iran and Central and Southern Asia). He is the author of Messianic Hopes and Mystical Visions: The Nurbakhshiya Between Medieval and Modern Islam, and Fazlallah Astarabadi and the Hurufis. He has recently finished a book project entitled Bodies of God's Friends: Sufis in Persianate Islamic Societies, and is currently working on a comparative study of Persian historical and hagiographic narratives from the late medieval to early modern period. | 6/7/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Theocracy's Limits: Iran at the Precipice of its Contradictions | Roger Cohen joined The New York Times in 1990. He was a foreign correspondent for more than a decade before becoming acting Foreign Editor on September 11, 2001, and Foreign Editor six months later. Since 2004 he has written a column for the Times-owned | 6/7/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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"Iran and Iraq: Cultural Ties or Political Rifts?" by Houchang Chehabi | "Iran and Iraq: Cultural Ties or Political Rifts?" by Houchang Chehabi by Stanford Iranian Studies Program | 6/7/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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"Literary Trends in Contemporary Iran" by Ali Dehbashi | Ali Dehbashi has been the editor-in-chief of Bukhara since 1999, a periodical focusing on Iranian and world cultures and literatures. He has authored several books and edited over seventy volumes on Iranian history and literature. He has allocated speci | 6/7/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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"The Poetics of Passage: Bridging the Gap or Filling in the Precipice" by Reza Baraheni | Reza Baraheni, the author of more than sixty books of poetry, fiction, literary theory and criticism, currently teaches at the Centre for Comparative Literature at the University of Toronto.Winner of the prestigious Scholars-at-Risk-Program Award of the | 6/7/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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"Revisiting Ghosts of Revolution" by Shahla Talebi | Revisiting Ghosts of Revolution: Reading and a Reflection on Rekindled Memories of Imprisonment in Iran Shahla Talebi is Assistant Professor of Religious Studies, School of Historical, Philosophical and Religious Studies, Arizona State University. A na | 5/31/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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"The Veil: Its History and Iconography in Ancient Iran and Islam" by Bijan Gheiby | Bijan Gheiby was born in 1954 in Tehran. He studied Filmmaking and Radio and Television Broadcasting in Tehran and Long Beach (Ca.) In Germany he studied Iranistik in the universities of Hamburg and Göttingen, where he received his Ph.D. in Iranian Stu | 5/31/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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"Persian Poetry in Los Angeles: Nostalgia Versus Cultural Adoption" by Majid Naficy | Majid Naficy, the Arthur Rimbaud of Persian poetry, published his first poems in Jon-e Isfahan at age thirteen. Since then, he has put out more than 20 books of poems and essays in Persian. He fled Iran in 1983, a year and a half after the execution of | 5/31/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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"Words, Not Swords: Iranian Women and the Freedom Movement" by Farzaneh Milani | Born and raised in Teheran, Iran, Farzaneh Milani attended French primary and secondary schools. She earned her BA in French Literature in 1970 from California State University at Hayward. Transferring to the University of California in Los Angeles, she | 5/31/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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"Ahmad Fardid: A "Westtoxicated" Persian?" by Ali Mirsepassi | "Ahmad Fardid: A "Westtoxicated" Persian?" by Ali Mirsepassi by Stanford Iranian Studies Program | 5/31/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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"Love, Rights, and Honor: Gender and Democracy in Iran" by Dr. Ziba Mir-Hosseini | Since the 1979 Iranian Revolution, Iranian politics has conventionally been viewed as a polarized conflict between “secular” and “Islamic” ideologies. I argue that this view has masked the real battle, which has been between despotism and patria | 5/31/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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"Everyday Crime in the Sacred Shrine City of Mashhad, 1913-14" by Farzin Vejdani | Farzin Vejdani is an Assistant Professor of modern Iranian history at the University of Arizona. He received his PhD in history from Yale University (2009). His research interests broadly cover late nineteenth and early twentieth-century Iranian intelle | 5/31/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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"Iranian Theater in Diaspora: A Playwright's Retrospective" by Mohsen Yalfani | Born and educated in Iran, Mohsen Yalfani is one of the most respected playwrights of Iran. He first established his reputation in the years before the revolution when his plays where known for their unflinching approach to social problems of the time. | 5/31/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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"Iran's Wilsonian Moment? Iranian Responses to WWI" by Oliver Bast | Oliver Bast, Dr. phil., Maître-ès-Lettres, is Senior Lecturer [Associate Professor] in Middle Eastern History and Persian at the University of Manchester where he served as head of the department of Middle Eastern Studies between 2008 and 2011. He rea | 5/31/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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"Graphic Novels and Iranian Art: The Case of Zahra's Paradise" by Amir Soltani | Amir Soltani is a graphic novelist, documentary filmmaker and human rights activist. He is the co-creator of "Zahra's Paradise", a NYT bestselling graphic novel published as an interactive real-time webcomic (please see http://www.zahrasparadise.com/). | 5/31/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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"Muhammad Mossadegh: Patriot of Persia" by Christopher de Bellaigue | Christopher de Bellaigue was born in London in 1971 and was raised in the United Kingdom. In 1995 he graduated in Indian and Persian Studies from Cambridge University and started working as a journalist in India. Since then, he has written from the Midd | 5/31/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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"Shah Isma'il in late Safavid Historiography: a Unique Treatise on Safavid Kingship" by Sholeh Quinn | Sholeh Quinn is Associate Professor of History at the University of California, Merced. She received her PhD in Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations from the University of Chicago in 1993. Her main area of research focuses on the history of Iran dur | 5/31/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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"Iranian Theater in Exile, A Personal Odyssey" by Niloofar Beyzaie | Niloofar Beyzaie is the daughter of the theater and film director Bahram Beyzaie and Monir Azam Raminfar. Leaving Iran in 1985 for political reasons, she studied German literature, theater, film and television studies, and education at the Johann Wolfga | 5/31/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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To Write a Country: Home, Family, and the Art of Remembrance in the Iranian Diaspora | Jasmin Darznik, Washington University & Lee University Jasmin Darznik is the author of The Good Daughter: A Memoir of MyMother’s Life. A New York Times bestseller, the book has beentranslated into eight languages and was shortlisted for the 2012Saro | 5/31/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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"The Glories of Ancient Iran: Its Use and Abuse in the 19th and 20th Century" by Touraj Daryaee | Touraj Daryaee is the Howard C. Baskerville Professor in the Historyof Iran and the Persianate World and the Associate Director of the SamuelJordan Center for Persian Studies and Culture at the University of California, Irvine. His recent book is the Ox | 5/31/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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"My Promised Land" by Sahar Delijani | Sahar Delijani was born in Evin Prison in Tehran, Iran in 1983, the same year both her parents were arrested due to their political activism against the Islamic regime. In 1996, when she was 12 years old, her parents decided to move to Northern Californ | 5/31/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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A Flawed Chapter in Modern Iranian Historiography: The First Century of Iran and Islam | Zakeri finished his Ph.D. studies in Near Eastern History at the University of Utah, Salt Lake City in 1987. The title of his Dissertation was Sasanian Soldiers in Early Muslim Society: the Origins of the 'Ayyaran and Futuwwa (an expanded revised versio | 5/31/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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"Days of Revolution: Political Culture and Process in an Iranian Village" by Mary Hegland | MARY HEGLAND Mary Elaine Hegland is professor of anthropology at Santa Clara University. Her areas of focus include women and gender, political anthropology, Shia Islamic ritual and politics, resistance and revolution, social and cultural change, and th | 5/31/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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"The Psychology of Dictatorship" by Fathali Moghaddam | The Psychology of Dictatorship Fathali Moghaddam is Professor, Department of Psychology, and Director of The Conflict Resolution Program, Department of Government, Georgetown University. He is the Editor of ‘Peace and Conflict: Journal of Peace Psycho | 5/31/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Bita Prize for Young Persian Artists: Dena Taherianfar - Part 2 | For the past seven years, we have been giving an annual award, named the Bita Prize for Persian Letters. The winners have been some of the most prominent Iranian writers, poets, vocalists, and playwrights of our time—from Simin Behbahani and Mohammad | 5/31/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Bita Prize for Young Persian Artists: Dena Taherianfar - Part 1 | DENA TAHERIANFAR For the past seven years, we have been giving an annual award, named the Bita Prize for Persian Letters. The winners have been some of the most prominent Iranian writers, poets, vocalists, and playwrights of our time—from Simin Behbah | 5/31/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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"Culture Wars and Dual Society in Iran" by Houchang Chehabi | Houchang Esfandiar Chehabi is a Professor of International Relations and History at Boston University. He has also taught at Harvard University, UCLA, and the University of St. Andrews. He is the author of Iranian Politics and Religions Modernism: The L | 5/31/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Shahnama Illustrated Manuscripts in the Digital Age & The Idea of the Shahnama in Contemporary Arts | Charles Melville is Professor of Persian History at the University of Cambridge and a Fellow of Pembroke College. He has a BA (Hons.) in Arabic and Persian from Cambridge (1972), an MA in Islamic History (SOAS, 1973) and a PhD on the Historical seismici | 5/31/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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"This Was a Town of Kindness Once: Hafez and the Poets of Shiraz" by Dick Davis | Dick Davis is Professor Emeritus of Persian at Ohio State University, where he was chair of the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures from 2002 to 2012. He has written scholarly works on both English and Persian literature, as well as eight | 5/31/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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"Theatre in Prison" by Nasser Rahmaninejad | A brief historical overview of theatrical performances in prison, particularly in Iran. The presentation is based on an essay. You can contact the Iranian Studies Program for a copy of the essay after the event has occurred. Nasser Rahmaninejad, a foremost, celebrated Iranian artist started his career in theatre in 1959 Iran. In response to the authoritarian cultural policies and harsh censorship of the Shah’s regime, he founded his alternative, independent theatre group, Mehr in 1966. His group, which later changed its name to Iran Theatre Association, became very influential in the field, competing with other well-financed, state-sponsored theatre groups until it was closed down by the SAVAK, the Shah’s secret police in 1974. All members of the group were arrested and Rahmaninejad was sentenced to twelve years in prison to be freed by the 1979 revolution that toppled the Shah’s regime. After the revolution Rahmaninejad resumed his artistic activities, staging several plays while teaching in the Faculty of Dramatic Arts, and writing articles and lecturing on theatre and politics for a range of audiences. Following the Islamic regime’s crack down on the opposition Rahmaninejad was forced into exile. However he continued his artistic activities writing essays, translating into Persian articles on theatre and politics, giving invited lectures in variety of academic and artistic organizations in Europe and the United States, such as the International Writing Program (University of Iowa), and the Center for Iranian Research and Analysis (CIRA). His plays, in exile include My Heart, My Homeland, produced by the Society for Creativity and sponsored by the Lilly Foundation, Office of Student Life, Liberal Education Department and Hokin Center and performed by Department of Theatre of the Columbia College of Chicago (1995); One Page of Exile, in the first festival of New Windows on Old Pasadena (1996). Rahmaninejad lives in Berkeley, California. | 5/30/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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"Diaspora Media: Failures, Accomplishments and Future Role" by Masoud Behnoud | Massoud Behnoud, a prominent Iranian journalist and writer, was born on 27 July 1947 in Tehran. He started his work as a journalist in 1964. During his long career he worked as an investigating journalist for different publications and founded more than | 5/30/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Discovering Cyrus and the Idea of Iran: From the Cartoons of The 300 to the Craft of History | Reza Zarghamee brings multiple perspectives and deep knowledge to his account of the life of Cyrus the Great. Born in London in 1978 to Iranian parents, Zarghamee grew up in Boston. His immersion in the ancient history of Iran started early: At the age | 5/30/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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In Search of the Lost Laleh-Zar, a lecture by Nasser Rahmaninejad; a film screening of "Siah Bazi" | A lecture followed by the screening of Maryam Khakipour's film, "Siah Bâzi." Guests: Nasser Rahmaninejad and Maryam Khakipour Nasser Rahmaninejad, a foremost, celebrated Iranian artist started his career in theatre in 1959 Iran. In response to the au | 5/30/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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"Mithraic Societies: From Brotherhood to Religion's Adversary" by Abolala Soudavar | Abolala Soudavar completed his university education at the Ecole Polytechnique, Paris (1963-67), Stanford University (1967-68) and the Ecole des Hautes Etudes Pratiques, Paris (1980-81). As a businessman he was involved in Iran from 1969 to 1982, when h | 5/30/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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"Evolution of Iranian Rhythms" by Mohsen Namjoo | Mohsen Namjoo is an Iranian artist, songwriter, singer, music scholar and setar (traditional Persian lute) player based in California. Born in 1976 in Torbat-e Jam, Iran, Namjoo began his musical training at the age of twelve, studying under Nasrollah N | 5/30/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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"Sky Blue Stone: The Turquoise Trade and Eurasian Empires" by Arash Khazeni | Arash Khazeni earned a Ph.D. in history from Yale University and teaches Middle Eastern and Eurasian history at Pomona College. His research is focused on the imperial and environmental histories of the Middle East, Central Asia, and South Asia between | 5/30/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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"Recent Trends in Iranian Fiction Writing" by Aida Moradi Ahani | Aida Moradi Ahani was born in Bandaranzali, Iran, in 1983. She now lives and works in Tehran. She graduated in electrical engineering from Azad University (Tehran, Iran- 2007). Since 2005 she has been active as an essayist, editor and writer. Her first | 5/30/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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"Tehran At Twilight/Tehran Noir" by Salar Abdoh | Salar Abdoh was born in Iran, and splits his time between Tehran and New York City, where he codirects the Creative Writing MFA Program at the City College of New York. He is the author of The Poet Game and Opium. His essays and short stories have appea | 5/30/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Isolation and Proliferation: Israel, America, and the South African Nuclear Weapons Program | Sasha Polakow-Suransky is an Editor for International Opinion at the New York Times Op-Ed page, based at the International New York Times office in London. He is responsible for assigning pieces on foreign policy, national security and international aff | 5/30/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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"A Conversation With Bahiyyih Nakhjavani: Author of 'The Woman Who Read Too Much'" by B. Nakhjavani | Bahiyyih Nakhjavani, author of The Woman Who Read Too Much. "A gripping tale of a pioneering woman in nineteenth century Iran, told from the street level up, that is universally relevant to our times." Bahiyyih Nakhjavani grew up in Uganda, was educate | 5/30/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Modernity, the Baha'i Faith and the Question of Modern Education in Late Qajar and Early Iran | Soli Shahvar was born in Iran and received his MA in Middle Eastern and African History and his BA in Political Science from Tel Aviv University. He then went on to receive his doctorate at the School of Oriental and African Studies at the University of London. He is a current Director at the Ezri Center for Iran and Persian Gulf Studies at the University of Haifa. He has published many works, including his book ‘The Forgotten Schools’: The Baha’is and Modern Education in Iran, 1899-1934. The wide range of Dr. Shahvar’s publications, research interests, and projects include foreign policy and relations, religious minorities, reformist thought, and business and entrepreneurs of Iran. | 5/30/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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"Iran, 36 Years After the Revolution" by Nazila Fathi | Nazila Fathi is a journalist, analyst, and media commentator on Iran. She reported out of Iran for nearly two decades until 2009. During this time, she authored over 2,000 articles for the New York Times. Sue also wrote for the Time Magazine, Agence Fra | 5/30/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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"Story Reading: 'Ghosts of Objects' and 'Seasons of Purgatory'" by Shahriar Mandanipour | Shahriar Mandanipour (Mondanipour), one of the most accomplished writers of contemporary Iranian literature, has held fellowships at Brown University, Harvard University, Boston College, and at the Wissenschaftskolleg in Berlin, and he has been a visiti | 5/30/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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"Women In Contemporary Literature of Iran: Seeking Meaning and Awareness" by Ms. S. Mohammadian | Ms. Sepideh Mohammadian, an accomplished Iranian, lawyer, writer and public intellectual. Her works of fiction and her monographs, mostly on issues dealing with women, offer a fascinating, innovative and daring new look at the question of women, their | 5/30/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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"Animation Trends in Iran after the Revolution" by Pouya Afshar | Pouya Afshar is an alumnus from the California Institute of Arts Character Animation department and is a graduate of University of California Los Angeles Graduate Department of Film and Television focusing in Animation and Digital Media. He has exhibite | 5/30/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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"Locating Iranian Historical Memory: the Transformation from Zoroastrianism to Islam" by M. Kamali | Maryam Kamali is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Center for Middle Eastern Studies at Harvard University. She focuses on the social history and historiography of the Middle East and Central Asia and currently teaches courses on the History of the | 5/30/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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"Women in Iranian Fiction" by Parinoush Saniee | Parinoush Saniee is an Iranian born writer, trained as a psychologist but has garnered an international reputation as a writer of fiction that focuses on the plight of Iranian women. Her work is especially intriguing because she combines her experience | 5/30/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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"Evolution of Goodness: Empathy in Animals and Humans" by Dr. Frans de Waal | Does morality come from God, as many religions believe, offering a foundation of theocracy, or could there be biological explanations that have more to do with evolution than Divine design? In this lecture, De Waal will discuss the sense of fairness in | 5/24/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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"The Emergence of 'New Eloquence': Reflections of Houshang Golshiri's Prose" by Amir Arian | Amir Ahmadi Arian is an Iranian writer and translator. He has published a collection of stories, Fragments of a Crime in 2005, and his novel, The Cogwheels, published in 2009, was shortlisted for Golshiri award. His translation work includes novels by P | 5/24/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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"Tinker, Tailor, Father, Spy" by Cyrus Copeland | The son of an American father and Iranian mother, Cyrus M. Copeland’s new book, Off the Radar, is a memoir about his father accused of being a CIA agent by the Islamic Republic and his mother’s attempt to defend him in military court. | 5/24/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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"Iranian Intellectuals of the 1960's" by Massoud Behnoud | Massoud Behnoud is an Iranian journalist and writer and lifelong proponent of freedom of speech and press. He has founded newspapers and magazines and also authored 17 books on contemporary Iranian history, compilations of short essays and stories, and | 5/24/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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"Literature of Migration" by Majid Roshangar | Majid Roshangar, editor in chief of the Persian Book Review since 1965, had a long and distinguished career as a publisher, editor, and author in Iran. He also holds an MA in Government from the University of New South Wales, Australia and served in Ira | 5/24/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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"The Republic of Imagination: Iranian Women's Bestselling Novels" by Dr. Kamran Talattof | Dr. Kamran Talattof is professor of Persian of Near Eastern Studies at the University of Arizona. He has published widely on issues of gender, sexuality, ideology, culture, and language pedagogy. His lecture will provide textual and discursive analyses | 5/24/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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"Iran and South Africa" by Dr. Houchang Chehabi | Dr. Houchang Chehabi is a Professor of International Relations and History at the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies, Boston University. His lecture discusses the close relationship Iran and South Africa have had since the 1970s and the evolut | 5/24/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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"Women Write Iran: Nostalgia and Human Rights from Diaspora" by Nima Naghibi | Nima Naghibi is Chair and Associate Professor of English at Ryerson University in Toronto. Her research is in the areas of postcolonial and diaspora studies, and life narratives with particular attention to questions of human rights and social justice. | 5/23/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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"A Bridge Taken for a Wall, a Wall Taken for a Bridge" by Jahan Ramazani | Jahan Ramazani is University Professor and Edgar F. Shannon Professor of English at the University of Virginia. He is currently writing a book on poetry in a global age. This talk on poetry, art, and East-West translation ranges from ancient Iran to medieval Byzantium and the Abbasid era to modern Iran and Ireland. The lecture is in three parts. The first looks at the Persian artistic influences via Byzantium on a modern Irish poet that have passed largely unrecognized (a bridge taken for a wall). The second looks at a Persian poet whose accessibility in English translation has perhaps been overestimated (a wall taken for a bridge). The third attempts a synthesis in another Persian poet who can help us think about culture as both bridge and wall. After exploring poems by Yeats, Rumi, and Behbahani, the lecture reflects on "world" poetry and translation, and it offers suggestions for the uses of a global comparative frame for lyric poetry. | 5/23/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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"A Reflection on My Last Novel: Ask the Mirror" by Chahla Chafiq | Chahla Chafiq is an author, researcher, and human rights activist. Chahla's writings both in Persian and French include essays, research articles, short stories, and novels. She discusses her newest book, Ask the Mirror (2015), and reflects on literatu | 5/23/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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