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The Center for Iranian Diaspora Studies Faculty Research Grants: In Support of Iranian Diaspora Studies and Anti-Racism Projects/Curricula

Deadline to Apply April 30, 2021 (awards will be made fall/spring semester 2021-2022)

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Professor Persis Karim, Student Hasti Jafari Jozani Discuss 'New Window' for Iranian Americans upon Inauguration Day

KQED-FM, BY THE PEOPLE (SAN FRANCISCO) -- “The stakes are very very high for this next administration,” said Persis Karim, Neda Nobari endowed chair and director of the Center for Iranian Diaspora

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Events

Sofreh: Iranian Cuisine Through the Seasons

Sunday, July 18, 2021

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The Center’s Blog: “With A Trace”

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Iranian Diaspora Spotlight: Telling Stories from Tehran to Rome to Vancouver to Los Angeles with Chef and Cookbook Author Naz Deravian

Iranian Diaspora Spotlight: California-Based Artist Keyvan Shovir and Movement Between Tradition, Modernity, and Diaspora

Atossa Soltani on Being a “Planetary Citizen” and Defending the Amazon

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Center Media

Trailer for our film, "The Dawn is Too Far: Stories of Iranian-American Life in the SF Bay Area"

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