Roshan Cultural Heritage Institute would like to congratulate the nine recipients of Roshan Institute Scholarship for Excellence in Persian Studies at California State University, Fresno for the 2016-17 academic year. While these students are pursuing degrees in a wide variety of subjects, they have all demonstrated a deep interest and commitment to learning and sharing Persian language and culture.
Courses in the Persian Language and Culture Studies program at CSU Fresno are taught by Dr. Partow Hooshmandrad, Roshan Institute Endowed Faculty in Persian Language and Culture. In Fall 2017, Dr. Hooshmandrad will be on leave from CSU Fresno. She has been awarded a Visiting Scholar position at UC Berkeley’s Center for Middle Eastern Studies for the duration of her sabbatical leave. During this period she is planning to begin the process of writing a book on the musical culture of the Kurdish Ahl-e Haqq (AH) of the Guran region in Iran, and continue her performance studies on the AH musical repertoire. Roshan Cultural Heritage Institute congratulates Dr. Hooshmandrad and wishes her a productive semester while at UC Berkeley.
Middle East Studies Lecturer, Dr. Negin Tahvildary will be teaching Persian language and culture courses while Dr. Hooshmandrad is on leave in Fall 2017. She will also be coordinating a number of events to promote Persian culture including musical performance, film screenings, lectures and other activities.