Grant to Women’s Worlds in Qajar Iran Project: A Digital Archive and Website

Mar 28, 2013

Roshan Cultural Heritage Institute is happy to announce a grant to Harvard University, supporting a development of a Digital Archive and a Website for Women’s Worlds in Qajar Iran. The goal of Women’s Worlds in Qajar Iran is to address a gap in scholarship and understanding of the lives of women during the Qajar era (1786 – 1925) in Iran by developing a comprehensive digital resource that preserves, links, and renders accessible primary-source materials related to the social and cultural history of women’s worlds in Qajar Iran.

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A short film about Iran

Mar 24, 2013

A short film about Iran by Iranian Student Association (ISA) at Pennsylvania State University. The film is from different regions of Iran with their own unique architect and music. This film was made recently and shown at Penn State on March 30, 2013.

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Norouz 1392

Feb 18, 2013

Roshan Cultural Heritage Institute would like to share with you the joy of celebrating Noruz, the Persian New Year 1392, wishing Peace and Joy to all. Noruz, literally means New Day and is based on the celebration of the Vernal Equinox around March 20 to 21. See the following link for a full entertaining version of the history behind this 3500-year-old celebration connected to Persian Empire.

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H.H. Dalai Lama @UMD

Feb 4, 2013

COLLEGE PARK, Md. – The University of Maryland will welcome His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama to campus on Tuesday, May 7th. H.H. will be the latest in a long-list of world leaders to deliver the prestigious Anwar Sadat Lecture for Peace in the morning on “Peace Through Compassion: Connecting a Multi-Faith World”. In the afternoon His Holiness will participate in a dialogue on “A Meeting of Two Oceans: Dialogue on Sufism and Buddhism” organized by Roshan Institute of Persian Studies.

In a letter to our Founder and President Elahe Omidyar Mir-djalali, the University of Maryland President Wallace D. Loh expressed: “I want to offer my heartfelt thanks to you for your role in bringing His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama to our campus in May.” “Now you have offered a strong vote of confidence in the University to carry out one of its most important responsibilities as a public university: to encourage rich and deep public discussion of the most compelling and complex issues of our time.”

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Book Signing, Presentation & Reception: Wednesday March 20th, in Celebration of Nowruz, Graghic Artist Hamid Rahmanian, Showcases His New Edition of the “Shahnameh”

Jan 24, 2013

The Near East Section The African Middle Eastern Division The Library of Congress Invites you To Celebrate Nowruz with graphic artist and filmmaker, Hamid Rahmanian, Who will present an innovative version of Ferdowsi’s Shahnameh (“The Epic of the Persian Kings”) Based on illustrations from thousands of Iranian, Mughal Indian, and Ottoman manuscripts

Hamid Rahmanian, from Shahnameh: The Epic of the Persian Kings.

Wednesday, March 20th, 2013
Program, Book Signing & Reception 12 noon to 2 p.m.
The African Middle Eastern Reading Room
10 First Street, S.E.
Washington, D.C.

For Information contact: Hirad Dinavari (202) 707-4518 or [email protected]
Please allow time to clear security
Request ASL and ADA accommodation five days in advance at (202) 707-6362 or [email protected]

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The Democracy Fund

Jan 2, 2013

Another exciting initiative, The Democracy Fund, was launched by Director on our Board, Pierre Omidyar on January 15th, 2013. The Democracy Fund will address the ongoing work of improving the political system/process in the United States. For further detail on the mission and vision of The Democracy Fund see the link below.

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