We would like to welcome Naciem Nikkhah, Lecturer in Persian Language, to San José State University. She currently teaches beginning Persian and advises the Persian Students Association, in addition to her research on the art of the Iranian Diaspora and Persian language and literature. We would also like to congratulate the recipients of Roshan Institute Fellowship, Scholarship and Assistantship in 2013-2014: Hamed Sorourifar; Khaled Ali, Christopher Suard and Michelle Belmessieri-Hogg; and Ume Naqvi and Ritu Sristava, respectively.
The Program’s co-director, Dr. Persis Karim, participated in events at UC Irvine and the Asia Society. The Persian Studies Program hosted several academic and cultural activities this fall including lectures on the Cyrus Cylinder, the 1953 Coup in Iran, and Persian poetry and literature. The spring semester will feature additional lectures, a concert celebrating Noruz and a major conference on the Iranian Diaspora.