Conference programme

It is the intention of the organisers that the proceedings of the conference will later be published in a book and/ or other forms. Participants must therefore commit themselves not to publish the papers presented at this conference elsewhere.

Thursday 12th June

17.00-18.00

Conference Registration and Informal Reception

(only conference delegates and guests)

18.15-20.15

Conference delegates to dine at Ma Belles restaurant

(costs not included in conference fee)

20.30-21.10

Film projection

Statues of Tehran (Mojasamehay-e Tehran), 35'

Film by B Kiarostami

Discussion and questions in the presence of the filmmaker

 

Friday 13th June

8.15-8.45

Conference Registration

8.45-9.15

Welcome to the Conference and Outline of the Programme

Prof R Dilley, Dr P Khosronejad

9.15-9.45

Film projection

Clerical Garb: Last Prove (Lebas Rohani: Prove Akhar), 30'

Film by R Haeri

Discussion and questions in the presence of the filmmaker

Discussant: Prof S Haeri

10.00-11.00

Keynote Address I

  • Prof H Naficy
  • Chair: Prof R Dilley

Discussion and questions

11.00-11.15

Coffee break and refreshments

11.15-13.15

Iranian Visual Anthropology: yesterday, today, tomorrow

  • Chair: Prof H Naficy
  • Discussant: Prof W O Beeman
  • Mr M Tahaminejad
  • Mr F Varahram

 

13.15-14.15

Lunch

14.15-17.00

Film projection

(Haft Filmsaz-e Zan-e-Nabina), 115'

Discussion and question panel in the presence of the filmmaker Mr M Shirvani

  • Discussant: Prof P Crawford, Prof H Naficy

17.00-17.30

Coffee break and refreshments

18.00-19.30

Opening of K Golestan's Photo Exhibition and Discussion Panel

Representing Iran: Image, media and modern Iran

  • Chair: Prof A Ansari
  • Jim Muir, BBC Correspondent
  • Jon Snow, Channel Four News
  • Mr Taghi Amirani
 

Conference delegates to dine at Byre restaurant (costs not included in conference fee)

Saturday 14th June

 

 

9.00-10.00

Keynote Address II

  • Dr R Husmann
  • Chair: Prof P Crawford

Discussion and questions

10.00-11.30

Women and politics of representation

  • Chair: Dr P Mahdavi
  • Discussant: Prof A Ansari
  • Prof S Haeri
  • Prof S Siavoshi
  • Ms P Sadegh-Vaziri

11.30-11.45

Coffee break and refreshments

11.45-13.15

Film projection

Mrs President: A film by S Haeri, 46'

Discussion and question panel in the presence of the filmmaker

  • Discussant: Prof A Sreberny, Mr H R Sadr

13.15-14.15

Lunch

14.15-16.45

Graduate Panel

  • Chair: Dr M Lotfalian
  • Discussant: Dr M Langford
  • Ms M Kashani
  • Ms A Malek
  • Mr Shahab Esfandiary
  • Ms V Langer
  • Ms S Ganjaei

 

16.45-17.00

Coffee break and refreshments

17.00- 18.30

Film projection

Caught Between Two Worlds, 58'

Discussion and question panel in the presence of the filmmaker: P Sadegh-Vaziri

Discussant: Prof H Naficy

19.00-22.00

Conference dinner at Macdonald Rusacks Hotel

(only conference guests)

Sunday 15th June

 

 

9.00-10.00

Keynote Address III

  • Prof P I Crawford
  • Chair: Dr R Husmann

Discussion and question panel

10.00-12.00

Visual representation of gender, sex and sexuality

  • Chair: Prof S Haeri
  • Discussant: Dr M Abecassis
  • Dr P Mahdavi
  • Ms E Shakerifar
  • Dr M Langford
  • Ms A Bagheri

12.00-12.15

Coffee break and refreshments

12.15-14.15

Film projection

Roya and Omid, 15'

Discussion and question panel in the presence of the filmmaker: E Shakerifar

Standard-bearers of Hussein: Women commemorating Karbala, 35'

Discussion and question panel in the presence of the filmmaker: I Flaskerud

Tehran: 11 pm, 26'

Discussion and question panel in the presence of the filmmaker: V Langer

  • Discussant: Prof W O Beeman, Ms P Sadegh-Vaziri

14.15-15.15

Lunch

15.15-16.45

War, martyrdom and trauma

  • Chair: Prof W O Beeman
  • Discussant: Dr F Shirazi
  • Dr M Abecassis
  • Dr K Rastegar
  • Ms M Karimabadi
  • Ms N Bolourchi

 

16.45-18.30

Capturing ritual and ceremony

  • Chair: Prof A Behdad
  • Discussant: Dr M Lotfalian
  • Prof W O Beeman
  • Ms I Flaskerud
  • Dr G Breyley

 

18.30-18.45

Coffee break and refreshments

18.45-20.15

Graduate panel

  • Chair: Dr K Rastegar
  • Discussant: Ms I Flaskerud
  • Ms C Horz
  • Ms S Pekerman
  • Ms N Bajoghli

 

20.15-21.15

Conference delegates to dine at Grill House restaurant

(costs not included in conference fee)

21.15-22.30

Film projection

Best in the West, 71'

Discussion and question panel in the presence of the filmmaker: M Kashani

  • Discussant: Prof H Naficy
Monday 16th June

 

 

8.30-11.00

Multimedia, photography, and posters

  • Chair: Prof M R Ghanoonparvar
  • Discussant: Dr S Frankland
  • Prof A Behdad
  • Prof A Sreberny
  • Dr M Lotfalian
  • Dr F Shirazi

11.00-11.15

Coffee break and refreshments

11.15-12.45

Literature and politics in Iranian cinema

  • Chair: Prof S Siavoshi
  • Discussant: Dr A Reed, Dept. of Social Anthropology, University of St-Andrews.
  • Prof M R Ghanoonparvar
  • Mr A Kiarostami
  • Mr H Sadr

12.45-14.00

Film projection

Football, Iranian Style (Football Beh Sabk-e Irani), 50'

  • Discussant: Dr R Husmann

14.00-15.00

Lunch

15.00-16.15

Filmmakers' panel

  • Chair: P I Crawford, Prof A Sreberny
  • Discussant: Dr R Husmann
  • Mr R Haeri
  • Mr B Kiarostami
  • Mr M Shirvani
  • Mr F Varahram
  • Mr G R Katal
  • Mr A Ghasemkhan

16.15-16.30

Coffee break and refreshments

16.30-18.30

Reflections on the conference

  • Chair: Prof R Dilley, Prof D Iordanova
  • Discussant: Prof P I Crawford
  • Prof A Behdad
  • Prof S Haeri
  • Dr R Husmann
  • Dr M Lotfalian
  • Prof A Sreberny
  • Mr M Tahaminejad

18.30-19.00

I.B. Tauris Studnet Award Nomination

 

20.00 Conference delegates to dine in a local restaurant (costs not included in conference fee)

Enquiries and additional information and details

Dr Pedram Khosronejad
Department of Social Anthropology & Institute for Iranian Studies
University of St. Andrews
St. Andrews, Fife, Scotland KY16 9AL
Tel: +44 (1334) 461968
Fax: +44 (1334) 462985