Comments (0) Thanks to those of you who came to yesterday’s fascinating talk! For those of you who were unable to come, Prof. Ehsani has graciously allowed me to put up the slides and the audio recording of the session for you to enjoy here. Listen below or download the mp3.
You are cordially invited to this week’s Persian Circle:
Kaveh Ehsani
The Oil Industry and Abadan in the 1920s
Wed. Oct. 23, 5:00pm
Pick 222
5828 South University Avenue
Chicago, IL 60637
Kaveh Ehsani is assistant professor of International Studies at DePaul University. Prior to joining DePaul University he was an associate director of the Jomhur Institute of Social Research. He is also on the editorial boards of the Goftogu Quarterly in Iran and Middle East Report (Merip) in the US, and a 2013-2014 research fellow at the International Institute of Social History in Amsterdam. His fields of interest include urban geography, critical social theory, and the political economy of development projects and their social and environmental repercussions. He is currently completing a book entitled Oil and Society in Iran; Abadan and Urban Modernity in 20th Century (Brill Publishers).
به امید دیدار
کامران
You are cordially invited to a very special session of the Persian Circle:
Maryam Sepehri & Anita Alkhas
will introduce and screen their film
Thicker than Paint (Habibeh)
Wednesday, Oct. 16 at 5:00pm
Pick 222
5828 South University Avenue
Chicago, IL 60637
Maryam Sepehri was born in 1970 in Gorgan, in the north of Iran. Her family moved to Tehran when she was 17. She began her university career by studying medicine and then worked for a few years in a medical lab. After that, she returned to school to get a B.A. in film making (2010) and an M.A. in photography (2012). For many years she has made short films and taken photographs, as well as writing short stories and translating from English to Farsi.
Maryam Sepehri’s documentary film Rain Once Again (2012) won the award for best documentary film at the Sooreh International Short Film Festival, and was nominated in this category at the 28th Tehran International Short Film Festival. Her next documentary, Thicker than Paint (2013) won the Special Cream City Cinema Jury Prize at the 5th Milwaukee Film Festival. The film was produced by Prof. Anita Alkhas of the University of Wisconsin in Milwaukee. Her photographs have been exhibited in Iran, Italy and Germany, and her short stories and travelogues (some with accompanying photographs) have been published in Iran in book and magazine form. She is now at work on her next documentary film.
This is a very special event and I hope to see you there!
به امید دیدار
کامران
Last week, Dr. Farrokh Asadi gave us a short introduction to his film, “Judith”, an adaptation of Brecht’s “The Jewish Wife”. You can listen to his presentation in the player below.
Download the mp3 here. Plus, you can see the Director’s notes to the film in English and in Persian.
Many thanks to Dr. Asadi for his interesting talk and beautiful film! از لطف او بسیار سپاس گذاریم.
The Persian Circle cordially invites you to this week’s session:
JoAnn Scurlock & Richard Beal
Impressions from our recent trip to Iran:
photos and thoughts
Wednesday, Oct. 9 at 5:00pm
Pick 222
5828 South University Avenue
Chicago, IL 60637
The talk will be in English.
به امید دیدار
کامران
The Persian Circle cordially invites you to this week’s session:
Dr. Farrokh Asadi presents “Judith”
a film adaptation of Bertolt Brecht’s “The Jewish Wife” that he directed. The film is 52 min. long and in English. It was selected by and premiered in Brazil’s International Brecht Symposium this past May, 2013 (see the website for the Director’s Note). It is an honor to have him speak for us, and I hope to see many of you there!
Wednesday, Oct. 2 at 5:00pm
Pick 222
5828 South University Avenue
Chicago, IL 60637
Judith, Director’s Note FARSI; Judith 2013
به امید دیدار
کامران
Dear friends and followers of the Persian Circle,
Welcome back to another year of exciting talks, presentations, and discussions! My name is Cameron Cross and, with the help of my co-conspirator Maryam Sabbaghi, I’ll be managing the program for this year. If any of you are new, the Persian Circle is a weekly event that takes place at the University of Chicago, where we host local and visiting scholars, artists, intellectuals, and researchers to come and share their interests with us in an informal and informative series of lectures in Persian. Our weekly meeting time this year will be Wednesdays, 5:00–7:00pm in 218 / 222 Pick Hall, 5828 South University Avenue. Below is a list of our upcoming speakers:
Individual announcements for each speaker will be posted the week prior. I look forward to seeing you, and stay tuned for updates!
Mokhles,
Cameron (کامران)
Theo is currently a graduate student in the NELC department at the University of Chicago, and he spent last year, as well as the three previous summers, working in Afghanistan at various NGOs. He spoke about his experiences living and working in Afghanistan, as well as presenting a slide show with photographs.
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