Monthly meeting of Iranian Cultural Society of America (Shabahang).
First Friday of Month.
Program consists of poetry reading, lecture, and Iranian music.
December Lecture (Farsi): Homage to Hafez, “Variety in the Ghazals of Hafez"
Dr. Reza Ghanadan, Former Lecturer, Georgetown & Ferdowsi Universities
Music Performance:
Fereydoun Ariani (Violin)
Ahmad Esmi (Santur)
Kurosh Darvish (Reciter)
This event is co-sponsored by University of Pennsylvania’s Middle East Center
Open to all interested individuals
Refreshments will be served
Lecturer:
Dr. Ghanadan obtained his Ph.D. in English literature from Lancaster University, England. He was an assistant professor at Ferdowsi University in Mashhad, Iran until 1979. Later, he joined the faculty of Georgetown University in Washington DC where he taught for 15 years before retirement. At the present time, Dr. Ghanadan is an adjunct professor at Northern Virginia Community College. He also works for the ESL Department and public school system of Washington DC. Dr. Ghanadan is a literary citric and his articles are often published in periodicals such as "Naghd va Barrasi-e Ketab" and "Goharan" in Tehran. He also publishes in Iran Nameh: A Persian Journal of Iranian Studies published in Washington, DC. Among the articles that he has recently published are those on Akhavan-e Sales, Shamlou, Simin Behbahani, Ismail Khoi, and Modernism.
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