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April 23, 2001

Persian prose in Exile, London

Here is a detailed list of speakers and topics for the lecture series on post-revolution Persian prose in exile which I am organizing at School of Oriental and African Studies in London in association with "Iran Heritage Foundation" with support from Balli Klockner plc

Convenor: Dr Nima Mina, SOAS, University of London
"Discourse of Exile in Post-Revolution Persian Prose"

Revised Schedule

Friday 4 May 2001, Main School Lecture Theatre (MSLT), 6:00 PM
Nasrin Rahimieh, University of Alberta, Edmonton: "Writing with an Accent: Translating Taghi Modarressi's Last Novel Virgin of Solitude"

Friday 11 May 2001, MSLT, 6:00 PM
Reza Baraheni, University of Toronto: "Exilic Blindness and Liminality in Post-revolutionary Iranian Fiction"

Sunday 13 May 2001, MSLT, 4:00 PM
Story reading and discussion with Reza Baraheni (in Persian)

Wednesday 16 May 2001, MSLT, 6:00 PM
Ahmad Karimi-Hakkak, University of Washington, Seattle: "Backward Glances and Reflections: The Interplay of Memory and Imagination in Persian Exilic Fiction"

Friday 25 May 2001, MSLT, 6:00 PM
Abbas Milani, College of Notre Dame, Belmont (California): "King of the Benighted and the Poetics of Modern Persian Culture"

Following Dr Abbas Milani's presentation there will be a book launch at SOAS by Mr. Massood Mafan from Baran Publishers in Spanga, Sweden for the Persian edition of the novel "King of the Benighted".

Friday 1 June 2001, 6:00 PM, MSLT:
Chahla Chafiq, writer (Paris):
"The Narrative of Exile, Views of Men and Women" (in Persian)

Friday 8 June 2001, 6:00 PM, MSLT:
Reza Ghassemi, writer (Paris):
"Ikarus' Flight" (in Persian)

Thursday 14 June 2001, 6:00 PM, MSLT:
Nasim Khaksar, writer (Utrecht):
"Writer1s Exile" (in Persian)

Thursday 21 June 2001, 6:00 PM, MSLT
Abbas Maroufi, writer (Berlin):
"Reality, Imagination, Dreams Without Borders" (in Persian)

Further Details at // www.iranheritage.org

Enquiries:

Dr Nima Mina
University of London
School of Oriental and African Studies
Near & Middle East Department
Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square London,
WC1H 0XG, United Kingdom
Tel 020 7 898 4315
Fax 020 7 898 4359

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