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Ghand-e Parsi 2025 Winter School is a seasonal program designed to offer learners of all backgrounds a rich, structured, and immersive journey into the Persian language and Persianate culture. With carefully crafted courses at the elementary, intermediate, and advanced levels, the school provides a complete pathway for linguistic growth—from foundational communication skills to the reading of complex historical, literary, artistic, and mystical texts. Alongside these core levels, the Winter School features a set of Complementary & Cross-Level courses that open new interdisciplinary doors, including Digital Humanities, Persian through Arabic, and Persian through Music. Taught by distinguished instructors such as Mohammad H. Naraghi, Peyman Eshaghi, Domenico Arturo Ingenito, and Mehdi Rezania, the program brings together language learning, cultural depth, and scholarly expertise, offering participants a unique opportunity to advance their Persian while exploring the diverse worlds of Persianate studies.

 

Elementary Courses

• Elementary Persian (Mohammad H. Naraghi)​

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Intermediate Courses

• Intermediate Persian (Mohammad H. Naraghi)

• Intermediate Persian through Short Stories (Mohammad H. Naraghi)

• Intermediate Persian through News Websites in Simple Persian (Mohammad H. Naraghi)

• Persian for Heritage Speakers (Mohammad H. Naraghi)

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Advanced Courses

• How to Read Persian Poetry: From Ferdowsi to Forugh Farrokhzad (Domenico Arturo Ingenito)

• Advanced Persian through Mystical and Sufi Texts (Peyman Eshaghi)

• Advanced Persian through Persian Codicology Texts (Peyman Eshaghi)

• Advanced Persian through Safavid Texts (Peyman Eshaghi)

• Advanced Persian through South Asian Persian Texts (Peyman Eshaghi)

• Advanced Persian through History of Art Texts (Peyman Eshaghi)

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Cross-Level Courses

• Persian Language and Culture through Iranian Cinema (Peyman Eshaghi)

• Bridging Arabic & Persian: Learn Faster, Remember Better (Mohammad H. Naraghi)

• Digital Humanities and Persianate Studies (Peyman Eshaghi)

• Learning Persian Through Songs: Language, Poetry, and Culture Across the 12 Dastgāh (Mehdi Rezania)

• Persian for Everyday Conversation (Mohammad H. Naraghi)