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These strong language offerings of the Persian Studies Program are complemented by relevant regional courses across the university, making for a robust interdisciplinary education on the Persian-speaking world.
We view the escalating conflict in the Middle East with grave concern. As the region faces increasing violence, we affirm our unwavering solidarity with the people of Iran, who are navigating the dual hardships of external warfare and internal systemic repression.
Our thoughts are with the innocent civilians—women, men, and children—caught in the crossfire in Iran, the wider Middle East and beyond. Our hope for Iran is freedom from the threat of war and authoritarianism and a future full of peace, dignity and prosperity.
Persian Studies, Georgetown University
Since 2006, Georgetown University has been one of the only universities in the nation to offer 3 levels of Persian language courses, consistently, year in and year out. This makes us an attractive choice for undergraduates and graduate students seeking a full spectrum of language classes without interruption.
Our program not only offers three levels of language study, but also three content courses each academic year. At the Beginners and Intermediate levels, Persian is taught through intensive study (12 credits in one academic year and during the summer). A Persian language minor is also offered for undergraduate students.
Support for the Persian Studies Program is provided, in part, by the Shahrzad and Farhad Jalinous Endowed Fund for Persian Culture and Language Studies. The Jalinous Fund supports lectures, programming, faculty and student research, and teaching of and related to Persian language and culture at Georgetown University. Georgetown is grateful for the support.
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Mahnaz Afkhami Papers: July 2026 Collection Update
The collection, housed at Georgetown University Library’s Booth Family Center for Special Collections, takes as its locus the personal papers of Mahnaz Afkhami, around which have accumulated seven decades of organizational records, correspondence, publications, photographs and audiovisual material, oral histories, conference files, and the policy documents of the many institutions she built or served. What it preserves, in the end, is a life: one given over to scholarship and public service in Iran, and after 1979 to advocacy carried on across the Middle East, North Africa, and much of the Global South.
July 8, 2026
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The Georgetown University Library is pleased to announce the exceptional gift of the Afkhami Collection, consisting of the personal papers of Mahnaz Afkhami and her late husband, the respected scholar Dr. Gholam Reza Afkhami, as well as the archives and library of the Foundation for Iranian Studies ( بنیاد مطالعات ایران fis-iran.org).
May 27, 2025
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Faculty of Languages and Linguistics Celebrates End of Academic Year with Awards
Farima Sadigh Mostowfi not only developed the Persian Studies Program, but was a driving force behind the Persian language minor. As she received her award, Mostowfi addressed the assembled students and faculty, reflecting on her time at Georgetown and the intrinsic value of studying foreign languages.
May 24, 2022