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Roshan Institute for Persian Studies at the University of Maryland is one of the leading centers for Persian Studies in the world, and the home of the Roshan Initiative in Persian Digital Humanities.

https://sllc.umd.edu/fields/persian
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Watch two new videos of recent virtual events on our youtube channel!

The Center of the World: A Global History of the Persian Gulf
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Avicenna's Addendum to his Recension of Ptolemy's Almagest
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May 20, 2025 at 9:55 PM
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Announcing Radio Rumi 2.0!

Dr. Fatemeh Keshavarz' podcast on the works of Rumi has returned as Radio Rumi 2.0, hosted on Instagram. Check it out here: www.instagram.com/radiorumi2.0/
April 23, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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Join us for a virtual book launch!
Avicenna's Addendum to his Recension of Ptolemy's Almagest, with Dr. Sajjad Nikfahm-Khubravan and Dr. Osama Eshera
Date: Monday, May 5
Time: 11 AM EDT
Zoom link: go.umd.edu/roshan-avice...
Roshan Institute for Persian Studies presents Avicenna's Addendum to his Recension of Ptolemy's Almagest with Dr. Osama Eshera & Dr. Sajjad Nikfahm-Khubravan May 5, 2025 11 AM EDT Join us on on Zoom at https://go.umd.edu/roshan-avicenna or scan the QR code!
April 23, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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Join us for a virtual book launch!
The Center of the World: A Global History of the Persian Gulf from the Stone Age to the Present, by Dr. Allen James Fromherz
Date: Sunday, April 27
Time: 2 PM EDT
Zoom link: go.umd.edu/yarshater2025
Roshan Institute for Persian Studies Yarshater Speaker Series presents a book launch with Allen James Fromherz Join us on Zoom on Sunay, April 27, 2 PM EDT go.umd.edu/yarshater2025 World history began in the Persian Gulf. The ancient port cities that dotted its coastlines created the first global seaboard, a place from where faiths and cultures from around the world set sail and made contact. More than a history, The Center of the World shows us that contradictions that define our modern age have always been present.
April 16, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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Join us for a virtual project launch!
rumi roaming: a multi-platform and multi-lingual anthology
Date: Sun, April 6
Time: 2 PM EDT
Zoom Link: go.umd.edu/rumiroaming
Roshan Institute for Persian Studies presents rumi roaming: a multi-platform and multi-lingual anthology Join us for a virtual discussion on April 6, 2025, 2 PM EDT rumi roaming juxtaposes new translations of some of Rumi's ghazals with contemporary creative non-fiction, poetry, scholarly essays, photo essays, and performance and art videos that engage with his work through decolonial reflections on language, human relations, connections to land and water, and spirituality. Join Gita Hashemi (curator and editor), Elena Basile (poetry and translation editor),and contributors Raul Moarquech, Ferrera-Balanquet, Hajar Hussaini, Öykü Tekten, Mahdi Tourage, and Fatemeh Keshavarz for a virtual presentation and discussion.
March 26, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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Thank you for supporting Roshan Institute for Persian Studies! Happy Nowruz! نوروز مبارک! ۱۴۰۴
March 19, 2025 at 9:04 PM
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Join us!
Book launch: A Seat at the Table, the story of the founding of Busboys and Poets, with Mr. Andy Shallal
Date: Sun, Mar 30
Time: 2:30 PM
Place: St. Mary's Hall, Multipurpose Room
Book Launch A Seat at the Table with Andy Shallal The Founder and CEO of Busboys and Poets And a panel discussion with Profs. Ana Patricia Rodriguez and Anny Gaul March 30, 2:30 PM EDT St. Mary's Hall, Multipurpose Room
March 18, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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Reminder! This Thursday we will host an Elahé Mir-Djalali Speaker Series talk with Dr. Mohammad Gharipour,
"The Project of Modernity: Architectural Developments in Iran During the Late Pahlavi Era."
Thursday, March 13
2:30 PM EDT
LCC Room, JMZ 1205
Roshan Institute for Persian Studies Elahé Mir-Djalali Speaker Series presents The Project of Modernity: Architectural Developments in Iran During the Late Pahlavi Era a talk with Dr. Mohamma Gharipour (UMD) Thursday, March 13 2:30 PM EDT LCC Room JMZ 1205
March 10, 2025 at 10:09 PM
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Roshangar Undergraduate Persian Studies Journal (roshangarjournal.org) calls for submissions! See our style guide here: go.umd.edu/roshangarguide
The Roshangar Undergraduate Persian Studies Journal invites submissions for its Spring 2025 edition! We seek written or visual works relevant to Persian studies, such as essays on Iranian society and culture, reviews of Persian literature, films, and theatre, creative works inspired by coursework in Persian studies, and more. Written submissions in English (1500-2000 words) should be in docx format, double-spaced, and adhere to MLA format citations. The word count for written submission in Persian is 500-800 words. Poetry submissions should be between 1-3 pages in length. You don't have to be a Persian studies major, minor, or UMD student to submit your work! Submissions are open to all undergraduate students. We will accept submissions for our Spring 2025 issue from now until Thursday, March 27, 2025. The final revision of accepted submissions will be due Friday, April 11, 2025. Please submit your work, 150-word biography, and abstract by email to our director & editor-in-chief Marjan Moosavi at moosavi@umd.edu, our assistant editors, Donya Saghafi at saghafidonya@gmail.com and Yara Ayache at yayache@terpmail.umd.edu, and roshan@umd.edu by that date. Please look at the style guide located on the Roshangar website for reference. For inquiries, contact our assistant editor at the same email address.
February 26, 2025 at 7:14 PM
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After our event tonight, we'd like to invite you to a talk next month!
Join us for an Elahé Mir-Djalali Speaker Series talk with Dr. Mohammad Gharipour,
"The Project of Modernity: Architectural Developments in Iran During the Late Pahlavi Era."
Thursday, March 13
2:30 PM EDT
LCC Room, JMZ 1205
Roshan Institute for Persian Studies Elahé Mir-Djalali Speaker Series presents The Project of Modernity: Architectural Developments in Iran During the Late Pahlavi Era a talk with Dr. Mohamma Gharipour (UMD) Thursday, March 13 2:30 PM EDT LCC Room JMZ 1205
February 26, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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Join us for a new screening of Father, Daughter and the Immortal Song (2024), co-hosted with UMD's Language House!
Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025
4 PM EST
St. Mary's Hall, Multipurpose Room
Roshan Institute for Persian Studies with the SLLC Language House presents Film Screening: Father, Daughter, and the ImmortalSong February 2, 2025, 4 PM | St. Mary's Hall, Multipurpose Room In celebration of Black History Month! The story of Malek o'Shoara Bahar, reknowned neoclassical poet of Iran, and his daughter Parvaneh Bahar in the American Civil Rights movement. www.fatherdaughterandtheimmortalsong.com
February 24, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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Today's screening of Hamdardi (2023) at UMD is postponed due to extreme weather. We will provide more information when a new date is available.
February 16, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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Reminder!
Roshan Institute for Persian Studies Elahé Mir-Djalali Speaker Series invites you to a screening of Hamdardi (2023), followed by a virtual Q&A with Director Ashley Tabatabai.
Sun., Feb. 16, 2025
2:30 PM EST
Ulrich Recital Hall, Tawes Hall
Roshan Institute for Persian Studies Elahé Mir-Djalali Speaker Series invites you to a screening of Hamdardi "Beyond Borders, Bound by Compassion." Sunday, February 16, 2:30 PM EST, Tawes Hall, Ulrich Recital Hall in celebration of the World Day of Social Justice A bereaved immigration official struggles with his role in the system after meeting a young Iranian brother and sister detained during the travel ban. The screening will be followed by a virtual Q&A with Director Ashley Tabatabai.
February 14, 2025 at 10:06 PM
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Join us!
Roshan Institute for Persian Studies Elahé Mir-Djalali Speaker Series invites you to a screening of Hamdardi (2023), followed by a virtual Q&A with Director Ashley Tabatabai.
Sun., Feb. 16, 2025
2:30 PM EST
Ulrich Recital Hall, Tawes Hall
Roshan Institute for Persian Studies Elahé Mir-Djalali Speaker Series invites you to a screening of Hamdardi "Beyond Borders, Bound by Compassion." Sunday, February 16, 2:30 PM EST, Tawes Hall, Ulrich Recital Hall in celebration of the World Day of Social Justice A bereaved immigration official struggles with his role in the system after meeting a young Iranian brother and sister detained during the travel ban. The screening will be followed by a virtual Q&A with Director Ashley Tabatabai.
February 6, 2025 at 11:49 PM
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View the new Roshangar Undergraduate Persian Studies Journal Volume 6, Issue 1 at roshangarjournal.org !
Roshangar Logo Fall 2024 Volume 6, Issue 1 of Rohangar is here! Notable publications include: Iran's Oil Crisis and Pursuit for the Cause of Decolonization and Anti-Imperialism by Abel Amene Ayatollah Khomeini in Exile by Stella Hanson Theatre's Effective Role in Afghanistan by Zyad Khan Four Roba'i poems by Michael Mashhoon Roshan Institute Logo
January 21, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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The #MESA2024 Nikki Keddie Book Award Co-Winner is Annika Scheding for “Sufi Civilities: Religious Authority and Political Change in Afghanistan” (Stanford University Press).

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December 17, 2024 at 7:06 PM
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Great event this week on the ways scribes in South Asia represented Sanskrit/Indic sounds in Perso-Arabic-script manuscripts and archival documents with Professor Chander Shekhar @roshaninstitute.bsky.social!
Picture of crowd at talk of Professor Chander Shekhar Picture of crowd at talk of Professor Chander Shekhar
December 12, 2024 at 1:07 PM
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برایتان تعطیلاتی سرشار از آرامش و شادی آرزو می‌کنیم! Season's Greetings from the Roshan Institute for Persian Studies. Thank you for your support!
December 16, 2024 at 10:28 PM
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Roshan Institute for Persian Studies invites you to a free lecture, "Persianisation of Sanskrit/Indic Languages in Pre-Modern India: Survey of Some Indo-Persian Manuscripts," with Dr. Chander Shekhar.
Monday, Dec. 9, 2024
12 PM EST
UMD Campus, Jimenez Hall 1205, LCC Room
Roshan Institute for Persian Studies Elahé Mir-Djalali Speaker Series presents Persianisation of Sanskrit/Indic Languages in Pre-Modern India: Survey of Some Indo-Persian Manuscripts A talk by Dr. Chander Shekhar (University of Delhi) Please join us! Dec. 9, 2024 12 PM EST JMZ 1205 LCC Room
December 3, 2024 at 6:27 PM
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Please join us at a hybrid talk co-sponsored with the Center for Global Migration Studies!
"Unmentionables: Textiles, Garment Work, and the Syrian American Working Class" by Dr. Stacy Fahrenthold
Dec 4, 2024
4-5:30 PM EST
Taliaferro 2110/Zoom
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Book Launch Histories of Arab America often begin with the Syrian merchant peddler, a historical 'main character' whose commercial prowess seems to explain the immigrant community's upward economic mobility through the twentieth century. In this talk, Stacy Fahrenthold explores the consequences of assuming the Syrian mahjar (diaspora) lacks and industrial past. Pursuing the stories of textile workers as they organized across the Arab Atlantic, Fahrenthold introduces us to alternative narrators: union activists who led street demonstrations, women who shut down kimono factories, child laborers who threw snowballs at police, and the merchant capitalists who contended with all of them. Presented by Stacy Fahrenthold (UC Davis) with comments by Charlotte Karem Albrecht (University of Michigan).
November 26, 2024 at 8:05 PM
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This is a fantastic, in-depth thread on the history and nuances of the category “Islamic Art” and on the challenges and opportunities of defining/delimiting “it.”
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Alright *cracks knuckles* let's do this!

Today I'm inaugurating an episodic Monday series titled History of Islamic Art in 100 Objects. But we have to ask the most important question first:

What is Islamic art? Also, why is this even a question? 🧵 #IslamicArt100Objects
November 26, 2024 at 3:30 AM
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Reminder:
Roshan Institute for Persian Studies invites you to a free lecture & performance by tanbour master Ali Akbar Moradi, followed by a short reception.
Tomorrow, Wednesday, November 20, 2024
6 PM
Tawes Hall, Ulrich Recital Hall
Roshan Institute for Persian Studies Elahé Mir-Djalali Speaker Series with the Division of Musicology and Ethnomusicology The Iranian Tanbour: Origins, Cultural Significance, and Transformation Through the Centuries Nov 20, 2024 6 PM | Tawes Hall, Ulrich Recital Hall
November 19, 2024 at 7:30 PM
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Calling all women's studies scholars: please spread the word about the bursary from the Women's Studies Group 1558-1837. £750 available to fund research in the field.
#funding #ECR #PhD #AcademicWriting
Applications open until 15 December. See website for details.
womensstudiesgroup.org/bursary/
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November 11, 2024 at 10:54 AM
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This is a great book, and now in paperback too.
November 13, 2024 at 4:01 PM
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Tamer el-Leithy speaking about Scribbles in Hats or the Afterlives of Mediaeval Arabic Documents https://www.medievalists.net/2024/11/scribbles-in-hats-or-the-afterlives-of-mediaeval-arabic-documents/ #history
Scribbles in Hats or the Afterlives of Mediaeval Arabic Documents - Medievalists.net
In this lecture, el-Leithy will present a set of paper fragments found in an unlikely place: the inside of medieval hats
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November 6, 2024 at 7:30 PM