Events
Upcoming Events
Symposium on the State of the Environment in Iran
What is the state of environmental change in Iran?
Seeking a holistic, data-driven view of this pressing question, the Iranian & Persian Gulf Studies Program at Oklahoma State University will host the Symposium on the State of the Environment in Iran from April 18-19, 2024. Bringing together a dozen scholars alongside IPGS faculty to present their research in diverse fields, the symposium will build a holistic view of the state of water, energy, climate, and agriculture, and the roles of economy, the media, and culture on environmental change in Iran. The first day of this two-day symposium includes a full day of in-person research presentations open to the public. Please see the schedule at the link below and join us for open sessions on April 18th.
IPGS Lecture Series: Spring 2024
Join us for an exciting series of events this spring! Stay tuned for more details.
Recent Events
Nowruz 1403 Eid Didani
OSU IPGS wishes you and your loved ones a healthy, prosperous, and joyous Nowruz!
!نوروز پیروز
Join us Wednesday, March 27 as we mark Nowruz 1403 with an afternoon of “eid didani”
— a tradition of visits to friends and loved ones to welcome spring and the new year.
All are welcome and light refreshments will be provided!
Wednesday, March 27, 2024
Wes Watkins Center room 201
Drop in anytime between 4pm - 6pm
IPGS Chai Chat
Come join us for tea and sweets at Chai Chat!
Wednesday, March 6, 2024
Wes Watkins Center room 201
Drop in anytime between 4pm - 6pm
IPGS Lecture Series: "Rethinking Charity in Modest Reception and Contemporary Iranian Cinema"
A Film Screening & Discussion with Dr. Kaveh Bassiri (Univ. of Tulsa)
Wednesday, February 21, 2024
Wes Watkins Center room 110
5:00pm Reception, 5:30pm Event
IPGS Lecture Series: Dr. Talinn Grigor, UC-Davis
"The Hyphenated Architect: Minoritarian Agencies in Iranian International Style"
Thursday, February 1, 2024
Wes Watkins Center room 108
4:30pm Reception, 5:00pm Lecture
Chai Chat
Join us for tea and sweets at the first Chai Chat of the semester!
Wednesday, January 24, 2024
Wes Watkins Center room 201
Drop in anytime between 4pm - 6pm
Yalda Night 2023
Shabe-Yalda co-presented by IPGS & IRSA
Yalda Night, known as Shab-e Yalda or Shab-e Chelleh, is a cherished Iranian cultural
celebration that marks the longest night of the year, the winter solstice. This year,
IPGS & IRSA have collaborated to celebrate this special evening (a bit early!) with
our OSU community. We invite you to join us to share in recitations of Persian poetry
by Iranian-American poet Kaveh Bassiri (with English translation), enjoy traditionally
significant fruits like pomegranates, and share a delicious Iranian dinner.
Yalda Night
Thursday, November 30, 2023
Wes Watkins Center Room 308 6:30 PM
Dinner will be served.
IPGS Lecture Series: Dr. Adel Pezeshki
"DIET AND METABOLIC HEALTH: A FOCUS ON THE PERSIAN GULF REGION"
Join us for a lecture from Dr. Adel Pezeshki, Associate Professor of Nutritional Biochemistry
at Oklahoma State University in the Department of Animal and Food Science.
Thursday, November 9
WWC Room 209
5:00pm reception
5:30pm lecture
Save the Dates!
Fall 2023 IPGS Lecture Series (Updated)
Join us this Fall for the IPGS Lecture series! Additional details will be posted before
each event. We look forward to seeing you!
Chai Chat
Join us Wednesday, October 4 for Chai Chat!
Drop in anytime between 4:00-6:00pm in Wes Watkins Center room 201.
Drop in anytime between 4:00-6:00pm in Wes Watkins Center room 201.
Artistry and Activism: The Power of Art in Iran's Women, Life, Freedom Uprising
Join us on Wednesday, September 13, 2023 for a lecture from Dr. Pamela Karimi (U.
Mass-Dartmouth) in Wes Watkins Center Room 108. Reception begins at 5pm, followed by the lecture and a short presentation from IRSA at 5:30.
Welcome Back Chai Chat
Join us Wednesday, August 30 for our first Chai Chat of the Fall 2023 semester!
Drop in anytime between 4:30-6:00pm in Wes Watkins Center room 201.
Drop in anytime between 4:30-6:00pm in Wes Watkins Center room 201.
Join us on Wednesday, May 3 for the last Chai Chat of the semester!
Come enjoy some tea and sweets to help you study for finals, and celebrate our graduating
students!
Drop in anytime between 4:00-5:30pm in WWC 201.
Drop in anytime between 4:00-5:30pm in WWC 201.
Environment, Water Security, and Justice in the Middle East: A Conversation with Dr.
Kaveh Madani
Tuesday, April 25, 2023
Room 108, Wes Watkins Center
Room 108, Wes Watkins Center
Reception 5:00pm, Event 5:30pm
IPGS Lecture Series:
Mediating the Politics of Gender & Environmental Change through Participatory Filmmaking in Iran
Mediating the Politics of Gender & Environmental Change through Participatory Filmmaking in Iran
A lecture by Dr. Mariam Abazeri (Univ. of Miami)
Wednesday, April 12, 2023 | Room 209, Wes Watkins Center
Reception 4:30 pm, Lecture 5:00 pm
Nowruz Eid Didani
Wednesday, March 22, 2023
Room 308, Wes Watkins Center
Drop-in from 4:30-6:30 pm
Refreshments provided!
Refreshments provided!
We look forward to seeing you there!
Chai Chat
Join us on Wednesday 03/01 for our March Iranian & Persian Gulf Studies (IPGS) Chai
Chat, a monthly informal gathering to get to know one another over tea and snacks!
Wednesday, March 1, 2023
Room 201, Wes Watkins Center
Drop-in anytime between 4:00 – 5:30 pm!
Questions? Email us at ipgs@okstate.edu. We look forward to seeing you there!
Chai Chat
Join us for the first Iranian & Persian Gulf Studies (IPGS) Chai Chat, a monthly informal
gathering to get to know one another over tea and snacks! Please let us know you plan
to come by so we can be sure to have enough chai and shirini for everyone.
Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2023
Room 201, Wes Watkins Center
Drop-in anytime between 4:00 – 5:30 pm!
Questions? Email us at ipgs@okstate.edu. We look forward to seeing you there!
Global Briefing Series: Shi’a-Sunni Dynamics and the Geopolitics of Sectarianism in
the Middle East
Dr. Payam Mohseni
November 06, 2020
Iran's Conservative Administration and the Global Economy
Dr. Saleh S. Tabrizy
September 29th, 2021