<h2>Schedule of Events</h2>
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<p>Each event is listed below by date, followed by the title of the event, the speaker’s name and university affiliation, and the location of the presentation or film screening.</p>
<p><strong>All events begin at 5:00 pm.</strong></p>
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<p>September 18th, 2008</p>
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<p><em>The Iran that Smiles: Art, Literature, and Culture in Post 1979 Iran</em></p>
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<p><strong>Fatemeh Keshavarz (Washington University – St. Louis)</strong></p>
<p>Morris University Center – Hickory/Hackberry/Oak/Redbud Room</p>
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<p>October 15th, 2008</p>
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<p><em>Film Screening: The Wind Will Carry Us</em></p>
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<p>A film by Abbas Kiarostami</p>
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<p>Introduction by <strong>Negar Mottahedeh (Duke University)</strong></p>
<p>Lovejoy Library – Abbott Auditorium (Room 0044)</p>
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<p>October 16th, 2008</p>
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<p><em>Islamic Cyborgs? A Study of Iran's Mystical Cinema</em></p>
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<p><strong>Negar Mottahedeh (Duke University)</strong></p>
<p>Morris University Center – Hickory/Hackberry/Oak/Redbud Room</p>
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<p>November 19th, 2008</p>
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<p><em>Classical Persian Music Structures</em></p>
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<p><strong>Hossein Omoumi (University of California Irvine)</strong></p>
<p>Morris University Center – Meridian Ballroom</p>
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<p>February 3rd, 2009</p>
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<p><em>Film Screening: The Runner</em></p>
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<p>A film by Amir Naderi</p>
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<p>Introduction by<strong> Mindy Young-Lawson (Southern Illinois University Edwardsville)</strong></p>
<p>Evergreen Hall - Multipurpose Room</p>
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<p>February 5th, 2009</p>
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<p><em>The World is My Home: On the Poetics of Cosmopolitanism</em></p>
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<p><strong>Hamid Dabashi (Columbia University)</strong></p>
<p>Morris University Center – Maple/Dogwood/Oak/Redbud Room</p>
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<p>March 18th, 2009</p>
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<p><em>Film Screening: Offside</em></p>
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<p>A film by Jafar Panahi</p>
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<p>Introduction by <strong>Farshad Aminian-Tankei (Florida Gulf Coast University)</strong></p>
<p>Evergreen Hall - Multipurpose Room</p>
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<p>March 19th, 2009</p>
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<p><em>‘What Would You Like to Become?’: Answers from Iranian School Children</em></p>
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<p><strong>Farshad Aminian-Tankei (Florida Gulf Coast University)</strong></p>
<p>Lovejoy Library – Abbott Auditorium (Room 0044)</p>
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<p>April 7th, 2009</p>
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<p><em>Film Screening: The Willow Tree</em></p>
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<p>A film by Majid Majidi</p>
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<p>Introduction by<strong> Lucian Stone (Southern Illinois University Edwardsville)</strong></p>
<p>Evergreen Hall - Multipurpose Room</p>
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<p>April 8th, 2009</p>
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<p><em>From Cloistered to Cosmopolitan: Women's Representation in Iranian Cinema</em></p>
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<p><strong>Hamid Naficy (Northwestern University)</strong></p>
<p>Lovejoy Library – Abbott Auditorium (Room 0044)</p>
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<p>April 29th, 2009</p>
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<p><em>Cosmopolitan Iran, Remembrance and the Future: An Open Forum</em></p>
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<p><strong>Lucian Stone (Southern Illinois University Edwardsville)</strong></p>
<p>Morris University Center – Hickory/Hackberry/Oak/Redbud Room</p>
<p><strong><em>NOTE: THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELED</em></strong></p>
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