The Making of Persianate Modernity: Language and Literary History between Iran and India
The Alireza Ahmadian Lecture in Iranian and Persianate Studies presents: The Making of Persianate Modernity: Language and Literary History between Iran and India on September 28, 2024.
What Did the People of Iran Laugh About for 50 Years?
The Alireza Ahmadian Lecture in Iranian and Persianate Studies presents: What Did the People of Iran Laugh About for 50 Years?: The Social, Cultural, and Political Role of Towfigh Satirical Paper on October 19, 2024.
Rumi’s Misogyny and Racism and the Limits of Mystical Knowledge
The Alireza Ahmadian Lecture in Iranian and Persianate Studies presents: Rumi’s Misogyny and Racism and the Limits of Mystical Knowledge on January 18, 2025.
Remembering an Erased Past in Iran: The Color Black
The Alireza Ahmadian Lecture in Iranian and Persianate Studies presents: Remembering an Erased Past in Iran: The Color Black on February 1, 2025.
Debating Islam at the Court of the Great Mughal
The Alireza Ahmadian Lecture in Iranian and Persianate Studies presents: Debating Islam at the Court of the Great Mughal on February 22, 2025.
Translating Persian, Universalizing Islam: The Case of Rumi’s “Moses and the Shepherd”
The Alireza Ahmadian Lecture in Iranian and Persianate Studies presents: Translating Persian, Universalizing Islam: The Case of Rumi’s “Moses and the Shepherd” on March 8, 2025.
Awakening Literature: The Voice of the Other, the Rights of Religious and Ethnic Minorities
Awakening Literature: The Voice of the Other, the Rights of Religious and Ethnic Minorities
Anxious Onlookers: Qajar Iran, Tipu Sultan of Mysore, and British Colonial Expansion, 1797–1800
The Alireza Ahmadian Lecture in Iranian and Persianate Studies presents: Anxious Onlookers: Qajar Iran, Tipu Sultan of Mysore and British colonial expansion, 1797-1800 on April 12, 2025.
Learning and Transformation within the Boundaries of Tradition
The Alireza Ahmadian Lecture in Iranian and Persianate Studies presents: Learning and Transformation within the Boundaries of Tradition: An Institutional Analysis of Shi’a Political Jurisprudence on October 18, 2025.
Gendering the Archive: Family and Friendship in Early Modern Isfahan
The Alireza Ahmadian Lecture in Iranian and Persianate Studies presents: Gendering the Archive: Family and Friendship in Early Modern Isfahan on November 1, 2025.