Nauruz Celebration

Find out about Nauruz

What is Nauruz?

The Program on Central Asia and the Caucasus organized a very exciting event – our first-ever Nauruz Party. Nauruz is most widely known as the Iranian New Year’s celebration, celebrated on the spring equinox. But there is a much wider region, including Central Asia and the Caucasus where this holiday has deep cultural roots. Nauruz is also celebrated in Afghanistan, India, Turkey, Zanzibar, and Albania. As the new bulletin board – “Harvard Faces in Central Eurasian Spaces,” – outside of our Program office shows, those with a passion for Central Eurasia come in many shapes and sizes with varying academic affiliations. Therefore, Nauruz was the perfect occasion for scholars and students of Central Eurasian studies to meet each other and learn about the various departments and centers at Harvard which focus on this region. The celebration was held on March 21 from 5:00-7:00 p.m. on the concourse level of CGIS South. Food was served, and there was also a wonderful cultural program.

The Nauruz Celebration was co-sponsored by the Committee on Inner Asian and Altaic Studies, the Asia Center, Department of Slavic Langauges and Literatures, the Outreach Center at the Center for Middle Eastern Studies, and the Outreach Center at the Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies.

Program on Central Asia and the Caucasus
Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies
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Cambridge, MA 02138
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