November 15, 2022: Afghan Women Under the Taliban, a discussion with OU Omar Khayyam Scholars Husnia Hazara, Shabnam Khalilyar, and Mehri Rezaee
November 9, 2022: United States, China and Great Power Competition in the Middle East, A Zoom talk with Ambassador Chas Freeman, Visiting Scholar, Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs, Brown University, co-sponsored by the Center for Middle East Studies and the Institute for US-China Issues
October 27, 2022: Targeting Hazara People in Afghanistan, a roundtable with Mehri Rezaee, Omar Khayyam Scholar, University of Oklahoma; Shabnam Khalilyar, Omar Khayyam Scholar, University of Oklahoma; Morsal Saidi, Student, University of Oklahoma; Scott Fritzen, Dean, OU College of International Studies; Joshua Landis (Speaker & Moderator), Professor, OU Department of International & Area Studies and Director, Farzaneh Family Center for Iranian and Persian Gulf Studies
March 31, 2022:The Shared Musical, Historical, and Cultural Elements of the Indo-Persianate World with Sandeep Das, musician (tabla); Alexander Jabbari, Farzaneh Family Assistant Professor of Persian Language and Literature; Afshin Marashi, Farzaneh Family Chair of Iranian Studies and Professor of Middle Eastern History; Ehsan Matoori, musician (santoor); Zoe Sherinian, OU School of Music.
October 20, 2017:Arabic Persian Cultural Summit. The commonalities and differences between Arabic and Persian langauges and cultures, Farzaneh Hall, David L. Boren Lounge, 3:30 pm- 5:30 pm
April 21, 2017: The Lost Legacy of Umar Khayyam's Mathematical Writings. Lecture and lunch with Hadi Jorati. Farzaneh Hall, Room 145, 1:30 pm
March 27, 2017: Iran: Women Only. Lecture with Randy H. Goodman. Farzaneh Hall, Room 145, Noon
March 4, 2017: The 7th annual Persian Classical Music Concert with Alireza Shamohammadi. Catlett Musci Center, Sharp Concert Hall, 8 p.m.
March 4, 2017: Return of the King: Cyrus the Great and the Iranian National Imagination. Lecture with Afshin Marashi. Farzaneh Hall, Room 145, 5 p.m.
February 15, 2017: US-Iranian Relations: Past, Present and Future. Lecture with Mateo Mohammad Farzaneh. Zarrow Hall, Room 145, Noon
February 9, 2017: Upcoming Iranian Presidiential Elections: Can Rouhani Survive? A Roundtable with Mateo Mohammad Farzaneh.Farzaneh Hall, David L. Boren Lounge, 4:30 p.m.
February 8, 2017: History and Prospects of Modernity in Twelver Shiism. Lecture with Mateo Mohammad Farzaneh. Farzaneh Hall, Room 145, Noon.
February 2, 2017: US-Iranian Relations in the Next Trump Era: What Happens Next? Rountable with Mateo Mohammad Farzaneh. Farzaneh Hall, David L. Boren Lounge, 4:30 p.m.
January 25, 2017: Women and Gener in the Iran-Iraq War. Lecture with Mateo Mohammad Farzaneh. Farzaneh Hall, Room 145, Noon
November 5, 2016: "From Isfahan to Irvine" screening of documentary and performance by Hossein Omoumi (Ney) and Faraz Minooei (Santur), University of California, Irvine.
March 30, 2016: The Unveiling of Omar Khayyám statue. This statue is the work of Master sculptor Dr. Hossein Fakhimi. Ceremonies to start at 1:30 pm at College of International Studies. RSVP required.
October 6, 2015: "Iran, 36 Years After A Revolution" Lecture by Nazila Fathi in Zarrow Hall. Reception at 5:30 pm, Lecture at 6:00 pm. Book signing to follow the lecture.
September 22, 2015: "The Face-Savers: Morality and Mobility in Contemporary Iran" Inaugural Lecture by Manata Hashemi, Farzaneh Family Professor of Iranian Studies, in Hester Hall Room 145 at 3:00 pm. Reception to follow at Davlid L. Boren Library
October 9, 2013: The Iran Job (PDF) Documentary film that follows one year in the life of American pro basketball player Kevin Sheppard, who signed on to play for the upstart Iranian Super League team A.S. Shiraz.
March 10, 2013: Nowruz Persian Music Festival presents: Half Red, Half Yellow (JPG) Led by Bahram Osqueezadeh with vocalist Alireza Shahmohammadi "Half Red, Half Yellow" is a project to manifest two very different sides of Persian music, both the yellow half and the red half of a singualr musical body.
November 8, 2011:Building Iranian Studies at OU (PDF) Brown Bag Lunch with Touraj Daryaee, co-founter of the Iranian Studies Program at the University of California, Irvine.
