Film Screening: Fireworks Wednesday (Chahar Shanbe Soori)
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SOAS Iranian Society
Dec 5, 2016, 7:31:24 PM12/5/16
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Dear all,
Been working both days this weekend just past so excuse the delay and shorter bulletin this week. Lack of time! Plus, its almost 1am now.. Fatigue and all that.
Film Screening: Fireworks Wednesday (Chahar Shanbe Soori)
Date: Monday, 12 December
Time: 19:15 - 21:15
Room: G51 (Ground Floor, Main Building)
FB: https://www.facebook.com/events/1279742715429576/
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ul9_PFxIYBI
Language: Persian (English subtitles)
Synopsis: All of Tehran is preparing to celebrate the traditional Persian New Year with the festival of fire (Fireworks Wednesday), which falls on the last Tuesday night before the official New Year begins. On this auspicious evening, a young woman named Rouhi is employed by a young couple to clean their house. Sweet and naive, Rouhi is engaged to be married, but her innocence is shattered when she finds her employers’ household in crisis over accusations of infidelity.
Organised by: SOAS Iranian Society
Iranian Cinema Uncensored: Contemporary Film-Makers Since the Islamic Revolution
Date: Tuesday, 06 December
Time: 17:45 - 19:00
Room: Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Paul Webley Wing (Senate House)
FB: https://www.facebook.com/events/297974283931055/
Speaker: Shiva Rahbaran
Lecture by Shiva Rahbaran on her book Iranian Cinema Uncensored: Contemporary Film-Makers Since the Islamic Revolution (I.B.Tauris, 2016). The New Iranian Cinema is considered by many to be the most fascinating cultural phenomenon produced within the Islamic Republic of Iran. Containing twelve first-hand interviews with the most renowned film-makers living and working in contemporary Iran, Rahbaran's book provides insights into film-making within a society often at odds with its rulers. Through these conversations Rahbaran reveals that the seeds of the New Iranian Cinema were sown long before the revolution, and that Iranian film-makers gave rise to a cinema which became a global phenomenon despite censorship, sanctions and political isolation.
Organised by: London Middle East Institute (LMEI) at SOAS and the Centre for Iranian Studies, SOAS
Iran-US relations and the future of the JCPOA under the new Amercian President
Date: Wednesday, 07 December
Time: 18:00 - 20:00
Room: T102, SOAS Language Centre (22 Russell Square)
FB: https://www.facebook.com/events/998372910286138/
* Please note that seating is very limited and will be on a first-come first-serve basis.
It is almost a year since the implementation of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). What has changed? And is it all about to be un-done? Advocates of the nuclear agreement argued that limiting Iran’s nuclear capabilities and integrating it into the global economy would make the region safer and over time alter the regime’s behaviour. According to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Iran has largely adhered to the agreement’s terms constraining its nuclear program. Yet, outside of the nuclear sphere, Iranian actions in a range of regional contexts deepens concern that it is merely using the JCPOA to reap economic benefits while adhering to disruptive foreign and security policies. Meanwhile, many Iranians charge that the unwillingness of the United States to loosen banking restrictions and other non-nuclear sanctions undermines the spirit of the JCPOA and ultimately threatens the agreement. Unmet expectations on both sides raise serious questions about the agreement’s future. And the soon to be President Trump has vowed to rip up the agreement when he takes over the US presidency. So what will become of the deal and the future of Iran-US relation?
Organised by: Department of Near and Middle East Studies and the Department of Politics and International Studies in collaboration with the Centre for Iranian Studies, SOAS
Karaj Collective Live at Asia House
Date: Thursday, 26 January 2017
Time: 18:45 - 20:15
Location: Asia House, 63 New Cavendish Street, London W1G 7LP
Asia House is pleased to present Iranian contemporary music Karaj Collective to kick off our 2017 Arts and Learning Programme.
Karaj Collective will present new compositions, improvisation and original fusion music bringing together influences from jazz, blues, Kurdish, Azeri, Afghani and Armenian folk music.
Further info & Tickets: http://asiahouse.org/events/karaj-collective-live-asia-house/
Organised by: Asia House
SOAS Law Journal Blog
The SOAS Law Journal is on the search for staff-writers willing to commit and contribute to providing articles to be posted on our new SOAS Law Journal Blog, set to launch in January. The Law Journal is a student-run publishing body, focusing on promoting the research of students, both undergraduate and graduate, researchers, and scholars at the School of Oriental and African Studies. We focus on publishing articles that challenge norms and categorical truths, contributing to the legal sector, and those in its vicinity, and facilitating dialogues between students, faculty members, and the wider world. Our decision to run a blog is therefore indicative of our everlasting commitment to developing opportunities for research and scholarship at SOAS.
We are therefore writing to you to gauge your interests in conducting legal research and sharing it with the SOAS community, and others interested.
Kind regards,
The SOAS Law Journal Editorial Board
Email: soaslaw...@soas.ac.uk
Website: www.soaslawjournal.org
Facebook: www.facebook.com/soaslawjournal
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/soas-law-journal
Been working both days this weekend just past so excuse the delay and shorter bulletin this week. Lack of time! Plus, its almost 1am now.. Fatigue and all that.
Film Screening: Fireworks Wednesday (Chahar Shanbe Soori)
Date: Monday, 12 December
Time: 19:15 - 21:15
Room: G51 (Ground Floor, Main Building)
FB: https://www.facebook.com/events/1279742715429576/
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ul9_PFxIYBI
Language: Persian (English subtitles)
Synopsis: All of Tehran is preparing to celebrate the traditional Persian New Year with the festival of fire (Fireworks Wednesday), which falls on the last Tuesday night before the official New Year begins. On this auspicious evening, a young woman named Rouhi is employed by a young couple to clean their house. Sweet and naive, Rouhi is engaged to be married, but her innocence is shattered when she finds her employers’ household in crisis over accusations of infidelity.
Organised by: SOAS Iranian Society
Iranian Cinema Uncensored: Contemporary Film-Makers Since the Islamic Revolution
Date: Tuesday, 06 December
Time: 17:45 - 19:00
Room: Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Paul Webley Wing (Senate House)
FB: https://www.facebook.com/events/297974283931055/
Speaker: Shiva Rahbaran
Lecture by Shiva Rahbaran on her book Iranian Cinema Uncensored: Contemporary Film-Makers Since the Islamic Revolution (I.B.Tauris, 2016). The New Iranian Cinema is considered by many to be the most fascinating cultural phenomenon produced within the Islamic Republic of Iran. Containing twelve first-hand interviews with the most renowned film-makers living and working in contemporary Iran, Rahbaran's book provides insights into film-making within a society often at odds with its rulers. Through these conversations Rahbaran reveals that the seeds of the New Iranian Cinema were sown long before the revolution, and that Iranian film-makers gave rise to a cinema which became a global phenomenon despite censorship, sanctions and political isolation.
Organised by: London Middle East Institute (LMEI) at SOAS and the Centre for Iranian Studies, SOAS
Iran-US relations and the future of the JCPOA under the new Amercian President
Date: Wednesday, 07 December
Time: 18:00 - 20:00
Room: T102, SOAS Language Centre (22 Russell Square)
FB: https://www.facebook.com/events/998372910286138/
* Please note that seating is very limited and will be on a first-come first-serve basis.
It is almost a year since the implementation of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). What has changed? And is it all about to be un-done? Advocates of the nuclear agreement argued that limiting Iran’s nuclear capabilities and integrating it into the global economy would make the region safer and over time alter the regime’s behaviour. According to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Iran has largely adhered to the agreement’s terms constraining its nuclear program. Yet, outside of the nuclear sphere, Iranian actions in a range of regional contexts deepens concern that it is merely using the JCPOA to reap economic benefits while adhering to disruptive foreign and security policies. Meanwhile, many Iranians charge that the unwillingness of the United States to loosen banking restrictions and other non-nuclear sanctions undermines the spirit of the JCPOA and ultimately threatens the agreement. Unmet expectations on both sides raise serious questions about the agreement’s future. And the soon to be President Trump has vowed to rip up the agreement when he takes over the US presidency. So what will become of the deal and the future of Iran-US relation?
Organised by: Department of Near and Middle East Studies and the Department of Politics and International Studies in collaboration with the Centre for Iranian Studies, SOAS
Karaj Collective Live at Asia House
Date: Thursday, 26 January 2017
Time: 18:45 - 20:15
Location: Asia House, 63 New Cavendish Street, London W1G 7LP
Asia House is pleased to present Iranian contemporary music Karaj Collective to kick off our 2017 Arts and Learning Programme.
Karaj Collective will present new compositions, improvisation and original fusion music bringing together influences from jazz, blues, Kurdish, Azeri, Afghani and Armenian folk music.
Further info & Tickets: http://asiahouse.org/events/karaj-collective-live-asia-house/
Organised by: Asia House
SOAS Law Journal Blog
The SOAS Law Journal is on the search for staff-writers willing to commit and contribute to providing articles to be posted on our new SOAS Law Journal Blog, set to launch in January. The Law Journal is a student-run publishing body, focusing on promoting the research of students, both undergraduate and graduate, researchers, and scholars at the School of Oriental and African Studies. We focus on publishing articles that challenge norms and categorical truths, contributing to the legal sector, and those in its vicinity, and facilitating dialogues between students, faculty members, and the wider world. Our decision to run a blog is therefore indicative of our everlasting commitment to developing opportunities for research and scholarship at SOAS.
We are therefore writing to you to gauge your interests in conducting legal research and sharing it with the SOAS community, and others interested.
Kind regards,
The SOAS Law Journal Editorial Board
Email: soaslaw...@soas.ac.uk
Website: www.soaslawjournal.org
Facebook: www.facebook.com/soaslawjournal
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/soas-law-journal
Enjoy your week all.
Best,
Aki Elborzi
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