Feb. 14: Fariba Zarinebaf on Iranian Diaspora and Cityscapes of Memory in LA
Salaam!
Please join us for a Persian Circle talk on Tuesday, February 14 at 4:30 pm with Prof. Fariba Zarinebaf (UC Riverside):
“Iranian Diaspora and Cityscapes of Memory in LA”
The talk will be in English and Persian
Fariba Zarinebaf received her Ph.D. from the University of Chicago in Islamic history and is currently teaching at UC Riverside. Her book, Crime and Punishment in Istanbul, 1700-1800 (published 2010), examines the history of violence, criminality, policing and punishment in Istanbul from the eighteenth to the early nineteenth centuries. For the Persian Circle, she will look at the cities of Los Angeles (and Chicago) and their connection to the Iranian Diaspora.
There will be tea & sweets!
Tuesday, February 14
4:30 – 6pm in Pick Hall 218
(5828 S. University Ave, Chicago, IL 60637)
See you there,
Alexandra
Themocracy