🎭 Actor Amer Mosafer as Dash Akol in Professor Bahram Beyzaie’s new play “Dash Akol According to Marjan (Part 1).” 🎟️ Tickets are on sale now: bit.ly/3XwHcwp 📍 Roda Theatre, 2015 Addison St, Berkeley, CA 94704

🎭 Actress Dina Zarif as Marjan in Professor Bahram Beyzaie’s new play “Dash Akol According to Marjan (Part 1).” 🎟️ Tickets are on sale now! bit.ly/3XwHcwp 📍 Location: Roda Theatre, 2015 Addison St, Berkeley, CA 94704

📢 Applications for Spring 2025 Zahedi Family Fellowship are now open! 🗓️ Deadline to apply: January 3, 2025. The fellowship focuses on conducting research on modern #Iran and the #Zahedi Archives housed Hoover Institution Library & Archives. ℹ️ Application and info: bit.ly/484EAZf

🍂✏️📚 Stanford students: SU Iranian Studies is offering a new course this fall on early modern #Iran. Taught by Dr. Kioumars Ghereghlou, this course explores Iran's politics and society from 1500 to 1900 CE. ✅ Discover more and register here: bit.ly/3XxzH8k

🎭 Actors rehearsing for Prof. Bahram #Beyzaie’s new play “Dash Akol According to Marjan (Part 1).” 🗓️ The play will be in Persian with performances on Sept. 21, 22, 27, 28, and 29 at Roda Theatre in Berkeley, CA. 🎟️ Tickets are still available at: bit.ly/3XwHcwp

📚 EVENT | Join us for a virtual book talk with Dr. Abbas Milani and Dr. Alina Utrata to discuss the book "An Encounter with Dylan Thomas" by the #Iranian literary figure, Ebrahim #Golestan. 🔗 Register to join on Zoom: bit.ly/3XNwPV6

📺⚖️ WATCH | “The Violence of Benevolence and the Struggles for Women's Rights in #Iran” A discussion with University of Washington's Professor Arzoo Osanloo exploring the state's contradictory demands on Iranian #women in the post-revolutionary era. youtu.be/fjT5lGwuIzY

🎭 See the production photos from Prof. Bahram Beyzaie's play premiering this weekend in Berkeley! Limited tickets are still available for the three remaining performances on Sept. 27, 28, and 29th. 🎟️ Tickets & info: bit.ly/3XwHcwp 📸: Ramin Barzegar

🎦 EVENT | Join us for a film screening and the U.S. premiere of the documentary “Derbent: What Persia Left Behind” and a discussion with director Pejman Akbarzadeh / پژمان اکبرزاده about the legacy of Derbent fortification complex from the Persian Empire. 🎟️ Register to attend: bit.ly/3BbL9h9

🎦 HAPPENING TONIGHT! The film screening of “Derbent: What Persia Left Behind” along with a discussion with director Pejman Akbarzadeh / پژمان اکبرزاده about the legacy of Derbent fortification complex from the Persian Empire. ✅ RSVP to attend: bit.ly/3BbL9h9

WATCH |🧠SU Iranian Studies's inaugural "Christine Mona Khademi Lecture" featuring Dr. Maryam Shanechi as she explores the intersection of AI, control theory, and neuroscience to address neural activity underlying brain’s dysfunctions. youtu.be/8Jis2SmHBcU

📢 EVENT | Join us for a half-day summit investigating the legal and policy challenges associated with the rise of state hostage taking. 🗓️ Oct. 24, 2024 ⏰ 9am-1pm 📍 Stanford Law School ✅ Register: bit.ly/3UbeteB Co-sponsored by Stanford Law School, SU Iranian Studies, CSIS.

⚖️ The half-day summit at Stanford Law School will feature a keynote discussion with Jason Rezaian and Prof. Allen Weiner about Mr. Rezaian’s experience as a hostage in #Iran and policy options to counter state hostage taking. Register: bit.ly/3UbeteB

⚖️ Moderated by CSIS Middle East expert Jon Alterman, the first panel of the Hostage Summit at Stanford Law School will feature experts on #Iran and a discussion on the policy consequences of states’ perspectives on hostage taking. ☑️ Register: bit.ly/3UbeteB

⚖️ The second panel of Stanford Law School's Hostage Summit will examine the international legal dimensions of #hostage-taking and explore legal innovations to establishing deterrence against #Iran and other state hostage takers. ℹ️ See full program: bit.ly/3UbeteB

🎼🎶EVENT | An evening of #Persian #music hosted by the Iranian Stanford Alumni Association (ISAA) at the Stanford Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics (CCRMA)! 🗓️6:30 PM, Saturday, November 9, 2024 🎟️Tickets: tinyurl.com/JubilantLute

📢 Online EVENT | A discussion with Prof. Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones about his book presenting a new #history of ancient #Persia based on authentic Iranian sources. 🗓️ Nov. 1, 2024 ⏰ 10:00-11:00am 🛜 On Zoom ✅ Register: bit.ly/48DcqWJ

📚 In-person EVENT | A lecture by Dr. Farshad Sonboldel / فرشاد سنبل‌دل on the reformulation of #Persian #poetry drawn from his recent book, 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙍𝙚𝙗𝙚𝙡𝙡𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙤𝙛 𝙁𝙤𝙧𝙢𝙨 𝙞𝙣 𝙈𝙤𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙣 𝙋𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙞𝙖𝙣 𝙋𝙤𝙚𝙩𝙧𝙮. 🗓️Nov. 7, 2024 ⏰6:30-8:00pm 🎟️Register: bit.ly/40noY20

🎭🎉 That's a wrap! Prof. Bahram Beyzaie’s 𝘿𝙖𝙨𝙝 𝘼𝙠𝙤𝙡 𝘼𝙘𝙘𝙤𝙧𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙤 𝙈𝙖𝙧𝙟𝙖𝙣 (𝙋𝙖𝙧𝙩 1) premiered in Berkeley, CA in September, drawing over 2,100 guests. 📸 See the complete photo album: stanford.io/3YJFxEl Photos by Ramin Barzegar

🎉📊 We are proud to present our 2023-24 annual report! This year featured a diverse range of courses, gatherings, and events Stanford University, bringing together distinguished scholars, artists, and activists–some from inside #Iran. 📜 View the report: bit.ly/4hm51Pr