Halloween Film Screening, Talks and Al-Monitor's Iran Pulse

[SOAS Iranian Society]

Dear all,

Look at it out there, who else is feeling blue?

Reminder - Halloween Film Screening: A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night

Date: Monday, 31 October
Time: 19:15
Room: 116, 1st Floor, Main Building

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To coincide with Halloween we'll be screening an Iranian-American suspense horror film, 'A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night'.

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_YGmTdo3vuY

Language: Persian (English subtitles)
Run Time: 101 minutes

Synopsis: Strange things are afoot in Bad City. The Iranian ghost town - home to prostitutes, junkies, pimps and other sordid souls – is a place that reeks of death and hopelessness, where a lonely vampire is stalking the town’s most unsavoury inhabitants. But when boy meets girl, an unusual love story begins to blossom…blood red.

Organised by: SOAS Iranian Society

Iranian Communities in Britain: A Research Report

A PDF version of the research report on Iranian Communities in Britain by Annabelle Sreberny and Reza Gholami is available to download from the SOAS website here: https://www.soas.ac.uk/lmei-cis/events/file113142.pdf

This report was commissioned by the British Council and it's launch was hosted at SOAS by the London Middle East Institute (LMEI) on 01 June 2016.

Honour and Rights: Gender and Democracy in Iran

Date: Wednesday, 02 November
Time: 18:00 - 20:00
Room: T102, SOAS Language Centre, 22 Russell Square

FB: https://www.facebook.com/events/196148260828367/

*Please note that seating is limited.

Speaker: Ziba Mir-Hosseini

Since the 1979 Revolution, Iranian politics has conventionally been viewed as a polarized conflict between ‘secular’ and ‘Islamic’ ideologies. I argue that this view has masked the real battle, which has been between despotism and patriarchy, on the one hand, and democracy and gender equality, on the other. The century-old struggle for democracy in Iran has been enmeshed in the dynamics of sexuality, theology and politics. In this light I re-examine the course of the 2009 presidential elections and their aftermath, exploring the shifting meanings of namus and haqq in Iranian political culture.

For further information please contact Nima Mina at: nm...@soas.ac.uk

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

Revisiting Rouhani's Election: The politics of managing change in Iran

Date: Thursday, 10 November
Time: 16:30 - 18:00
Location: Room 9.04, 9th Floor, Tower 2, 2 Clement's Inn, Mobil Court, London School of Economics, London WC2A 2AZ

Speaker: Ali Ansari

The election of Hassan Rouhani to the Presidency of the Islamic Republic in 2013 for many signalled a popular rejection of the politics of confrontation endorsed by his predecessor Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, and support for greater liberalism at home and internationalism abroad. With his first term coming to an end and an agreement reached on Iran's nuclear programme, this talk revisits the 2013 Presidential election campaign and argues that the process retained much of the intricate management of previous elections and a willingness to 'believe the rhetoric' of the campaign has resulted in a dangerous mismanagement of expectations.

Registration: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/revisiting-rouhanis-election-the-politics-of-managing-change-in-iran-registration-28864126379
Organised by: LSE Middle East Centre

Iranian Architects and Architecture: Transition from Traditional to Postmodern

Date: Saturday, 12 November
Time: 09:00 - 17:00
Location: Asia House, 63 New Cavendish Street, London W1G 7LP

The main focus of this conference is to look at the evolution of 20th century architecture in Iran, concentrating on the transition from traditional to postmodern architecture.

On the whole, there has been limited research on the evolutionary aspects of the 20th century post-Qajar architecture of Iran. The essential difference between the development of modern architecture in Europe and Iran is that in Europe architecture was evolutionary encompassing several centuries and accompanied by new technologies, whereas in Iran it leaped from traditional to modern in less than a century.

The purpose of the conference is to discuss and evaluate the overall shortcomings and successes of modern architecture in Iran, as well as recognize the achievements of Iranian architects and the works they have created.

Further info & Tickets: http://www.iranheritage.org/12Nov16/default.htm
Organised by: Iran Heritage Foundation (IHF)

Al-Monitor: Iran Pulse

Al-Monitor was launched in February 2012 and features reporting and analysis by prominent journalists and experts from the Middle East. It's 'Iran Pulse' Editor is Mohammad Ali Shabani, a doctoral researcher at SOAS where he focuses on Iranian foreign policy. His work has appeared in outlets such as the New York Times, National Interest and BBC World News. He has also offered commentary on CNN and Al Jazeera English among other leading channels.

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Happy Halloween all!

Best,

Aki Elborzi
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