Celebrated by over 300 million people worldwide, Nowruz marks the first day of spring, the vernal equinox, and the expectation of a prosperous and happy year. The ancient poet Jalaluddin Rumi called it a rebirth “on our planet and in our souls.”
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The 2018-2019 Middle East Studies Lecture, Performance & Film Series presents “Traces in Indian Miniature Paintings of Socio-Cultural Connections Between the Mughal Court and the Persianate World” featuring speaker Professor Bonnie C. Wade of the University of California Berkeley, Department of Music. The event will be held on Thursday, Nov. 8 at 5:00 pm in the […]
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Armenian musician Richard Hagopian, an internationally recognized master of the oud, will present a lecture called “Maqam Musics of the Middle East: Armenian Traditions” at 4 p.m. on Thursday April 27, in the Alice Peters Auditorium (PB 191) of the Peters Business Building. This free public event is part of the Middle East Studies Lecture, Performance […]
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“An Evening of Iranian Classical Music” will be presented at Fresno State at 7 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 11, in the Music Building Concert Hall as part of The Middle East Studies Lecture, Performance and Film Series. Behrouz Sadeghian will perform the santur (a hammered dulcimer of Iranian origin) and Faramarz Amiri will perform the zarb (a […]
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The College of Arts and Humanities at Fresno State 