30 Years of Solitude

30 YEARS OF SOLITUDE
Photographic Exhibition, Films, Seminar

27 September 2008 - 10 January 2009

A fascinating selection of works by some of Iran's most talented and extraordinary women artists.

Kaveh Golestan - Recording the Truth in Iran

November 10 - December 19, 2008

Kaveh Golestan's black & white photography covering the period from 1975 to the late 1990s.

Iran: New Voices<br />Quartet: A Journey North

2-6 December 2008

Mehr Theatre Company
Written by Amir Reza Koohestani and Mahin Sadri, directed and designed by Amir Reza Koohestani, translated by Vali Mahlouji

Goethe and 1001 Nights

3 December 2008

Lecture by Professor Katharina Mommsen of Stanford University


Iran: New Voices<br />Focus: Shirin Neshat

Friday 5 December 2008

SOLD OUT

An exclusive presentation of work from seminal contemporary artist Shirin Neshat + Q&A with the artist

Iran: New Voices<br />Untitled Series: <em>bedun e onvan 2</em><br /><em>(untitled 2)</em>

6 December 2008

The works of Mandana Moghaddam and Barbad Golshiri focusing on language and communication

Iran: New Voices<br />Untitled Series: <em>bedun e onvan 3</em><br /><em>(untitled 3)</em>

6 December 2008

The works of Shahram Entekhabi and Ghazel focusing on social and gender issues

Iran: New Voices<br />Untitled Series: <em>bedun e onvan 4</em><br /><em>(untitled 4)</em>

6 December 2008

The works of Mahmoud Bakhshi and Mitra Tabrizian focusing on the relationship between politics, society and religion in a transcultural context

Iran: New Voices<br />Focus: Abbas Kiarostami

7 December 2008

The UK premiere of 'Roads of Kiarostami' plus 'Five' introduced by film critic Geoff Andrew

Iran: New Voices<br />Power of a Cliché

7 December 2008

SOLD OUT

Conceived and performed by Haleh Anvari


Iran: Food and Culture

11 December 2008

By Sami Zubaida, Emeritus Professor of Politics and Sociology, Birkbeck College, London

Thirty Years On: The Social and Cultural Impacts of the Iranian Revolution

5-6 June 2009

CALL FOR PAPERS A conference focusing on the developments in the social and cultural lives of Iranians since the revolution.

Empires and Revolutions: Iranian-Russian Encounters since 1800

12-13 June 2009

CALL FOR PAPERS Conference on Russian-Iranian encounters since the early nineteenth century.