List of Persian/Iranian Events for 2009-05-15

UC Davis Middle East/South Asia Studies and Film Studies Present:

Talk by Dr. Hamid Nafici on “Women in islamic republic Cinema”
Plus screening of “20 Fingers” a film by Mania Akbari

Part of the 2 days series: CINEMAS of the MIDDLE EAST AND SOUTH ASIA

May 15 & 16, 2009 Technocultural Studies Building (Art Annex)
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Friday, May 15th
2:30 - 4:30 “Women in islamic republic Cinema”Speaker: Hamid Naficy, Northwestern Universityfilm Screening: “20 Fingers”(2004)Moderator: Suad Joseph, Director, Middle East/South Asia Studies, UC Davis

For details of the rest of the program please see:
http://www.facebook.com/inbox/?drop&ref=mb#/event.php?eid=90584048728
or
http://169.237.122.100/events/may-15th-film-symposium
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Hamid Naficy, a leading authority on cinema and television in the Middle East, has produced many educational films and experimental videos and has published extensively about theories of exile and displacement, exilic and diaspora cinema and media, and Iranian and Third World cinemas. His many publications include such well-known titles as An Accented Cinema, The Making of Exile Cultures, Otherness and the Media: The Ethnography of the Imagined and the Imaged, Iran Media Index, and the AFI anthology, Home, Exile, Homeland.
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Direction to Technocultural Studies Building (Art Annex),UC Davis Campus:

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Directions to Parking Lot 5:
Interstate 80 to UC Davis exit. If traveling east bound, turn left onto Old Davis Road. If traveling
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*A Glass of Complimentary Champagne for all guests between 9 & 10pm
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French Connection Exhibit Opening

Please come and enjoy the works of two Persian artists:
Leili Mohseni and Soheila Niknam

Both artists will be present to discuss their work.

What: French Connection Exhibit Opening Reception
When: Friday, May 15, 2009 from 6 PM to 9 PM
Where: Hermitage Design & Gallery
6831 Tennyson Drive
McLean, VA 22101
703-827-0066

Website: HermitageDesignGallery.com

Please check the following pre-publication review of my upcoming book: From Misery Alley to Missouri Valley” The is available for purchase now.



http://www.iranian.com/main/2009/may/life-iran-and-america