List of Persian/Iranian Events for 2008-03-31
Lecture: Professor Massumeh Farhad
Bay Area - Peninsula Monday - March 31, 2008 06:00 PM
Guest: Professor Massumeh Farhad
“Massumeh Farhad joined the Freer Gallery of Art/ Arthur M. Sackler Gallery in 1995 as Associate Curator of Islamic Art. In 2004, she was appointed Chief Curator and Curator of Islamic Art. She is a specialist in the arts of the book from sixteenth- and seventeenth- century Iran. She received her Ph.D. in Islamic Art History from Harvard University in 1987 and has written extensively on seventeenth- century Persian painting and recently co-authored Slaves of the Shah: New Elites in Safavid Iran (2004)”
“Picturing the Prophet Muhammad in Persian Manuscript Painting”
Monday, March 31
6-7 pm
Location: Pigott Hall, Building 260, Room 113
Directions: http://campus- map.stanford. edu/index. cfm?ID=01- 260
Closest parking is at the Oval. Look for Lasuen Mall (located to your left, if facing Memorial Church).
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Hamid & Christina Moghadam Program in Iranian Studies
Stanford University
School of Humanities & Sciences
Encina Hall West, Rm. 309
phone: 650.724.0939
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“Massumeh Farhad joined the Freer Gallery of Art/ Arthur M. Sackler Gallery in 1995 as Associate Curator of Islamic Art. In 2004, she was appointed Chief Curator and Curator of Islamic Art. She is a specialist in the arts of the book from sixteenth- and seventeenth- century Iran. She received her Ph.D. in Islamic Art History from Harvard University in 1987 and has written extensively on seventeenth- century Persian painting and recently co-authored Slaves of the Shah: New Elites in Safavid Iran (2004)”
“Picturing the Prophet Muhammad in Persian Manuscript Painting”
Monday, March 31
6-7 pm
Location: Pigott Hall, Building 260, Room 113
Directions: http://campus- map.stanford. edu/index. cfm?ID=01- 260
Closest parking is at the Oval. Look for Lasuen Mall (located to your left, if facing Memorial Church).
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Hamid & Christina Moghadam Program in Iranian Studies
Stanford University
School of Humanities & Sciences
Encina Hall West, Rm. 309
phone: 650.724.0939
____________ _________ _________ _________ ________
iranianevents mailing list
iranianevents@ lists.stanford. edu
https://mailman. stanford. edu/mailman/ listinfo/ iranianevents
127 Band's Concert in San Francisco
Bay Area - San Francisco Monday - March 31, 2008 09:00 PM
MARCH 28TH-- Fat City
address: 314 11th St., San Francisco, CA
tickets: $10
MARCH 30TH--Blake's on Telegraph (18+)
address: 2367 Telegraph Ave., Berkeley, CA
tickets: $8 for 21+ and $10 for under 21
MARCH 31ST--Elbo Room
address: 647 Valencia St., San Francisco, CA
tickets: $7
Founded in 2001 by a group of young Tehran artists and art students, 127 has found itself at the center of progressive cultural change in Iran.The band's music melds Iranian melodies and jazz with an alternative sound.The band's lyrics tell of the frustrations and joys of life, somehow managing to speak of their cultural time and place, while simultaneous reflecting universal frustrations of isolation, frustration, and hope. 127 is a 5 piece band -guitar,piano,trombone,bass and drums. the group has become a lightning-rod for international media attention. Through humorous articles and broadcasts in the western media, the group's website receives thousands of hits a month from a growing international listeners. They live in Tehran, Iran and they sing in both English and Persian.
In October 2005, 127 completed a short US tour performing three well received shows in DC, Boston, and NYC, becoming the first Iranian rock band to tour the United States. They were also the first Iranian band to perform at the South by South West festival in Austin, Texas in 2006.
address: 314 11th St., San Francisco, CA
tickets: $10
MARCH 30TH--Blake's on Telegraph (18+)
address: 2367 Telegraph Ave., Berkeley, CA
tickets: $8 for 21+ and $10 for under 21
MARCH 31ST--Elbo Room
address: 647 Valencia St., San Francisco, CA
tickets: $7
Founded in 2001 by a group of young Tehran artists and art students, 127 has found itself at the center of progressive cultural change in Iran.The band's music melds Iranian melodies and jazz with an alternative sound.The band's lyrics tell of the frustrations and joys of life, somehow managing to speak of their cultural time and place, while simultaneous reflecting universal frustrations of isolation, frustration, and hope. 127 is a 5 piece band -guitar,piano,trombone,bass and drums. the group has become a lightning-rod for international media attention. Through humorous articles and broadcasts in the western media, the group's website receives thousands of hits a month from a growing international listeners. They live in Tehran, Iran and they sing in both English and Persian.
In October 2005, 127 completed a short US tour performing three well received shows in DC, Boston, and NYC, becoming the first Iranian rock band to tour the United States. They were also the first Iranian band to perform at the South by South West festival in Austin, Texas in 2006.
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