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Welcome to the Iranian Studies Initiative

The Iranian Studies Initiative (ISI) was established in 2010 with support from the Duncan and Suzanne Mellichamp Endowment in Global Religion and Modernity in collaboration with the Department of Religious Studies and the Center for Middle East Studies. Iranian Studies faculty and staff organize annual lectures, symposia, film screenings, and conferences.

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Watch "The Role of Critical Literature in Qajar and Caucasus"

A lectue by Dr. Teoman Aktan

Watch "Molla Nasreddin of Tiflis"

A lecture by Dr. Janet Afary (UC Santa Barbara) 

Watch "Constitutionalists Sans Frontières"

A lecture by Dr. Touraj Atabaki (Leiden University)

​​Watch "​​Newspaper Poetry & Representative Politics"

A lecture ​​by Dr. Sam Hodgkin (Yale University)

 
 

The 2021-2022 Colloquium Series of the Iranian Studies Initiative
In collaboration with the UCSB Graduate Center for Literary Research

​Watch​ ​A PERSIAN POET IN STALIN'S RUSSIA: Abolqasem Lahuti in Tajikistan ​​

A lecture b​y Dr. Katerina Clark ​(Yale University)

 

Iranian Studies Initiative welcomes the arrival of Dr. Shiva Balaghi, Dr. Farshad Sonboldel, and Dr. Fariba Enteshari to UCSB who recently joined us!

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Iranian Studies Initiative
UC Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, CA 93106

Janet Afary
Mellichamp Professor of Religious Studies
Director Iranian Studies Initiative
afary@religion.ucsb.edu

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