# Persian and Persianate Studies ## expand\_more ![peacock feathers](/sites/g/files/omnuum4936/files/styles/hwp_1_1__960x960_scale/public/mahindra/files/persian.jpg?itok=PGgmTO22) Provides opportunities for faculty, students, and other participants to explore, challenge, and discuss new research in the field of Persian and Persianate studies. The seminar brings into focus a vast linguistic and cultural complex once stretching from the Balkans in the West all the way to Baghdad, Bukhara, and Bengal in the East where Persian was a model for high culture and literary achievements. The seminar seeks to investigate the literary and cultural productions of the Persianate complex in the Islamic period, while fostering methodological diversity and comparative approaches across the humanities. ## Past Events [### From Muḥtasham Kāshānī’s Davāzdah Band to Ḳhat̤ā Shūshtarī’s Wāqiʿa-Goʾī: The Journey of Persian Marṡiyah from Safavid Iran to Lucknow ](/event/muhtasham-kashanis-davazdah-band-khata-shushtaris-waqia-goi-journey-persian-marsiyah-safavid?occ_id=0)May 1, 2026 | 5:00PM EDT [### Student Workshop : Indian Magazines & the Cold War ](/event/student-workshop-indian-magazines-cold-war?occ_id=0)Feb 27, 2026 | 2:00PM EST [### Urdu’s Jane Austen: The World of A. R. Khatoon (1900–1965) ](/event/urdus-jane-austen-world-r-khatoon-1900-1965?occ_id=0)Feb 26, 2026 | 4:30PM EST [ More past events arrow\_circle\_right ](/calendar/past_events?f%5B0%5D=event_hwp_c_seminars%3A170384) ## Chairs [### Latifeh Aavani ](/people/latifeh-aavani) ![Latifeh Aavani headshot](/sites/g/files/omnuum4936/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2025-07/Latifeh%20Aavani%20copy.jpg?itok=cQQF93mF) [### Nicholas Boylston ](/people/nicholas-boylston) ![Nicholas Boylston headshot](/sites/g/files/omnuum4936/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/mahindra/files/img_3423.jpg?itok=hfml3eG5) [### Bezhan Pazhohan ](/people/bezhan-pazhohan) ![Bezhan Pazhohan headshot](/sites/g/files/omnuum4936/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2025-07/pazhohan_bezhan.jpg?itok=f1Lfpf1o) See also:- [ Seminars ](/page-type/seminars)