Tehran Taboo, Iranian film fest & many other events on this week!
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SOAS Iranian Society
Oct 21, 2018, 4:09:39 PM10/21/18
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Dear all,
Thank you to those of you that passed by our 'meet & greet' a couple of weeks back!
Below you'll find a number of Iranian events and other things of interest taking place this week and over the next couple of months. In previous years i usually sent out an email like the below on most Sunday evenings, but unfortunately these days im often pressed for time but will try to keep this bulletin going as regularly as i can (they take awhile to put together...). So for this week i've spent some time and listed as much as i can find for now, so i hope there will be something in here that will interest you!
Date: 22 - 25 October
Time: 11:40
Location: Curzon Bloomsbury, The Brunswick, London WC1N 1AW
FB: https://www.facebook.com/events/1862157203839685/
In this animated drama, the lives of several strong-willed women and a young musician intersect. Their stories reveal the hypocrisies of modern Iranian society, where sex, drugs, and corruption coexist with strict religious law.
Further info & Trailer: https://www.curzoncinemas.com/bloomsbury/film-info/tehran-taboo
Organised by: Curzon Bloomsbury
Yarshater Lecture Series in Persian Literature (2018)
Date: 22 - 23 October
Time: 19:00 (22nd Oct) & 17:30 (23rd Oct)
Room: Khalili Lecture Theatre (KLT)
FB: https://www.facebook.com/events/2213717878953295/
A series on lectures on 'Post-Revolution Transformations in Iranian Women’s Prose Fiction' by Professor Nasrin Rahimieh (University of California, Irvine).
Crossing Religious Divides in Zoya Pirzad’s Works: https://www.soas.ac.uk/lmei-cis/events/yarshater-lecture-series-in-persian-literature/22oct2018-crossing-religious-divides-in-zoya-pirzads-works.html
Fictions of Women in the Public Sphere: https://www.soas.ac.uk/lmei-cis/events/yarshater-lecture-series-in-persian-literature/23oct2018-fictions-of-women-in-the-public-sphere-.html
Organised by: Centre for Iranian Studies, SOAS
Iran After US-Decertification of the Nuclear Deal
Date: Monday, 22 October
Time: 19:00 - 20:00
Room: Wolfson Lecture Theatre (Paul Webley Wing, Senate House)
FB: https://www.facebook.com/events/2164043047152779/
Dr Sanam Vakil (Chatham House) will discuss Iran’s politics and foreign policy following the US’s decertification of the Iran nuclear deal (the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action - JCPOA), as well as the Trump administration’s policy towards Iran. This talk will be chaired by Dr Jacob Parakilas (Chatham House).
Organised by: SOAS Policy Forum
Iranian studies seminar
Date: Wednesday, 24 October
Time: 18:00
Room: T101, SOAS Language Centre, 21 Russell Square, London WC1B 5EA
The Rashtis, Turks and Qazvini’s, new research on the evolution of three categories of ethnic jokes in Iran
* Please note that this seminar will be in Persian.
Contact email: nm...@soas.ac.uk
Organised by: School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics, SOAS and the Centre for Iranian Studies, SOAS
The Idea of Iran: The Safavid Era
Date: Saturday, 27 October
Time: 09:45 - 18:00
Venue: Brunei Gallery, SOAS
The sixteenth and seventeenth centuries saw the establishment of the new Safavid regime in Iran, heir not only to the succession of leadership of the Safavid sufi order, but also to the Aq Qoyunlu dispensation of western Iran and more remotely to the Timurid Empire in the East.
Further info & Tickets: https://www.soas.ac.uk/lmei-cis/events/idea-of-iran/27oct2018-the-idea-of-iran-the-safavid-era.html
Organised by: Centre for Iranian Studies, SOAS, the Department of Religions & Philosophies, SOAS, School of History, Religions & Philosophies, SOAS and the Shahnama Centre for Persian Studies, Pembroke College, University of Cambridge
9th London Iranian Film Festival
Date: 26 October - 03 November 2018
London Iranian Film Festival is an annual, independent film festival. The festival acts as an exhibition to provide further access to Iranian films that would otherwise not reach the silver screens in London.
Full programme: http://www.ukiff.org.uk/festivals/festival/2018
Organised by: London Iranian Film Festival (UKIFF)
October - November 2018 Issue of The Middle East in London out now
Iran has rarely been absent from the headlines in the past forty years but its recent prominence in the media is beginning to break previous records. It is appropriate, therefore, that this issue of The Middle East in London be devoted to Iran and the challenges it faces, while not losing sight of what is going on in other spheres such as arts and culture.
Further info: https://www.soas.ac.uk/news/newsitem135028.html
Living Zoroastrianism
Date: 12 October - 15 December 2018
Time: 10:30 - 17:00
Venue: Brunei Gallery, SOAS
This unique interactive exhibition engages the public in the Virtual Reality (VR) experience of a three-thousand years old Zoroastrian ritual in which the viewer will be immersed by means of VR glasses. Originating in ancient pre-Islamic Iran, the ritual was filmed by Chouette Films in Mumbai 2017 with cutting edge spherical video technology.
Further info: https://www.soas.ac.uk/gallery/living-zoroastrianism/
Organised by: Brunei Gallery, SOAS
BIPS 2018-19 Grant Applications
Deadline: Friday, 26 October 2018
Our 2018-19 grant applications will be open to assist scholars wishing to pursue research in all fields of Persian, Iranian, and wider Persian World studies . Most of the Institute’s research income is set aside for collaborative research projects. The British Institute of Persian Studies is currently seeking to attract applications from scholars in three “umbrella” programmes.
Further info: https://www.bips.ac.uk/2018-19-grants/
Organised by: The British Institute of Persian Studies (BIPS)
Concert: War and Peace
Date: Saturday, 27 October
Time: 19:30 - 21:30
Room: DLT (G2)
“War and Peace”, a unique concert of songs and instrumental pieces from Iran, Afghanistan, Iraq and Syria.
Further info & Tickets: https://www.facebook.com/events/175036396708942/
Organised by: Iranian Music Society
The Golha and Golistan programmes
Date: Wednesday, 07 November
Time: 18:30
Location: Asia House, 63 New Cavendish Street, London W1G 7LP
This presentation will highlight some of the challenges that Jane Lewisohn has been confronted with while archiving the performing arts of 20th century Iran.
Further info & Tickets: https://www.iranheritage.org/golha.html
Organised by: Iran Heritage Foundation (IHF)
Contemporary Iranian Art Fair
Date: 10 - 11 November
Time: 12:30
Location: Beacon Hill Road, Church Crookham, Fleet GU52 8DY
FB: https://www.facebook.com/events/318471355401909/
Affordable Contemporary Iranian Art Fair, Family Weekend & Free Workshops for Children, Food, Live Music and Performances , Persian Food Catered by Galleria.
Further info: http://www.magicofpersia.com/
Organised by: MOP Foundation
Modern Art in Iran and its Search for Cultural Authenticity
Date: Wednesday, 14 November
Time: 18:45 - 20:30
Location: Asia House, 63 New Cavendish Street, London W1G 7LP
FB: https://www.facebook.com/events/105643733704501/
As the art world reflects a global trend towards exhibiting and collecting contemporary art from Iran, Asia House is delighted to welcome one of the leading authorities on Persian art, Dr Hamid Keshmirshekan (SOAS) to speak on the rich and diverse—yet often overlooked—thriving modern art scene in Iran from the 1960s to the 1970s.
Further info & Tickets (Free for students): https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/modern-art-in-iran-and-its-search-for-cultural-authenticity-tickets-49039712099
Organised by: Asia House
What’s it worth? European Art at the Persian Court
Date: Monday, 26 November
Time: 17:00 - 18:00
Location: Research Forum Seminar Room, The Courtauld Institute of Art, Somerset House, Strand, London WC2R 0RN
Early-modern European accounts of the Safavid Court agree on one thing: Persians loved splendour, as much, if not more than their European counterparts. A splendid art collection was the ultimate mark of distinction in the West, so some European visitors to Persia were alarmed to find that upwardly-mobile Persians seemed to care more for flashy things, like solid gold horse bridles, than they did for European works of art. No one was more shocked than Louis XIV’s ambassador, Pierre Victor Michel.
Further info: https://courtauld.ac.uk/event/whats-it-worth-european-art-at-the-persian-court
Organised by: Dr Sussan Babaie (The Courtauld Institute of Art)
Call for Papers: Fourth Biennial Conference on Iranian Studies
Deadline: Midnight, Sunday 30 December 2018
Symposia Iranica is a young, dynamic, and strategically driven philanthropic project. It was established to pilot a concept for a different type of academic conference – one that marries the economy, collegiality, and focus on junior scholars of a graduate conference with the breadth, academic intensity, polish and execution of an international convention.
Further info: http://symposia-iranica.com/cfp/
Organised by: Symposia Iranica
Underline Magazine - 3rd Issue
Underline is a quarterly online arts journal of the British Council Iran available in English and Persian, both as a free download in full and for article based online browsing. The latest issue of Underline is on Iranian female artists of the past half-century.
Further info: https://iran.britishcouncil.org/en/underline/editorial
=== Other Events ===
Festival of Italian Literature in London
Date: 27 - 28 October
Location: Print Room at the Coronet, 103 Notting Hill Gate, London W11 3LB
FB: https://www.facebook.com/events/539378359857040/
Two days, 15 events, 40+ speakers and performers, an impressive line-up of award-winning voices and new exciting authors discussing literature and politics, migration, translation, contemporary culture.
Further info: https://fill.org.uk/events/
Organised by: The Festival of Italian Literature in London (FILL)
That's it for now! We'll be back with something on campus from the SOAS Iranian Society within the coming weeks!
Contact email: nm...@soas.ac.uk
Organised by: School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics, SOAS and the Centre for Iranian Studies, SOAS
The Idea of Iran: The Safavid Era
Date: Saturday, 27 October
Time: 09:45 - 18:00
Venue: Brunei Gallery, SOAS
The sixteenth and seventeenth centuries saw the establishment of the new Safavid regime in Iran, heir not only to the succession of leadership of the Safavid sufi order, but also to the Aq Qoyunlu dispensation of western Iran and more remotely to the Timurid Empire in the East.
Further info & Tickets: https://www.soas.ac.uk/lmei-cis/events/idea-of-iran/27oct2018-the-idea-of-iran-the-safavid-era.html
Organised by: Centre for Iranian Studies, SOAS, the Department of Religions & Philosophies, SOAS, School of History, Religions & Philosophies, SOAS and the Shahnama Centre for Persian Studies, Pembroke College, University of Cambridge
9th London Iranian Film Festival
Date: 26 October - 03 November 2018
London Iranian Film Festival is an annual, independent film festival. The festival acts as an exhibition to provide further access to Iranian films that would otherwise not reach the silver screens in London.
Full programme: http://www.ukiff.org.uk/festivals/festival/2018
Organised by: London Iranian Film Festival (UKIFF)
October - November 2018 Issue of The Middle East in London out now
Iran has rarely been absent from the headlines in the past forty years but its recent prominence in the media is beginning to break previous records. It is appropriate, therefore, that this issue of The Middle East in London be devoted to Iran and the challenges it faces, while not losing sight of what is going on in other spheres such as arts and culture.
Further info: https://www.soas.ac.uk/news/newsitem135028.html
Living Zoroastrianism
Date: 12 October - 15 December 2018
Time: 10:30 - 17:00
Venue: Brunei Gallery, SOAS
This unique interactive exhibition engages the public in the Virtual Reality (VR) experience of a three-thousand years old Zoroastrian ritual in which the viewer will be immersed by means of VR glasses. Originating in ancient pre-Islamic Iran, the ritual was filmed by Chouette Films in Mumbai 2017 with cutting edge spherical video technology.
Further info: https://www.soas.ac.uk/gallery/living-zoroastrianism/
Organised by: Brunei Gallery, SOAS
BIPS 2018-19 Grant Applications
Deadline: Friday, 26 October 2018
Our 2018-19 grant applications will be open to assist scholars wishing to pursue research in all fields of Persian, Iranian, and wider Persian World studies . Most of the Institute’s research income is set aside for collaborative research projects. The British Institute of Persian Studies is currently seeking to attract applications from scholars in three “umbrella” programmes.
Further info: https://www.bips.ac.uk/2018-19-grants/
Organised by: The British Institute of Persian Studies (BIPS)
Concert: War and Peace
Date: Saturday, 27 October
Time: 19:30 - 21:30
Room: DLT (G2)
“War and Peace”, a unique concert of songs and instrumental pieces from Iran, Afghanistan, Iraq and Syria.
Further info & Tickets: https://www.facebook.com/events/175036396708942/
Organised by: Iranian Music Society
The Golha and Golistan programmes
Date: Wednesday, 07 November
Time: 18:30
Location: Asia House, 63 New Cavendish Street, London W1G 7LP
This presentation will highlight some of the challenges that Jane Lewisohn has been confronted with while archiving the performing arts of 20th century Iran.
Further info & Tickets: https://www.iranheritage.org/golha.html
Organised by: Iran Heritage Foundation (IHF)
Contemporary Iranian Art Fair
Date: 10 - 11 November
Time: 12:30
Location: Beacon Hill Road, Church Crookham, Fleet GU52 8DY
FB: https://www.facebook.com/events/318471355401909/
Affordable Contemporary Iranian Art Fair, Family Weekend & Free Workshops for Children, Food, Live Music and Performances , Persian Food Catered by Galleria.
Further info: http://www.magicofpersia.com/
Organised by: MOP Foundation
Modern Art in Iran and its Search for Cultural Authenticity
Date: Wednesday, 14 November
Time: 18:45 - 20:30
Location: Asia House, 63 New Cavendish Street, London W1G 7LP
FB: https://www.facebook.com/events/105643733704501/
As the art world reflects a global trend towards exhibiting and collecting contemporary art from Iran, Asia House is delighted to welcome one of the leading authorities on Persian art, Dr Hamid Keshmirshekan (SOAS) to speak on the rich and diverse—yet often overlooked—thriving modern art scene in Iran from the 1960s to the 1970s.
Further info & Tickets (Free for students): https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/modern-art-in-iran-and-its-search-for-cultural-authenticity-tickets-49039712099
Organised by: Asia House
What’s it worth? European Art at the Persian Court
Date: Monday, 26 November
Time: 17:00 - 18:00
Location: Research Forum Seminar Room, The Courtauld Institute of Art, Somerset House, Strand, London WC2R 0RN
Early-modern European accounts of the Safavid Court agree on one thing: Persians loved splendour, as much, if not more than their European counterparts. A splendid art collection was the ultimate mark of distinction in the West, so some European visitors to Persia were alarmed to find that upwardly-mobile Persians seemed to care more for flashy things, like solid gold horse bridles, than they did for European works of art. No one was more shocked than Louis XIV’s ambassador, Pierre Victor Michel.
Further info: https://courtauld.ac.uk/event/whats-it-worth-european-art-at-the-persian-court
Organised by: Dr Sussan Babaie (The Courtauld Institute of Art)
Call for Papers: Fourth Biennial Conference on Iranian Studies
Deadline: Midnight, Sunday 30 December 2018
Symposia Iranica is a young, dynamic, and strategically driven philanthropic project. It was established to pilot a concept for a different type of academic conference – one that marries the economy, collegiality, and focus on junior scholars of a graduate conference with the breadth, academic intensity, polish and execution of an international convention.
Further info: http://symposia-iranica.com/cfp/
Organised by: Symposia Iranica
Underline Magazine - 3rd Issue
Underline is a quarterly online arts journal of the British Council Iran available in English and Persian, both as a free download in full and for article based online browsing. The latest issue of Underline is on Iranian female artists of the past half-century.
Further info: https://iran.britishcouncil.org/en/underline/editorial
=== Other Events ===
Festival of Italian Literature in London
Date: 27 - 28 October
Location: Print Room at the Coronet, 103 Notting Hill Gate, London W11 3LB
FB: https://www.facebook.com/events/539378359857040/
Two days, 15 events, 40+ speakers and performers, an impressive line-up of award-winning voices and new exciting authors discussing literature and politics, migration, translation, contemporary culture.
Further info: https://fill.org.uk/events/
Organised by: The Festival of Italian Literature in London (FILL)
That's it for now! We'll be back with something on campus from the SOAS Iranian Society within the coming weeks!
Enjoy your night and have a good week everyone - especially since British Summer Time ends next Sunday... Damn.
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