Community Engagement
Our goal is to promote a community engaged with the world. Learn about community engagement projects at Roshan Institute for Persian Studies.
The Roshan Institute for Persian Studies organizes scholarly lectures and round tables, film screenings, performances, and other events in order to enhance public understanding of Persian art, literature and culture in all its social and geographical iterations.
These virtual and in-person events showcase new research by established and emerging scholars in and outside Iran as well as artwork from the Washington, D.C. area’s growing Iranian-American community. Through these events, we seek to foster new perspectives on Iranian life and culture and encourage discussion of current social and political events, cultural trends, and artistic practices.
Our periodic events include the Mir-Djalali Lecture Series, Ehsan Yarshater bi-annual Speaker Series and the Womens’ Day celebration. These established series ensure the presence of distinguished artist practitioners and academics within our community every year. Deepening the appreciation for classic and contemporary Persian culture, art, and literature across the globe is our goal.
To receive updates about our upcoming events, please join our listserv by emailing roshan@umd.edu.
Community Engagement Projects
The Persian adaptation of Our Bodies, Ourselves will be a digital interactive project hosted by the UMD website. It will include excerpted translations of the English edition with commentary and articles written by healthcare professionals inside Iran.
Our Bodies Ourselves Translation Project
The Afghan Refugee Accompaniment (ARA) Program is a collaborative project of the Roshan Institute for Persian Studies at the University of Maryland (Roshan-UMD) and the International Rescue Committee (IRC).
The Afghan Refugee Accompaniment Program