Iranian soc 'meet & greet' / Feminist soc needs performers!
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SOAS Iranian Society
Nov 5, 2017, 5:57:49 PM11/5/17
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Dear all,
Apologies for the mistake with some of the event listing dates in last week's email - Sunday evening brain fog, or perhaps something subliminal with that number 6... or not! ;}
Finally, we've been able to pull together a loosely knight committee of sorts, so we'll get things moving with the Iranian society after 'reading week' with a very informal 'meet & greet' event (see below). We're aiming to provide Iranian tea and sweets/nuts for all of you, with the possibility of some wine and arak / aragh sagi (arak is a popular liquor in Iran and the Levant while aragh sagi is a similar Persian variant). I cant promise anything, but if anyone has any specific Iranian sweets that they'd like please let me know and i'll see if i am able to source and purchase them!
Date: Tuesday, 14 November
Time: 19:15 - 20:30
Room: 116 (1st Floor, Main Building)
FB: https://www.facebook.com/events/413797369036297/
A casual 'meet & greet' for the SOAS Iranian Society!
We'll be providing Iranian tea and sweets and the occasion is just an informal gathering for all of you to come in and out as you like and mingle with other SOASians who share a connection or interest in Iran and Iranian culture.
Organised by: SOAS Iranian Society
KCL IranSoc karaoke night
Date: Thursday, 09 November
Time: 18:00 - 21:00
Location: Room 1. 13, Franklin-Wilkins Building, Waterloo Campus, King's College London, Stamford Street, London SE1 9NH
FB: https://www.facebook.com/events/303806993469094/
Karaoke night with a mixture of Persian, American, British and other music!
Organised by: KCL IranSoc
Performers needed! - SOAS Feminist Society
The Feminist Society is hosting an event in the JCR from 8pm-11pm on Saturday 25th November and we were wondering if your society or if any of your members would be interested in performing on stage during the event.
The event is called “Reclaim the Night”, it’s a campaign aimed at helping people reclaim their space away from gender based violence for the night.
It will not only be SOAS’s “End of Community Action Week Party”, but it will also be our start to the international "16 Days of Activism Against Gender Based Violence" campaign which runs 25th November- 10th December.
We want some performances that aim at raising awareness of issues surrounding gender based violence within different communities (the themes can be sexual harassment, assault, domestic abuse, bullying etc), but we also want some more general performances as we want to create a fun, safe atmosphere for those who attend.
Performances may include: spoken word, dance, short plays, musical performances, short film screenings, stand-up comedy (and anything else that you might think of).
Please let us know if your society or any members of your society are interested as soon as possible. Thank you very much! - Georgia
Contact: SOAS Feminist Society soasfemin...@gmail.com
Medieval Kashan: Crossroads of Commerce and Culture
Date: Monday, 06 November
Time: 17:00 - 18:30
Location: Room 2.3, Aga Khan University Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations, 210 Euston Road, London NW1 2DA
FB: https://www.facebook.com/events/353459495099154/
This talk first attempts to explain why the Iranian city of Kashan is where it is and how it grew. The town's extensive use of irrigation allowed an adequate and perhaps abundant agriculture in the surrounding region. The important presence of early Arab immigrants to Kashan is linked to Kashan's developing and continued role as a centre of Shiʿism. A strong educational tradition produced many talented Kashani officials in the Seljuq and later administrations, who sent some of their wealth back to Kashan.
Further info & Registration (Free): https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/medieval-kashan-crossroads-of-commerce-and-culture-tickets-39184374519
Organised by: Aga Khan University
Figures and Animals: Sculptures from the Medieval and Modern Iranian World
Date: Tuesday, 07 November
Time: 18:00 - 19:00
Location: Room 2.3, Aga Khan University Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations, 210 Euston Road, London NW1 2DA
FB: https://www.facebook.com/events/1510996522327317/
This presentation will focus on the preserved sculptures in the round or in very high relief, especially in stucco, ceramic and metal, from the Medieval and Modern Iranian World.The sculptures are taken from architectural settings or belonged as objects, to private mansions. Some are linked with devotional practices. The talk will consider these different contexts and also look at how human beings and animals were represented and for which purposes.
Further info & Registration (Free): https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/figures-and-animals-sculptures-from-the-medieval-and-modern-iranian-world-tickets-39041433980
Organised by: Aga Khan University
The Songs of Songs – A Musical Triptych with Texts by King Solomon, Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī and St. John of the Cross
Date: Friday, 10 November
Time: 19:30 - 21:00
Venue: Brunei Gallery Lecture Theatre (BGLT), SOAS
FB: https://www.facebook.com/events/434658046930003/
This is a triptych with voices, songs and music based on: The Song of Songs attributed to King Solomon in the Bible (Old Testament), The Spiritual Canticles of St. John of the Cross ( 1542-1591) and The Odes on Mystical Love by the Persian poet Rūmī (1207-1273). It presents three “dialogues” from the Jewish, Christian and Muslim (Sufi) traditions. Their common subject matter - love as a universal language, the pains of exile and separation, the quest for the Holy Beloved and the hoped for elation of a final union - reaches far beyond religious and cultural divides. Together with the original music score composed by Renaud Garcia-Fons which combines sounds from the East and the West, the voices of the narrators, Leili Anvar (The female Beloved) and Frédéric Ferney (The male Beloved), intertwine with that of Solea Garcia-Fons (The Choir) who sings the poems in the original languages: Hebrew, Castilian and Persian.
Further info & Registration (Free): https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-songs-of-songs-solomon-rumi-and-stjohn-of-the-cross-tickets-37494903265
Organised: Department of the Languages and Cultures of the Near and Middle East, SOAS
Faces of the Infinite: Neoplatonism and Poetics at the Confluence of Africa, Asia and Europe
Date: Saturday, 11 November
Time: 09:30 - 18:30
Venue: SOAS
FB: https://www.facebook.com/events/513337412355108/
This is the third day of a three-day conference convened by the British Academy and SOAS. It is intended to generate the first comparative overview of the extent to which Neoplatonist philosophy has permeated poetic forms, styles, themes and figurative language as well as poetic theory in seven principal languages of the greater Mediterranean region, from late antiquity to the modern period. Listed in alphabetical order, they are Arabic, Greek, Hebrew, Italian, Persian, Spanish and Turkish. The findings are intended to result in a major publication which will shed light on the significance of Neoplatonism as a cross-cultural phenomenon which links the literary traditions of Judaism, Christianity and Islam.
Further info & Tickets: https://www.soas.ac.uk/nme/events/11nov2017-faces-of-the-infinite-neoplatonism-and-poetics-at-the-confluence-of-africa-asia-and-europe.html
Organised by: Department of the Languages and Cultures of the Near and Middle East, SOAS
Conference: The Idea of Iran: The Turko-Timurid Intermezzo
Date: 18 - 19 November
Venue: Brunei Gallery Lecture Theatre (BGLT), SOAS
FB: https://www.facebook.com/events/510840959291126/
The Turko–Timurid Intermezzo: The thirteenth programme in The Idea of Iran annual series.
Further info & Tickets: https://www.soas.ac.uk/lmei-cis/events/idea-of-iran/18nov2017-the-idea-of-iran-the-turko-timurid-intermezzo.html
Organised by: Centre for Iranian Studies, SOAS the Department of History, Religions and Philosophies, SOAS and the Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, University of Cambridge
It will not only be SOAS’s “End of Community Action Week Party”, but it will also be our start to the international "16 Days of Activism Against Gender Based Violence" campaign which runs 25th November- 10th December.
We want some performances that aim at raising awareness of issues surrounding gender based violence within different communities (the themes can be sexual harassment, assault, domestic abuse, bullying etc), but we also want some more general performances as we want to create a fun, safe atmosphere for those who attend.
Performances may include: spoken word, dance, short plays, musical performances, short film screenings, stand-up comedy (and anything else that you might think of).
Please let us know if your society or any members of your society are interested as soon as possible. Thank you very much! - Georgia
Contact: SOAS Feminist Society soasfemin...@gmail.com
Medieval Kashan: Crossroads of Commerce and Culture
Date: Monday, 06 November
Time: 17:00 - 18:30
Location: Room 2.3, Aga Khan University Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations, 210 Euston Road, London NW1 2DA
FB: https://www.facebook.com/events/353459495099154/
This talk first attempts to explain why the Iranian city of Kashan is where it is and how it grew. The town's extensive use of irrigation allowed an adequate and perhaps abundant agriculture in the surrounding region. The important presence of early Arab immigrants to Kashan is linked to Kashan's developing and continued role as a centre of Shiʿism. A strong educational tradition produced many talented Kashani officials in the Seljuq and later administrations, who sent some of their wealth back to Kashan.
Further info & Registration (Free): https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/medieval-kashan-crossroads-of-commerce-and-culture-tickets-39184374519
Organised by: Aga Khan University
Figures and Animals: Sculptures from the Medieval and Modern Iranian World
Date: Tuesday, 07 November
Time: 18:00 - 19:00
Location: Room 2.3, Aga Khan University Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations, 210 Euston Road, London NW1 2DA
FB: https://www.facebook.com/events/1510996522327317/
This presentation will focus on the preserved sculptures in the round or in very high relief, especially in stucco, ceramic and metal, from the Medieval and Modern Iranian World.The sculptures are taken from architectural settings or belonged as objects, to private mansions. Some are linked with devotional practices. The talk will consider these different contexts and also look at how human beings and animals were represented and for which purposes.
Further info & Registration (Free): https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/figures-and-animals-sculptures-from-the-medieval-and-modern-iranian-world-tickets-39041433980
Organised by: Aga Khan University
The Songs of Songs – A Musical Triptych with Texts by King Solomon, Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī and St. John of the Cross
Date: Friday, 10 November
Time: 19:30 - 21:00
Venue: Brunei Gallery Lecture Theatre (BGLT), SOAS
FB: https://www.facebook.com/events/434658046930003/
This is a triptych with voices, songs and music based on: The Song of Songs attributed to King Solomon in the Bible (Old Testament), The Spiritual Canticles of St. John of the Cross ( 1542-1591) and The Odes on Mystical Love by the Persian poet Rūmī (1207-1273). It presents three “dialogues” from the Jewish, Christian and Muslim (Sufi) traditions. Their common subject matter - love as a universal language, the pains of exile and separation, the quest for the Holy Beloved and the hoped for elation of a final union - reaches far beyond religious and cultural divides. Together with the original music score composed by Renaud Garcia-Fons which combines sounds from the East and the West, the voices of the narrators, Leili Anvar (The female Beloved) and Frédéric Ferney (The male Beloved), intertwine with that of Solea Garcia-Fons (The Choir) who sings the poems in the original languages: Hebrew, Castilian and Persian.
Further info & Registration (Free): https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-songs-of-songs-solomon-rumi-and-stjohn-of-the-cross-tickets-37494903265
Organised: Department of the Languages and Cultures of the Near and Middle East, SOAS
Faces of the Infinite: Neoplatonism and Poetics at the Confluence of Africa, Asia and Europe
Date: Saturday, 11 November
Time: 09:30 - 18:30
Venue: SOAS
FB: https://www.facebook.com/events/513337412355108/
This is the third day of a three-day conference convened by the British Academy and SOAS. It is intended to generate the first comparative overview of the extent to which Neoplatonist philosophy has permeated poetic forms, styles, themes and figurative language as well as poetic theory in seven principal languages of the greater Mediterranean region, from late antiquity to the modern period. Listed in alphabetical order, they are Arabic, Greek, Hebrew, Italian, Persian, Spanish and Turkish. The findings are intended to result in a major publication which will shed light on the significance of Neoplatonism as a cross-cultural phenomenon which links the literary traditions of Judaism, Christianity and Islam.
Further info & Tickets: https://www.soas.ac.uk/nme/events/11nov2017-faces-of-the-infinite-neoplatonism-and-poetics-at-the-confluence-of-africa-asia-and-europe.html
Organised by: Department of the Languages and Cultures of the Near and Middle East, SOAS
Conference: The Idea of Iran: The Turko-Timurid Intermezzo
Date: 18 - 19 November
Venue: Brunei Gallery Lecture Theatre (BGLT), SOAS
FB: https://www.facebook.com/events/510840959291126/
The Turko–Timurid Intermezzo: The thirteenth programme in The Idea of Iran annual series.
Further info & Tickets: https://www.soas.ac.uk/lmei-cis/events/idea-of-iran/18nov2017-the-idea-of-iran-the-turko-timurid-intermezzo.html
Organised by: Centre for Iranian Studies, SOAS the Department of History, Religions and Philosophies, SOAS and the Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, University of Cambridge
Sponsored by: Soudavar Memorial Foundation
Have a fun - or i should say productive - reading week all!
Best,
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