Regular Events
ISAA has few main regular social activities. These are events that are generally in the San Francisco Bay Area and are setup by the board members. Below is a selection of these activities. We encourage you to participate these events and also if interested, we are always looking for volunteers to help.
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Stay Connected!
We’re excited about the year ahead and look forward to sharing more events and opportunities to connect. Thank you for being an integral part of the ISAA community! Please join our mailing list.
Special Event:
Fireside Chat, Dr. Yahya Tabesh
SENIOR FELLOW AT UC BERKELEY & ACADEMIC EXPERT AT GOOGLE
Postponed
ENCINA COMMONS, ROOM 123
615 CROTHERS WAY, STANFORD, CA 94305
Dr. Yahya Tabesh is a visiting fellow at the University of California, Berkeley, and former visiting professor of mathematics at Stanford University. He taught at Sharif University of Technology for 25 years, serving as chairman of the Department of Mathematical Sciences. His research extends to computational linguistics, where he played a leadership role in developing Farsi under the Unicode standard. In 2010, Dr. Tabesh received the Erdős international award for his sustained and distinguished contributions to the enrichment of mathematics education. He directed the Math and Computer Olympiads in Iran and is co-founder of Polyup, a computational thinking playground for math education.
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HOSTED AND SPONSORED BY THE PERSIAN STUDENT ASSOCIATION AT STANFORD UNIVERSITY AND THE IRANIAN STANFORD ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
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For more information, please click the picture below:
Dish Hike
Every Saturday morning (weather permitting), there is a Hike event setup by ISAA. Join us for a couple of hours of walk/hike and lively, scintillating conversation through the beautiful hills overlooking the Stanford Campus, the Dish Trail. A great chance to connect with the community.
Socials
ISAA conducts periodic social gathering is a local establishments (Breweries, Restaurants, Event venues, etc.). Currently few are in the works including an event in February in the mid Peninsula and one in the East Bay (TBD). Stay Tuned.
Concerts
Several concerts are planed and produced by ISAA per year. They include highly sought after master musicians of the Iranian music scene. Please visit the current event Tab for the upcoming events.
Persian Music Appreciation Workshops
Dive into the rich world of Persian music with invited speakers. Below is the promo from one of our recent activities.
White Nights – Persian Poetry Series
Monthly gatherings celebrating Persian poetry, organized by ISAA volunteers with support from the Stanford Iranian Studies Program.
