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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: left;"><b class=""><u class=""><span lang="EN-US" class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><font face="Arial" class="">Worlding Iran: Contemporary Iranian Culture and the World<o:p class=""></o:p></font></span></u></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-US" class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><font face="Arial" class="">School of Arts and Media, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia<o:p class=""></o:p></font></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: left;"><b class=""><span lang="EN-US" class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><font face="Arial" class="">8-9 December 2016<o:p class=""></o:p></font></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><font face="Arial" class="">Organizers: Dr Michelle Langford and Dr Laetitia Nanquette <o:p class=""></o:p></font></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><font face="Arial" class="">Papers are invited to participate in a two-day symposium around the theme of “Worlding Iran”. <o:p class=""></o:p></font></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><font face="Arial" class="">Our keynote speaker will be Assistant Professor Amy Motlagh (The American University in Cairo).<o:p class=""></o:p></font></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><font face="Arial" class="">For centuries Iran stood at the crossroads of civilizations and was a pivotal site for the exchange of cultures. However, the contemporary focus on its politics
tends to obfuscate how Iran continues to contribute to the global circulation of ideas and cultural products. The success of Iranian cinema globally is a key example reminding us of the connectedness of Iranian culture to the world. This symposium will study
how Iranian local/global culture dynamically exchanges with the world. <o:p class=""></o:p></font></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><font face="Arial" class="">How are national and transnational Iranian cultural practices linked? What are the roles of the Internet and of the Iranian diasporic communities in connecting
Iran and the world? How does Iranian culture evolve in a globalized world? <o:p class=""></o:p></font></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><font face="Arial" class="">Disciplines include literature, film, theatre, music, visual arts, and creative media.<o:p class=""></o:p></font></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><font face="Arial" class="">Topics that the symposium hopes to discuss include, but are not restricted to: <o:p class=""></o:p></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="text-indent: -18pt;"><font face="Arial" class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><span lang="EN-US" class="">-<span class="" style="line-height: normal;"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" class="">local/global interactions
between artists and cultural agents <o:p class=""></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: -18pt;"><font face="Arial" class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><span lang="EN-US" class="">-<span class="" style="line-height: normal;"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" class="">questions of cultural
influences and collaborations<o:p class=""></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: -18pt;"><font face="Arial" class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><span lang="EN-US" class="">-<span class="" style="line-height: normal;"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" class="">the circulation
of Iranian cultural products within Iran and transnationally<o:p class=""></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: -18pt;"><font face="Arial" class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><span lang="EN-US" class="">-<span class="" style="line-height: normal;"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" class="">the question of
the cultural market<o:p class=""></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: -18pt;"><font face="Arial" class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><span lang="EN-US" class="">-<span class="" style="line-height: normal;"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" class="">the reception of
contemporary Iranian culture<o:p class=""></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: -18pt;"><font face="Arial" class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><span lang="EN-US" class="">-<span class="" style="line-height: normal;"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" class="">questions of translation<o:p class=""></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: -18pt;"><font face="Arial" class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><span lang="EN-US" class="">-<span class="" style="line-height: normal;"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" class="">the cultural links
between the nation and the transnation<o:p class=""></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: -18pt;"><font face="Arial" class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><span lang="EN-US" class="">-<span class="" style="line-height: normal;"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" class="">the contributions
made by Iran’s many minority communities - ethnic, religious and sub-cultural - to a heterogeneous cultural landscape<o:p class=""></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="text-indent: -18pt;"><font face="Arial" class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><span lang="EN-US" class="">-<span class="" style="line-height: normal;"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" class="">disciplinary and comparative
approaches<o:p class=""></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><span lang="EN-US" class="">The language of the conference will be English. Please submit a 250-words abstract and biographical note to </span><a href="mailto:worlding.iran@unsw.edu.au" class="">worlding.iran@unsw.edu.au</a> <span lang="EN-US" class="">by
1<sup class="">st</sup> June 2016. Enquiries: </span><a href="mailto:worlding.iran@unsw.edu.au" class="">worlding.iran@unsw.edu.au</a></font></p>
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