Archive: Persian

• Faculty of Languages and Linguistics Celebrates End of Academic Year with Awards

  May 24, 2022

  Georgetown University’s College of Arts and Sciences gathered to celebrate the Faculty of Languages and Linguistics (FLL) in an annual awards ceremony.

  Category: News Story Tags: Arabic and Islamic Studies, Awards, Faculty, Linguistics, Persian

• Weaving Your Paradise: Specialist Gives Talk on History and Design of Persian Rugs

  September 17, 2020

  As part of the Jalinous Lecture Series, the Persian Studies Program hosted Safoura Zoroofchi, a Persian rug specialist for a virtual presentation “Weaving the Dream: The Legacy of Persian Rugs.” The

  Category: News Story Tags: Event, Persian

• Esteemed Poet and Translator Gives Talk on New Book

  October 31, 2019

  Dick Davis, globally acknowledged leading translator of Persian poetry, gave a reading from his newly published book The Mirror of My Heart: A Thousand Years of Persian Poetry by Women at Georgetown on Thursday, October 24, 2019.

  Category: News Story Tags: Arabic and Islamic Studies, Comparative Literature, English, Event, Georgetown Humanities Initiative, Medieval Studies, Persian

• Persian Language and Culture Program Hosts Symposium on Abdolhossein Sardari

  April 22, 2019

  This Friday, the Persian Language and Culture Program at Georgetown College will host a daylong symposium titled Shelter and Shield: the Persian Schindler, the Polish Refugees, and the Story of Jewish and Christian Refuge in Iran during WWII.

  Category: News Story Tags: Events, Humanities Initiative, Persian