News Listing
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August 22, 2024On August 12, 2024 the Center's director, Dr. Persis Karim, received the Association for Iranian Studies (AIS) Senior Mentor…
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August 08, 2024Dear Center Friends and Supporters: Since it was established in 2017, the Center for Iranian Diaspora Studies (CIDS) at Sa…
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January 24, 2024MOZAIK Philanthropy, in collaboration with the Center for Iranian Diaspora Studies at San Francisco State University, announ…
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January 22, 2024The Center for Iranian Diaspora Studies is pleased to announce that Dr. Arezoo Islami, Assistant Professor in SF State's Dep…
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October 11, 2023The Center for Iranian Diaspora Studies is pleased to collaborate with MOZAIK Philanthropy for a special writing award. Gran…
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May 01, 2023Director of SF State’s Center for Iranian Diaspora Studies Persis Karim discussed Iran’s current protest movement. Listen to…
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March 15, 2023Poetry graduate student and Iraqi native Zêdan Xelef and other poets discuss the 20th anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Ir…
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March 08, 2023The Center for Iranian Diaspora Studies was pleased to be able to read aloud the proclamation issued by the City and County…
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March 02, 2023San Francisco State University students, faculty and alumni are coming together for two events this month supporting women’s…
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February 27, 2023Professor of Music Dr. Hafez Modirzadeh, who specializes in Creative/World Music, also pays tribute to the cause of women an…
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October 24, 2022San Francisco State University, Academic Senate RESOLUTION IN SOLIDARITY WITH WOMEN and UNIVERSITY COMMUNITIES IN IRAN In r…
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October 19, 2022By Karin Fischer for Latitutdes, The Chronicle of Higher Education, October 19, 2022 Direct link to article A group of a…
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October 17, 2022Woman. Life. Freedom-Resources on Protests in Iran About the Hijab Public Writing Hijab in Iran: From Religious to Political…
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October 16, 2022More than one hundred and ninety scholars and other academic stakeholders in the US and Canada have signed an open letter ca…
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October 09, 2022Persis Karim, director of the Center for Iranian Diaspora Studies, discussed support for Iranian college students. Read more…
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October 06, 2022Director of the Center for Iranian Diaspora Studies, Persis Karim discussed the Iranian Diaspora in the U.S. in an article a…
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September 30, 2022Director of the Center for Iranian Diaspora Studies, Persis Karim commented on the death of Mahsa Jina Amini, an Iranian wom…
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September 28, 2022“WOMEN. LIFE. FREEDOM.” This is the chant for the movement unfolding in the streets of Iran to throw off compulsory hijab an…
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September 24, 2022Director of the Center for Iranian Diaspora Studies Persis Karim discussed the U.S. relationship with Iran in multiple artic…
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September 19, 2022Award recipients at Association for Iranian Studies Conference, August 2022 The Hamid Naficy Book Award is awarded bienniall…
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August 25, 2022Jasmine Djavahery, an intern with the Center for Iranian Diaspora Studies at SF State, discussed how the center’s podcast “D…
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February 10, 2022Call for Proposals: Center for Iranian Diaspora Studies Undergraduate Research Award (IDS) 2022-2023 Deadline for submiss…
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April 06, 2020Deadline to Apply April 30, 2021 (awards will be made fall/spring semester 2021-2022) THE CENTER FOR IRANIAN DIASPORA STUDIE…
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On June 28th, the Center was honored to receive a special commendation from the city of San Francisco and District 11 Superv…
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To honor Pride Month and to celebrate and recognize LGBTQIA+ Iranians, the Center for Iranian Diaspora Studies is pleased to…
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The UCLA Center for Near Eastern Studies and the Center for Iranian Diaspora Studies at San Francisco State University are…
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The Hamid Naficy Book Award is granted biennially by the Association for Iranian Studies on behalf of the Center for Iranian…
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The Neda Nobari Dissertation Award is granted biennially by the Assocation of Iranian Studies on behalf of the Center for Ir…