Conferences
Academic conferences, lectures and symposia exploring Persian and Iranian studies.
Sixth Annual International Qajar Studies Association (IQSA) Conference: Entertainment in the Qajar Era
As far as written records and oral traditions indicate, entertainment in the Qajar era touched on all aspects of life, both public and private. Contrary to Western opinion about this period, Qajar society exhibited a great variety of entertainments, many of which (even when public) were not visible to the outsider, given the constraints of […]
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Photography and Cinematography in Qajar Era Iran
In memory of Farrokh Ghaffari (1921-2006), the Soudavar Memorial Foundation made a special grant in 2011 available for archival research on Qajar cinematography in preparation for this symposium (August 27-28, 2011). This two-day symposium and film season discussed and developed ideas derived from social and visual anthropological research, and debated the diverse forms and aspects […]
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