In Conversation with Bahram Beyzaie
Funded by the British Institute of Persian Studies and the Honeyman Foundation
School of Modern Languages, University of St Andrews
Each paper will be about 20 minutes with a 10-minute Q & A
Abstracts & Bios
Friday 23 June (13.45-21.00)
Venue: Lecture Theatre A, Bute Medical Buildings, Queen’s Terrace, St Andrews, KY16 9TS (MAP)
13.45-14.00: Introduction by Saeed Talajooy
Panel 1 (English)
| Saeed Talajooy |
The Dialogue of Beyzaie’s Downpour with Iranian Cinema: Intellectuality, Masculinity and Marginality |
14.00- 14.30 |
| Maryam Ghorbankarimi | Captive Bodies Buried in Oblivion: Female Identity in Beyzaie’s Downpour (1972) | 14.30-15.00 |
| Farshad Zahedi | Exploring the cinema of Bahram Beyzaie: Space, Time, Bodies, and Memory |
15.00-15.30
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15.30-16.00: Coffee Break
Panel 2: (English)
| Saeed Zeydabadi-Nejad | Language of Others vs Othering of Languages: Bashu and Multilinguality in Iranian cinema | 16.00-16.30 |
| Nina Khamsy | Little Strangers: Representations of Displaced Youth in Iranian Cinema |
16.30-17.00 |
| Farshid Kazemi | The Speaking Tree: The Mytho-poetics of the Female Voice in Bahram Beyzaie’s Cinema | 17.00-17.30 |
17.30 – 18.00 Buffett Dinner (Speakers and Participants)
Panel 3: Film Screening and Discussion (Persian and English)
| Bahram Beyzaie |
Film Screening: Ragbar (Downpour, 1972)Persian with English Subtitles |
18.00-20.00
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| Bahram Beyzaie | Making Ragbar | 20.00-20.30 |
| Bahram Beyzaie | Q & A on Ragbar | 20.30-21.00 |
Saturday 24 June (13.00- 19.15)
Venue: Lecture Theatre, Buchanan Building, Union Street, St Andrews, KY16 9PH (MAP)
Panel 4: One English and Two PersianPapers
| Parviz Jahed |
Crime Thriller Elements in Bayzaie’s Kalagh, Shayad Vaghti Digar and Sag Koshi |
13.00-13.30 |
| Fatemeh Khansalar |
زبان طبیعت و زمین: خوانش بومگرایانه از غریبه و مه، چریکۀ تارا و باشو غریبۀ کوچک |
13.30-14.00
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| Niloofar Beyzaie |
بهرام بیضایی، نابغۀ خود ساخته و تلاشگر خستگی ناپذیر تئاتر و سینمای ایران |
14.00-14.30 |
14.30-15.00: Break
Panel 5: Persian and English
| Reza Zarghamee | Darius, the Dragon Slayer | 15.00-15.30 |
| Hamid Ehya | زبان و شیوه های اجرایی در طرب نامه | 15.30-16.00 |
| Hamid Ehya & Sepideh Khosrowjah | پرسش و پاسخ با بازیگران طرب نامه | 16.00-16.30 |
16.30-17.15: Break
Performance : The Barron Theatre, 95 North Street, St Andrews, (KY16 9AD) Map
Panel 6: Persian
| Bahram Beyzaie | Zahhak and Jamshid | 17.30-18.00 |
| Mojdeh Shamsaie |
Shab-e Hezar-o-Yekom: Part 1 (Performance in Persian) English translation will be provided on 23rd June. |
18.00-18.45 |
| Bahram Beyzaie |
Q & A on Shab-e Hezar-o-Yekom (Persian )
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18.45-19.15 |
19.30-22.00 Workshop Dinner (The Byre Theatre Restaurant)
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The workshop has been funded by the British Institute of Persian Studies, the Honeyman Foundation, School of Modern Languages (University of St Andrews), and Institute of Iranian Studies (University of St Andrews).
The Honeyman foundation was established by the generosity of A.M. (Sandy) Honeyman, a former Professor in the University of St Andrews in 1985 with the aim of encouraging education and research in general and study of Middle Eastern languages and cultures, in particular.