Welcome to the Iranian Studies Initiative

The Iranian Studies Initiative (ISI) was established in 2010, supported by the Duncan and Suzanne Mellichamp Endowment and the Gramian-Emrani Foundation. The program offers Persian language courses and various courses on Iran across multiple disciplines, with significant contributions from over a dozen faculty members. Most Iranian Studies courses are offered through the Department of Religious Studies. Students can pursue an undergraduate minor, MA, or PhD in Iranian Studies across several departments. UC Santa Barbara hosts over 700 students of Iranian heritage and many graduate students from Iran pursuing MA or PhD degrees. For more information, please click here

Celebrating Nowruz at UCSB 

UCSB Lecture Series

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The Worldliness of Sohrab Sepehri's Poetics

UCSB Lecture Series 2023-2024

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I Speak From The Edges of The Night

UCSB Lecture Series 2023-2024

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Daughters of Smoke and Fire: Art, Activism, and Identity 

UCSB Lecture Series 2023-24

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The Iranian Studies Initiative at Uc Santa Barbara & Farhang Foundation 

 

UCSB Lecture Series 

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Mohammad Moqaddam, a Prose Poet: 

Introducing free verse into Persian Poetry 

UCSB Lecture Series 

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Publishing and the State in Iran from the 1950s to the present

Workshop on Molla Naserddin Book at UCSB

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