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Fundamentals of Persian Lyricism - August 9-10, 2008 - Stanford University - Bechtel International Center - By Touraj Negahban, Iranian Lyricist and Poet -
S ession One - August 9 - 2:00 to 4:00 PM - History of Persian Lyricism, relationship between music and poetry.
Session Two - August 10 - 2:00 to 4:00 PM - Basic elements of lyricism and examples.
RSVP by August 1st, 2008 for guaranteed seating and advance registration rate.
For more information or RSVP, contact:
- PSA: psa-admin@lists.stanford.edu
- Neema Hekmat: nhekmat@stanfordalumni.org
Advance registration rate for 2-day seminar: $45 for the general public and $20 for students (with valid ID). Registration fee at door is $55 for the general public and $25 for students. Tel: 916 834 7719
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--Craft and Folk Art Museum - Exploring the Other: Contemporary Iran through the Lens of Iason Athanasiadis - January 25 to March 29, 2009
This original exhibit examines the Middle East's most controversial country and challenges the conventional media narrative, approaching Iran from aesthetic and social counterpoints. Murals commemorating the Islamic Republic's martyrs and mullahs hover over a young generation moving into a modern, post-revolutionary society even while inhabiting thriving social undergrounds that are often not beholden to the laws of the Islamic Republic. In half a dozen bustling cities scattered across the massive Iranian plateau, Iran's traditional culture is adapting and being reinterpreted by a youth subculture that is both Western and critical of the West. This exhibition takes the focus off Iran' s politicians and realigns it squarely on the country and its people.
http://www.cafam.org/upcoming.html
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--Dubai International Film Festival "Documentary Voices" July 5th through July 8th
http://www.documentaryvoices.com/
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--Children of the Revolution
Monday, June 16, 6 to 7:00 PM
Pigott Hall, Building 260, Room 113, Stanford University
Iason Athanasiadis
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--Children of the Iranian Revolution: Photo Exhibit
May 14 through July 10 - Woodrow Wilson Center for International Scholars
The photographer, Iason Athanasiadis, has been an occasional contributor to World Politics Review. Wit h Iran looming so large in international relations at the moment, it can’t hurt to gain insight into the culture of the 70 percent of the country that is under 30.
For a taste of Athanasiadis’ photographic style, check out these three photo essays that he contributed to World Politics Review:
Istanbul’s Breakdancing Gypsies
Life on Iraq’s American Military Bases
A Last Dance Before Extinction
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--May 9 BAM 6.6 Screening Event - 3:00 PM to 6:00 PM
- MIT Room 4-237, Cambridge, MA, sponsored jointly by MIT Persian Student Association and Harvard Iranian Student Association. Question and Answer session with Director, Johangir Golestan Parast, Wr iter, Brian Appleton, Photo Journalist, Iason Athanasiadis, Persophile Dr. Frye.
Bam 6.6 won three awards at Noor Film Festival in Los Angeles on April 13: Best Picture, Best Story and Best Director
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--May 7 Public Seminar on Structural, Fire and Bridge Engineering:
"MacArthur Maze: Fire, Collapse, and Reconstruction"
Speaker: Abolhassan Astaneh-Asl, Ph.D., P.E., Professor
Department of Civil and Env. Engineering and Center for Catastrophic Risk Management, (CCRM/CITRIS) University of California, Berkeley Abstract: The seminar focuses on the MacArthur Maze in Oakland, two spans of which collapsed on April 29, 2007 and will provide information on the following areas:
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1. The initial design and construction of the Maze
2. Seismic damage during the 1989 earthquake and status of the
seismic retrofit on April 29, 2007
3. Fire damage and collapse of the two spans during the April 29, 2007 fire
4. Field investigation of the collapse
5. Analysis of the collapse of the two spans due to the tanker truck fire (in collaboration with the LLNL)
6. How the repair and reconstruction was done?
7. Bridge engineering lessons learned from this fire collapse and reconstruction that
can be applied to protect other bridges.
For more information
Click here
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--May 5 Book signing at Kepler's at # 1010 El Camino Real in Menlo Park by Firoozeh Dumas with her second book: Laughing Without an Accent. The time is not assigned yet but fans can go to: http://www.keplers.com/ for their event calender when it gets closer or call them at 650-324-4321
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--Noor Film Festival celebrating Women - April 6-13 - Mystic Iran
A modern woman's mystical journey deep into the heart of her native country Iran, in search of spiritual rites and rituals hidden for centuries. From the women's chamber of the great mosque, opened for the first time to the outside world, to the rituals held in the remote caves.
And to the sacred dance of the Dervishes, performed in secret in the remote mountains of Kurdistan, Aryana takes you on a mesmerizing and healing journey behind closed doors, and far beyond the ordinary world, exploring the mystic powers of this ancient land.
This is a Special Screening followed by Q/A with Director, Aryana Farshad.
click for more information
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 --All day conference at UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism - April 11 Fourth Annual Conference on International Reporting - Iason Athanasiadis will be covering reporting on Iran and the middle East from 11:15AM to 12:45
http://journalism.berkeley.edu/events/details.php?ID=510 |
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