Belated Welcome to SOAS! - Iranian Society 2016-17
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Oct 9, 2016, 3:38:28 PM10/9/16
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Dear all,
A big and warm but belated welcome to you all for the new SOAS academic year, 2016-17! No doubt you already know that if Iran is 'your thing', or just the Middle East in general, then you've picked the right place to study or work at SOAS! - so i dont need to plug anything more to you about that, ;)
For those of you who are new to SOAS there's a one word expression which many old-timers here use that goes something like this: "SOAS" - this basically means something has gone wrong, not to plan, or you dont want to take responsibility (either partially or fully) for something unforeseen. So we shrug our shoulders and just say, "SOAS.." - which will become self-explanatory to you over time. ;}
A big and warm but belated welcome to you all for the new SOAS academic year, 2016-17! No doubt you already know that if Iran is 'your thing', or just the Middle East in general, then you've picked the right place to study or work at SOAS! - so i dont need to plug anything more to you about that, ;)
For those of you who are new to SOAS there's a one word expression which many old-timers here use that goes something like this: "SOAS" - this basically means something has gone wrong, not to plan, or you dont want to take responsibility (either partially or fully) for something unforeseen. So we shrug our shoulders and just say, "SOAS.." - which will become self-explanatory to you over time. ;}
^^ So, on that note but in a more serious way, until recently there had been another campus called Vernon Square which is close to the SOAS halls of residence in Kings Cross. This campus closed during summer, and a new SOAS 'block' was opened in Senate House as a replacement. However, with the closing of Vernon Square and rooms in Senate House apparently being used by some other UofL affiliated colleges in the afternoons, getting a room booking on campus has become much more difficult this year (that might also have something do with the SOAS Centenary celebrations). So i apologize that we have not yet been able to arrange a 'meet & greet' for you yet, this is due to the lack of rooms that are available at a reasonable time - "SOAS!". But i have put in another request for Monday, 17 October so will keep you updated about that!
That all aside, thank you all for joining-up at the Freshers Fair or by email! If you are on this email list by mistake and cant see any unsubscribe link let me know and i will take you off the list. Believe it or not some handwriting out there is actually even worse than mine! So i had a little difficulty reading some student numbers - either that, i could just be insane for no longer being able to read numbers correctly. You are free to take your pick for an explanation if you've ended up on this list by mistake, ;} Or it could just be another case of, "..SOAS".
I'll be doing a bulletin like the one below either weekly or fortnightly (usually on a Sunday) listing certain events, news, job offers etc in and around SOAS that are relevant to Iranian studies and student activity. So i hope you'll find these useful! If you need to refer back to these emails after deleting them, you can also find them all here: https://groups.google.com/group/soas-iranian-society/
Environmental Challenges in the MENA Region: The Long Road from Conflict to Cooperation
Date: Wednesday 12 & Thursday 13 October 2016
Venue: Brunei Gallery, SOAS
FB: https://www.facebook.com/events/941207806001446/
SOAS Centenary Conference on the very important and major topic of the fragile state of the environment in the Middle East and North Africa.
Further info & Programme: http://www.soas.ac.uk/lmei/centenary-conference/ (Flyer attached)
Tickets: http://store.soas.ac.uk/browse/extra_info.asp?compid=1&modid=1&deptid=23&catid=218&prodvarid=460
Organised by: London Middle East Institute (LMEI) at SOAS
An introduction to early Safavid jewellery
Date: Tuesday, 11 October
Time: 19:00 - 20:00
Venue: Pall Mall Room, Army & Navy Club, 36-39 Pall Mall, London SW1Y 5JN
**Please note that this lecture is only open to members of the Iran Society, who may bring one guest. For membership info see: http://iransociety.org/membership-registration/
Speaker: Beatrice Campi (Master Graduate in History of Art and Archaeology at SOAS)
An often discarded topic, Safavid jewellery to this day keeps puzzling many Safavid and Iranian art experts. Does such a thing as Safavid jewellery exist? And if so, why did this production not share the same fame of Ottoman and Mughal jewellery, given that the Islamic Gunpowder Empires ruled concurrently over the Islamic territories and must have clearly been exchanging goods and diplomatic gifts among each other? This talk will try to unravel some of these questions and will mostly focus on the origins of the Safavid jewellery tradition.
Further info: http://iransociety.org/event/beatrice-campi-an-introduction-to-early-safavid-jewellery/
Organised by: The Iran Society
Forced into Unbeing: Enforced Disappearances and Mass Graves in Turkey and Iran
Date: Friday, 14 October
Time: 17:00 - 20:00
Location: The Great Hall, London Metropolitan University, The Rocket Building, 166-220 Holloway Road, London N7 8DB
FB: https://www.facebook.com/events/158487691265662/
A panel event and discussion addressing the human rights implications that exist for families seeking justice for the disappeared in Turkey and Iran.
This event will address the long-term struggle for truth and justice for the victims of enforced disappearances and secret executions in the Islamic Republic of Iran and in the context of the Kurdish population of Turkey.
Panel speakers include Shadi Sadr (a human rights lawyer with Justice for Iran) and Özlem Kaya (an activist with NGO Hafıza Merkezi)
Full programme & Registration (free): http://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/forced-into-unbeing-enforced-disappearances-and-mass-graves-in-turkey-and-iran-tickets-21717371242
Organised by: London Metropolitan University's Human Rights and Social Justice Research Institute and the International Centre for Community Development in partnership with the London based Justice for Iran and the Truth Justice Memory Centre (Hafiza Merkezi) in Turkey.
An Afternoon of Screenings and Discussion: Music in the Films of Kiumars Pourahmad
Date: Friday, 21 October
Time: 13:00 - 18:00
Location: AG09, College Building, City University, St John Street, London EC1V 4PB
Kuimars Pourahmad is a highly acclaimed Iranian film director and music plays a central role in his films.
We will be screening and discussing the following films:
'Be khater-e Hanieh' (For Hannah’s Sake, 1994), music by Mohammad Reza Aligholi
'Khaharan-e Ghareeb' (Estranged Sisters, 1995), music by Naser Cheshmazar.
Brief introductions to the films, the director and the film composers will supplement the screenings, which will be followed with a live internet Q&A with the director.
Full programme & Registration (free): https://www.city.ac.uk/events/2016/october/an-afternoon-of-screenings-and-discussion-music-in-the-films-of-kiumars-pourahmad/_nocache
Organised by: Department of Music, City University
Max Amini Live in London
Date: Sunday, 30 October
Time: 19:00 - 21:00
Venue: Logan Hall, Institute of Education, 20 Bedford Way, London WC1H 0AL
FB: https://www.facebook.com/events/578675085648391/
Max Amini is an Iranian-American comedian who began his stand-up comedy career in 2002 at the LA Improv. Max has performed the world over, expressing his views on family and cultural topics through his theatrics and energetic humor. He was chosen as one of the finalists for NBC's Diversity Showcase in 2009, and he developed a stand-up comedy tour, named "Exotic Imports" featuring second-generation Americans coming from diverse cultural backgrounds. As an actor, Max has numerous film and television credits including NBC’s Heroes, regular appearances on Comedy Central's Mind of Mencia, and a leading role in the upcoming film Beer Pong.
Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/max-amini-live-in-london-tickets-26104072985
Organised by: Abstraction Media Inc
Job Opportunity: Iran Programme Officer - ARTICLE 19
Deadline: Sunday, 16 October 2016
As the Iran Programme is embarking on a new era both in terms of scope of work as well as new thematic areas, this position is to manage the Iran Programme’s ever-growing size and versatility of projects. Additionally, this position is seen to contribute to the process of transformation and integration of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region.
Full job vacancy info: https://article.peoplehr.net/Pages/JobBoard/Opening.aspx?v=aadda7bc-d4a5-4b9d-96c1-8a00ae6bc804
Call for Papers: Third Biennial Conference on Iranian Studies at Pembroke College, Cambridge
Deadline: Friday, 02 December 2016
We welcome proposals that engage with any aspect of Iranian studies within the arts, humanities, and social sciences.
Further info: http://symposia-iranica.com/cfp/
Organised by: Symposia Iranica
Call for Essays: Edited Volume on Iranian Diaspora Studies
Deadline: Tuesday, 01 November 2016
As we near the fortieth anniversary of the Iranian Revolution, there will most certainly be an exploration of the impact and significance of Iran's popular revolution and the ways that the Islamic regime in Tehran has shaped four decades of Iranian society and policies with the outside world. But what of those Iranians who left Iran and made their homes elsewhere?
Further info: https://call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2016/09/26/call-for-essays-edited-volume-on-iranian-diaspora-studies
Organised by: Dr. Persis Karim, San Jose State University, California, USA
News: U.S. chess star refuses to attend world championships in Iran
Nazi Paikidze, an American chess master, is boycotting the Women's World Chess Championship in Tehran over the requirement that she would have to wear a hejab while in Iran against her will. For some differing viewpoints and reactions to this story see the below links:
Azadeh Moaveni (Against): http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/08/opinion/your-boycott-wont-help-iranian-women.html
Asra Q. Nomani and Masih Alinejad (For): https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/global-opinions/wp/2016/10/05/the-american-chess-champion-challenging-irans-hijab-fetish/
Full story: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2016/10/06/i-will-not-wear-a-hijab-u-s-chess-star-refuses-to-attend-world-championships-in-iran/
More: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DK4KLpnr7c
Comparative Iranian/Eurpoean Art
Farsophone is starting classes on various fields of Persian Art, the corresponding techniques, schools and styles as well as comparisons to European counterparts. These classes are run by the versatile artist, Aziz Anzabi.
To find out more please contact: in...@farsophone.org.uk & art.y...@gmail.com
Organised by: Farsophone Association
Frontier Mogul: Looking for student report writers
Frontier Mogul is an educational investment news project which focuses on investment in emerging markets.
The project is new this year and looking for report writers, in particular for an Iran report:
The project is designed to offer credible, long term experience which fits easily alongside your existing timetable and commitments.
For more information please contact Daniel Evans at:
Email: themogul@frontiermogul.com
Mobile: 07771556893
Web: http://www.frontiermogul.com/
Now my good people, i know this was 'long' but i want you to know that it took me a lot longer to search and type all that up than it should take for you to have a read through that all - unless you are even more insane than i am! ...Im kidding, of course. Kinda. ;}
That all aside, thank you all for joining-up at the Freshers Fair or by email! If you are on this email list by mistake and cant see any unsubscribe link let me know and i will take you off the list. Believe it or not some handwriting out there is actually even worse than mine! So i had a little difficulty reading some student numbers - either that, i could just be insane for no longer being able to read numbers correctly. You are free to take your pick for an explanation if you've ended up on this list by mistake, ;} Or it could just be another case of, "..SOAS".
I'll be doing a bulletin like the one below either weekly or fortnightly (usually on a Sunday) listing certain events, news, job offers etc in and around SOAS that are relevant to Iranian studies and student activity. So i hope you'll find these useful! If you need to refer back to these emails after deleting them, you can also find them all here: https://groups.google.com/group/soas-iranian-society/
Environmental Challenges in the MENA Region: The Long Road from Conflict to Cooperation
Date: Wednesday 12 & Thursday 13 October 2016
Venue: Brunei Gallery, SOAS
FB: https://www.facebook.com/events/941207806001446/
SOAS Centenary Conference on the very important and major topic of the fragile state of the environment in the Middle East and North Africa.
Further info & Programme: http://www.soas.ac.uk/lmei/centenary-conference/ (Flyer attached)
Tickets: http://store.soas.ac.uk/browse/extra_info.asp?compid=1&modid=1&deptid=23&catid=218&prodvarid=460
Organised by: London Middle East Institute (LMEI) at SOAS
An introduction to early Safavid jewellery
Date: Tuesday, 11 October
Time: 19:00 - 20:00
Venue: Pall Mall Room, Army & Navy Club, 36-39 Pall Mall, London SW1Y 5JN
**Please note that this lecture is only open to members of the Iran Society, who may bring one guest. For membership info see: http://iransociety.org/membership-registration/
Speaker: Beatrice Campi (Master Graduate in History of Art and Archaeology at SOAS)
An often discarded topic, Safavid jewellery to this day keeps puzzling many Safavid and Iranian art experts. Does such a thing as Safavid jewellery exist? And if so, why did this production not share the same fame of Ottoman and Mughal jewellery, given that the Islamic Gunpowder Empires ruled concurrently over the Islamic territories and must have clearly been exchanging goods and diplomatic gifts among each other? This talk will try to unravel some of these questions and will mostly focus on the origins of the Safavid jewellery tradition.
Further info: http://iransociety.org/event/beatrice-campi-an-introduction-to-early-safavid-jewellery/
Organised by: The Iran Society
Forced into Unbeing: Enforced Disappearances and Mass Graves in Turkey and Iran
Date: Friday, 14 October
Time: 17:00 - 20:00
Location: The Great Hall, London Metropolitan University, The Rocket Building, 166-220 Holloway Road, London N7 8DB
FB: https://www.facebook.com/events/158487691265662/
A panel event and discussion addressing the human rights implications that exist for families seeking justice for the disappeared in Turkey and Iran.
This event will address the long-term struggle for truth and justice for the victims of enforced disappearances and secret executions in the Islamic Republic of Iran and in the context of the Kurdish population of Turkey.
Panel speakers include Shadi Sadr (a human rights lawyer with Justice for Iran) and Özlem Kaya (an activist with NGO Hafıza Merkezi)
Full programme & Registration (free): http://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/forced-into-unbeing-enforced-disappearances-and-mass-graves-in-turkey-and-iran-tickets-21717371242
Organised by: London Metropolitan University's Human Rights and Social Justice Research Institute and the International Centre for Community Development in partnership with the London based Justice for Iran and the Truth Justice Memory Centre (Hafiza Merkezi) in Turkey.
An Afternoon of Screenings and Discussion: Music in the Films of Kiumars Pourahmad
Date: Friday, 21 October
Time: 13:00 - 18:00
Location: AG09, College Building, City University, St John Street, London EC1V 4PB
Kuimars Pourahmad is a highly acclaimed Iranian film director and music plays a central role in his films.
We will be screening and discussing the following films:
'Be khater-e Hanieh' (For Hannah’s Sake, 1994), music by Mohammad Reza Aligholi
'Khaharan-e Ghareeb' (Estranged Sisters, 1995), music by Naser Cheshmazar.
Brief introductions to the films, the director and the film composers will supplement the screenings, which will be followed with a live internet Q&A with the director.
Full programme & Registration (free): https://www.city.ac.uk/events/2016/october/an-afternoon-of-screenings-and-discussion-music-in-the-films-of-kiumars-pourahmad/_nocache
Organised by: Department of Music, City University
Max Amini Live in London
Date: Sunday, 30 October
Time: 19:00 - 21:00
Venue: Logan Hall, Institute of Education, 20 Bedford Way, London WC1H 0AL
FB: https://www.facebook.com/events/578675085648391/
Max Amini is an Iranian-American comedian who began his stand-up comedy career in 2002 at the LA Improv. Max has performed the world over, expressing his views on family and cultural topics through his theatrics and energetic humor. He was chosen as one of the finalists for NBC's Diversity Showcase in 2009, and he developed a stand-up comedy tour, named "Exotic Imports" featuring second-generation Americans coming from diverse cultural backgrounds. As an actor, Max has numerous film and television credits including NBC’s Heroes, regular appearances on Comedy Central's Mind of Mencia, and a leading role in the upcoming film Beer Pong.
Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/max-amini-live-in-london-tickets-26104072985
Organised by: Abstraction Media Inc
Job Opportunity: Iran Programme Officer - ARTICLE 19
Deadline: Sunday, 16 October 2016
As the Iran Programme is embarking on a new era both in terms of scope of work as well as new thematic areas, this position is to manage the Iran Programme’s ever-growing size and versatility of projects. Additionally, this position is seen to contribute to the process of transformation and integration of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region.
Full job vacancy info: https://article.peoplehr.net/Pages/JobBoard/Opening.aspx?v=aadda7bc-d4a5-4b9d-96c1-8a00ae6bc804
Call for Papers: Third Biennial Conference on Iranian Studies at Pembroke College, Cambridge
Deadline: Friday, 02 December 2016
We welcome proposals that engage with any aspect of Iranian studies within the arts, humanities, and social sciences.
Further info: http://symposia-iranica.com/cfp/
Organised by: Symposia Iranica
Call for Essays: Edited Volume on Iranian Diaspora Studies
Deadline: Tuesday, 01 November 2016
As we near the fortieth anniversary of the Iranian Revolution, there will most certainly be an exploration of the impact and significance of Iran's popular revolution and the ways that the Islamic regime in Tehran has shaped four decades of Iranian society and policies with the outside world. But what of those Iranians who left Iran and made their homes elsewhere?
Further info: https://call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2016/09/26/call-for-essays-edited-volume-on-iranian-diaspora-studies
Organised by: Dr. Persis Karim, San Jose State University, California, USA
News: U.S. chess star refuses to attend world championships in Iran
Nazi Paikidze, an American chess master, is boycotting the Women's World Chess Championship in Tehran over the requirement that she would have to wear a hejab while in Iran against her will. For some differing viewpoints and reactions to this story see the below links:
Azadeh Moaveni (Against): http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/08/opinion/your-boycott-wont-help-iranian-women.html
Asra Q. Nomani and Masih Alinejad (For): https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/global-opinions/wp/2016/10/05/the-american-chess-champion-challenging-irans-hijab-fetish/
Full story: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2016/10/06/i-will-not-wear-a-hijab-u-s-chess-star-refuses-to-attend-world-championships-in-iran/
More: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DK4KLpnr7c
Comparative Iranian/Eurpoean Art
Farsophone is starting classes on various fields of Persian Art, the corresponding techniques, schools and styles as well as comparisons to European counterparts. These classes are run by the versatile artist, Aziz Anzabi.
To find out more please contact: in...@farsophone.org.uk & art.y...@gmail.com
Organised by: Farsophone Association
Frontier Mogul: Looking for student report writers
Frontier Mogul is an educational investment news project which focuses on investment in emerging markets.
The project is new this year and looking for report writers, in particular for an Iran report:
- Professional development for those interested in investment and emerging markets
- No experience required
- Access to mentor network of investment, economics, and public policy specialists
- Reports focus on single countries, issued once per month, kept concise with 6 headlines and 2 paragraphs of comment
- Compete for 3 awards (so far) from an investment manager, stock exchange, and fintech company
The project is designed to offer credible, long term experience which fits easily alongside your existing timetable and commitments.
For more information please contact Daniel Evans at:
Email: themogul@frontiermogul.com
Mobile: 07771556893
Web: http://www.frontiermogul.com/
Now my good people, i know this was 'long' but i want you to know that it took me a lot longer to search and type all that up than it should take for you to have a read through that all - unless you are even more insane than i am! ...Im kidding, of course. Kinda. ;}
Keep in touch, and look us up on Facebook (SOAS Iranian Society - obviously!).
Have a great week all.
Best,
Aki Elborzi
soas.i...@gmail.com
https://groups.google.com/group/soas-iranian-society
http://www.facebook.com/pages/SOAS-Iranian-Society/154877127876306
Have a great week all.
Best,
Aki Elborzi
soas.i...@gmail.com
https://groups.google.com/group/soas-iranian-society
http://www.facebook.com/pages/SOAS-Iranian-Society/154877127876306
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