Each event is listed below by date, followed by the title of the event, the speaker’s name and university affiliation, and the location of the presentation or film screening.
All events begin at 5:00 pm.
September 18th, 2008
The Iran that Smiles: Art, Literature, and Culture in Post 1979 Iran
Fatemeh Keshavarz (Washington University – St. Louis)
Morris University Center – Hickory/Hackberry/Oak/Redbud Room
October 15th, 2008
Film Screening: The Wind Will Carry Us
A film by Abbas Kiarostami
Introduction by Negar Mottahedeh (Duke University)
Lovejoy Library – Abbott Auditorium (Room 0044)
October 16th, 2008
Islamic Cyborgs? A Study of Iran's Mystical Cinema
Negar Mottahedeh (Duke University)
Morris University Center – Hickory/Hackberry/Oak/Redbud Room
November 19th, 2008
Classical Persian Music Structures
Hossein Omoumi (University of California Irvine)
Morris University Center – Meridian Ballroom
February 3rd, 2009
Film Screening: The Runner
A film by Amir Naderi
Introduction by Mindy Young-Lawson (Southern Illinois University Edwardsville)
Evergreen Hall - Multipurpose Room
February 5th, 2009
The World is My Home: On the Poetics of Cosmopolitanism
Hamid Dabashi (Columbia University)
Morris University Center – Maple/Dogwood/Oak/Redbud Room
March 18th, 2009
Film Screening: Offside
A film by Jafar Panahi
Introduction by Farshad Aminian-Tankei (Florida Gulf Coast University)
Evergreen Hall - Multipurpose Room
March 19th, 2009
‘What Would You Like to Become?’: Answers from Iranian School Children
Farshad Aminian-Tankei (Florida Gulf Coast University)
Lovejoy Library – Abbott Auditorium (Room 0044)
April 7th, 2009
Film Screening: The Willow Tree
A film by Majid Majidi
Introduction by Lucian Stone (Southern Illinois University Edwardsville)
Evergreen Hall - Multipurpose Room
April 8th, 2009
From Cloistered to Cosmopolitan: Women's Representation in Iranian Cinema
Hamid Naficy (Northwestern University)
Lovejoy Library – Abbott Auditorium (Room 0044)
April 29th, 2009
Cosmopolitan Iran, Remembrance and the Future: An Open Forum
Lucian Stone (Southern Illinois University Edwardsville)
Morris University Center – Hickory/Hackberry/Oak/Redbud Room
NOTE: THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELED
