Lessons of Towfigh

Iraj Pezeshkzad on Sa’dian Satire

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Bio: Iraj Pezeshkzad is an Iranian writer and author of the famous Persian novel, Dear Uncle Napoleon, which was published to great acclaim in the early 1970s.   Abstract: Iraj […]

Women and Elections in Iran: Does it Matter?

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Bio: Homa Hoodfar is a Professor of Anthropology, Emerita, at Concordia University, Montreal. Hoodfar’s field-based research are in political economy and legal anthropology; focusing on reproductive rights; Afghan women and […]

Allegory and Allegoresis in Iranian Cinema

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Michelle Langford is Associate Professor in film studies at the University of New South Wales, Sydney. Langford’s most recent research project looks at the German films of the Iranian filmmaker […]

The Unsung Poetry of Kurdish Women

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Dr. Farangis Ghaderi is a Research Fellow at the Centre for Kurdish Studies at the University of Exeter and a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Institute of Oriental Studies at Jagiellonian […]

Iranian Internet Cinema: A Cinema of Embodied Protest

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Hamid Naficy is a leading authority in cultural studies of diaspora, exile, and postcolonial cinemas and media, and of Iranian and Middle Eastern cinemas and media. In this lecture, Naficy […]

Cyrus in the 6IX

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A Public Discussion on the Installation of a Cyrus the Great Statue in Toronto.   Abstract: "A significant feature of the Institute’s community activities involved the hosting “Cyrus in the […]

The Gender of Poetry: Women Poets or Poets Who are Women!

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Bio: Fatemeh Keshavarz-Karamustafa, born and raised in the city of Shiraz, completed her studies in Shiraz University, and University of London. She taught at Washington University in St. Louis for […]

Afghanistan: A Conversation on the Current Situation

Aziz Froutan, Najia Zewari, and Niloufar Pourzand   Abstract: Afghanistan: A Conversation on the Current Situation, the Plight of Afghans, and the Role of  development/Humanitarian and Human Rights Partners  

Multilinguality in Iranian Cinema

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Saeed Zeydabadi-Nejad is a research associate at the University of London’s School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS). His publications have focused on Iranian cinema and media. His monograph, The […]