Iranian Film Festival Tickets & More!

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SOAS Iranian Society

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Oct 22, 2017, 11:35:42 AM10/22/17
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Dear all,

Following-up from last week, SOAS Iranian Society is still without a committee - so there will be no activities on campus until that changes. However, this mailing list will continue to run. 8)

The London Iranian Film Festival will be taking place soon (See here for the programme at Ciné Lumière: http://www.ukiff.org.uk/ and additional film screenings at other venues here: https://www.facebook.com/pg/londoniranianfilmfes/events/).

It is not 100% confirmed, but we might be able to cover the costs for upto 15 tickets (only 1 ticket per person) to any of the Iranian Film Festival screenings for anyone that is a current SOAS student and is already a signed-up member of the SOAS Iranian Society (we wont cover the costs of anyone that wasnt a member prior this email going out - and i have the dates people joined on so dont even try it ;} ). So while i cant arrange a group trip to a film screening, i can try to negotiate with the SU to cover the cost of about 15 cinema tickets.

If you are a current SOAS student and want to take up this offer please email me back and i will see what i can do! 

Drunk, Diseased or Rendered Obnoxious: Vice in the East India Company’s Persian Factory

Date: Monday, 23 October
Time: 12:30 - 13:30
Venue: Knowledge Centre, The British Library, 96 Euston Road, London NW1 2DB

Until recently, the East India Company’s factory in Persia was only of interest to scholars interested in Persian trade and its daily life remained largely unexplored. Thanks to a joint project between the British Library and the University of Essex, Peter Good’s PhD research uncovers the rich life of the factory and sheds light on the everyday experience in the Persian Gulf of the eighteenth century.

The East India Company’s factory was a small part of a huge organisation. Gombroon where the Company was established was famous as one of the more unpleasant places to be based, ranking with the isolation of St. Helena and the torrid heat of Java as a place of poor health and short life. Indeed, the deaths and diseases suffered by the Englishmen there have rightly earned it the description of being 'but an inch from hell'.  

That being said, the Company’s employees enjoyed some comforts, from the copious amounts of wine available from the city of Shiraz to the Dutch 'punch house'. The relationships between the Company’s servants and their native neighbours was by turns a pleasant distraction and a deadly game, with one man running away with his Persian lover, while another was brutally murdered at the hands of his staff.

Further info & Tickets: https://www.bl.uk/events/drunk-diseased-or-rendered-obnoxious-vice-in-the-east-india-companys-persian-factory
Organised by: The British Library

Persian Women In Tech - London Chapter Launch Event

Date: Thursday, October 26
Time: 18:00 - 22:00
Location: Airbnb London, 40 Compton Street, London EC1V 0BD


Persian Women In Tech is excited to announce the launch of PWIT London. Join us to learn more about our initiative, meet our Founder & London Team and connect with your PWIT community.

PWIT is a Non-Profit 501(c)(3) Organization dedicated to celebrating and supporting Iranian women in the technology community from all across the globe. Our members include engineers, founders, intrapreneurs, entrepreneurs, investors, and technologists. At each event, we invite speakers to discuss entrepreneurship and technology. This special event is open to Women & Men in STEM/Tech.

Organised by: Persian Women In Tech

Middle Eastern, Central Asian and Islamic Studies: Introduction to Resources

Date: Friday, 27 October
Time: 15:30 - 17:00
Room: E17, SOAS Library

Are you enrolled in Middle East, Central Asia or Islamic studies at SOAS? Do you want to know more about which resources, printed and electronic, are available for your studies and research in those fields and how to access them? Join this 90 minutes hands-on session and get a head start in your study and research skills, in time for writing that essay or thinking out that dissertation! You'll get to know more about transliteration, subject-specific databases, bibliographic software, and some more.

Registration: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/middle-eastern-central-asian-and-islamic-studies-intro-to-resources-registration-37685143278
Organised by: Dominique Akhoun-Schwarb (SOAS)

Conference: Scythians and early nomads from Siberia to the Black Sea

Dates: 27 October - 29 October 2017
Venue: BP Lecture Theatre, British Museum, Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3DG

This major three-day conference is open to all. It will include the latest research on early nomads of Eurasia with papers on horseriding, warfare, technology and many other topics. It will also include results of recent archaeological excavations and new scientific research, and poster displays.

Programme: http://www.britishmuseum.org/pdf/events/3878_1213_Scythians_conference_PROGRAMME_021017.pdf

Tickets: http://www.britishmuseum.org/whats_on/events_calendar/event_detail.aspx?eventId=3878
Organised by: The British Museum

Shrapnel: A Perso-Arabic Sculptural Project

Exhibition Dates: 19 October - 01 November 2017
Venue: P21 Gallery, 21-27 Chalton Street, London NW1 1JD

Curator: Mishelle Farer
Artist: Michael Erdman

Shrapnel is a sculptural installation born out of the artist’s passion for languages, writing systems and methods of expression. Shrapnel seeks to challenge the common media representation of Arabic and Arab culture as violent, conducive to civil strife and terrorism. Shrapnel hopes to problematize the manner in which Arabic and other Middle Eastern languages and cultures - and, for that matter, any language and culture - comes to be associated exclusively with one subset of expression and production, rather than a reflection of human creativity and ingenuity. With this in mind, Shrapnel “assaults” the audience with an explosion of comical figurines based on the letters of the Perso-Arabic script and adorned with the headgear of various Muslim communities. The figures, made out of synthetic clay, are assembled in clusters spelling out common Arabic and Persian phrases, such as “Welcome” or “beautiful”. Shrapnel shows Arabic and other languages of Asia and Africa to be languages of wit, satire and exceptionally creative literary and cultural production.

Further info: http://p21.gallery/projects/react-shrapnel/
Organised by: P21 Gallery

Iran Heritage Foundation's programme of grants 2018

Deadline: Tuesday, 31 October 2017

Grants are awarded annually by two committees that sit towards the end of the year and give grants for work in the following calendar year. There are committees dealing with (i) Academic Research and Activities, and (ii) Contemporary Art, Exhibition and Culture. Only activities connected with Iran or Iranian cultural heritage will be considered.

Further info: http://www.iranheritage.org/grants.html
Organised by: Iran Heritage Foundation (IHF)

Enjoy your week all!

SOAS Iranian Society

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Oct 28, 2017, 6:44:54 AM10/28/17
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Dear all,

Just a quick note here - For any film buffs, the Iranian Film Festival has kindly given a special 50% discount offer to the SOAS Iranian Society for a Saturday day pass at Greenwood Theatre on 4th November.


The promotional code to use is: ukiff (It will reduce the day pass to £10).

Best,

Aki Elborzi

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