A conference, film season and photographic exhibition that aim to interpret and theorise visual representations of Iran in ethnographic, documentary and feature films, as well as other visual art forms.

ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR PAPERS & FILMS

Presented by

The Department of Social Anthropology, the Institute for Iranian Studies and the Centre for Film Studies of the University of St. Andrews and the Iran
Heritage Foundation

Venue
University of St. Andrews.

Dates
13-16 June 2008.

CONFERENCE

Organised by
The Department of Social Anthropology, University of St. Andrews.

Convenors

Prof. Roy Dilley (Head of Department of Social Anthropology, University of St. Andrews) Dr. Pedram Khosronejad (Department of Social Anthropology and Research Fellow in The Institute for Iranian Studies, University of St. Andrews).

Key speakers

Prof. Peter I. Crawford (Visual Cultural Studies, University of Tromsoe, Norway)
Dr. Rolf Husman (Chairman of Commission on Visual Anthropology, The Institute for Knowledge and Media, Goettingen, Germany)
Prof. Hamid Naficy (Professor of Communication, Department of Radio, TV, Film, Northwestern University).

Deadline for submission of papers

Abstracts for papers must be submitted no later than 31 January 2008.

FILM SEASON: ANTHROPOLOGICAL FILMS ON IRAN

Organised by

The Department of Social Anthropology and the Centre for Film Studies, University of St. Andrews.

Programming by

Dr. David Martin-Jones (Lecturer, Centre for Film Studies, University of St. Andrews)
Dr. Pedram Khosronejad (Department of Social Anthropology and Research Fellow in the Institute for Iranian Studies, University of St. Andrews).

Deadline for submission of films

Synopses of films plus films must be submitted no later than 31 December
2007.

EXHIBITION: KAVEH GOLESTAN - RECORDING THE TRUTH IN IRAN

Organised by

The Department of Social Anthropology and the Institute of Iranian Studies, University of St. Andrews.

Curated by

Ms. Hengameh Golestan
Ms. Malu Halasa.

Additional information and details:
http://www.iranheritage.org/visual-anthropology/

Enquiries :

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
Email: pedram.khosronejad@st-andrews.ac.uk