Welcome to  Persian Studies and Persia House at Portland State University Portland State University Post Office Box 751 Portland, Oregon  97207 USA

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Monthly Poetry Reading

Next Persia House Monthly Poetry Reading with a special focus on selected love poems of Firdawsī Tûsī will be on Sunday,June 1,  6:30-8:30 p.m., Room 183, Cramer Hall, Portland State University, 1721 SW Broadway, Portland, Oregon. Free Admission. All are welcome. For more information, call: 503-725-5214 or visit www.persia.pdx.edu

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Click here > Donation and Membership

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جشن نوروز  Nawruz Celebration
Sizdah Beh Dar Picnicسیزده به در

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فردوسی درجشن سده
Moral Values in the Works of Firdawsi

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Click here > YALDA EVE, WINTER SOLSTICE CELEBRATION

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Rumi in Mehrgan Celebration
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Persian Language SCHOLARSHIP

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Persian Culture

Persian culture traces some thousands of years from prehistoric mythic times to the present. In the course of this development from the settlement of Aryan tribes on the Iranian plateau, society developed from nomadic to settled, from religion of nature to the monotheism of Islam, and from tribal to modern representative government. The national epic chronicles the struggles of heroes from the coming of man’s use of fire and minerals, from philosophical teachings of Zoroaster, the tolerance of Cyrus and Alexander, and revival of learning. From ancient times, the concepts of Iranian morality based on triumph of good over evil and duty to right infringement of a just social order have predominated.

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Farsi or Persian? Persian not Farsi

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History Mission Donation and Membership

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Events and Announcements:
Nawruz, Mehregan, Yalda, Sadeh, Poetry Reading
Online Resources
Persian Scholars and Scholars in Persian Studies

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Material for the following courses is available:
First Year Persian:

First Year Persian-Part 1
First Year Persian-Part 2
First Year Persian-Part 3
First Year Persian-Part 4

Part 5:
(a) Persian-English Vocabulary

(b) English-Persian Vocabulary

Second Year Persian (Under construction)
Third Year Persian (Under construction)
3rd Year Persian--Vocabulary

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