Events Archive

Cover of book, Adventures in the Louvre. Title and author names are written over a painting of a naked white woman's back.
Adventures in the Louvre: How to Fall in Love with the World’s Greatest Museum
Elaine Sciolino
Apr 24, 2025, 6:00 pm
Film, Literature, and the Arts
Poster for event; details in text.
Public Opinion and Ideology in the Islamic Republic of Iran
Daniel Tavana
Apr 16, 2025, 12:30 pm
Mossavar-Rahmani Seminar Series
Book cover of "Siren Song: Understanding Pakistan Through Its Women Singers" by Fawzia Afzal-Khan.
Siren Song: Understanding Pakistan Through Its Women Singers
NEH Documentary, Book Discussion, and Live Performance
Apr 9, 2025, 4:45 pm
Co-sponsored Events
Headshot of Adam Hanieh.
VIRTUAL EVENT: Greening the Gulf? Renewables, Fossil Capitalism, and the ‘East-East’ Axis of World Energy
Adam Hanieh
Apr 9, 2025, 12:30 pm
Mossavar-Rahmani Seminar Series
Headshot of Afshin Marashi.
Persianate Messiah: Meher Baba Between Iran, India, and the World
Afshin Marashi
Apr 2, 2025, 12:30 pm
Mossavar-Rahmani Seminar Series
Screenshot from the animated film The Siren. A colorful background with the faces of a man and woman at the forefront. They are on the front of a ship while three other people stand behind them, one driving the boat and the others looking out.
Screening of "La Sirène (The Siren)" and Q&A
With Director Sepideh Farsi and Moderator Sareh Afshar
Apr 1, 2025, 7:00 pm
Co-sponsored Events
Black and white headshots of Houri Berberian and Talinn Grigor.
The Armenian Woman, Minoritarian Agency, and the Making of Iranian Modernity, 1860–1979
Houri Berberian and Talinn Grigor
Mar 26, 2025, 12:30 pm
Mossavar-Rahmani Seminar Series
Headshot of Blake Atwood.
Distribution Stories: Iranian Cinema in the Global Film Market
Blake Atwood
Mar 19, 2025, 12:30 pm
Mossavar-Rahmani Seminar Series
Poster for event with image of band and their instruments. Information in text.
Tales of Earth and Sun
A Performance by Rastak Music Group
Mar 12, 2025, 6:00 pm
Special Events
Headshot of Naika Foroutan.
Middle Eastern Futurism: Bold Ambitions, Local Activism, and Postmigrant Alliances Uniting for a Pan-Progressive Era?
Naika Foroutan
Feb 26, 2025, 12:30 pm
Mossavar-Rahmani Seminar Series
Headshot of Annie Pfeifer.
Ferdowsi in the Third Reich
Annie Pfeifer
Feb 19, 2025, 12:30 pm
Mossavar-Rahmani Seminar Series
Doostrio performing together.
DoosTrio
Kayhan Kalhor, Wu Man, Sandeep Das
Feb 13, 2025, 9:00 pm
Co-sponsored Events
Doostrio performing together.
DoosTrio
Kayhan Kalhor, Wu Man, Sandeep Das
Feb 13, 2025, 6:00 pm
Co-sponsored Events
Kayhan Kalhor performing.
Live Music Meditation: Kayhan Kalhor, Kamancheh
with meditation instruction by Matthew Weiner
Feb 13, 2025, 12:30 pm
Co-sponsored Events
Kayhan Kalhor performing.
Kayhan Kalhor, Kamancheh "Finding Home in the Music of Iran"
With Deborah Amos, Moderator
Feb 12, 2025, 7:30 pm
Co-sponsored Events
Headshot of Persis Karim.
"The Dawn is Too Far: Stories of Iranian-American Life"
A film screening and discussion about Iranian life stories in the San Francisco Bay Area with Persis Karim
Feb 12, 2025, 11:00 am
Film, Literature, and the Arts
Headshot of Kamran Talattof.
Love and Religion in Nezami's Works: Searching for Dantean Similarities
Kamran Talattof
Feb 5, 2025, 12:30 pm
Mossavar-Rahmani Seminar Series
Headshot of Maryam Sepehri.
Film Screening and Discussion of 'Alborz: We Climb Mountains'
with Director Maryam Sepehri
Feb 4, 2025, 4:30 pm
Film, Literature, and the Arts
Sara Tafakori with a slight smile, arms crossed, wearing a blue dress.
Imagining Feminist and Popular Subjects through the Woman, Life, Freedom Movement
Sara Tafakori
Jan 29, 2025, 12:30 pm
Mossavar-Rahmani Seminar Series
Headshot of Alexander Jabbari.
The Making of Persianate Modernity: Language and Literary History between Iran and India
Alexander Jabbari
Dec 4, 2024, 12:30 pm
Mossavar-Rahmani Seminar Series
Event poster of musicians playing their instruments. Details in text.
Euphoric Whispers
Improvisations for Tanbur and Percussion
Nov 25, 2024, 5:30 pm
Special Events
Headshot of Farshid Emami.
Urban Experience in Early Modern Iran: A Daylong Journey in Safavid Isfahan
Farshid Emami
Nov 20, 2024, 12:30 pm
Mossavar-Rahmani Seminar Series
headshot of Zep Kalb
The Persistence of Economic Development Under Sanctions in Iran
Zep Kalb
Nov 13, 2024, 12:30 pm
Mossavar-Rahmani Seminar Series
Headshot of Mehrdad Alipour.
Unveiling Discursive Spaces: Modern Shiʿi Legal Debates on Homosexuality in Islam
Mehrdad Alipour
Nov 6, 2024, 12:30 pm
Mossavar-Rahmani Seminar Series