Popular Music & Society in Iran: New Directions
A two-day symposium that highlights the social and political significance of music in Iran in six panels, ranging from popular music in the Safavid period to rock music in the Islamic Republic. There will also be three musician sessions, featuring among them Iran’s first female Hip-Hop artist Salome MC.
Conference Schedule:
Friday, Jan 26th
9:30-10 am – Greetings & Introduction
10-11:30 am – Panel 1: Pop Music & State Policy in Safavid Iran
Anthony Shay, Pomona College: What is Popular Music? What is Popular Iranian Music?
Ann Lucas, Boston College: “The Shah Goes Pop”: The Unique Politics of Safavid Music 1501-1722 CE
11:30 am-1 pm – Panel 2: From Musicians in the Qajar Era to the Golha Radio Program
Amir Hosein Pourjavady, UCLA: The Social Organization of Musicians During the Qajar Period
Jane Lewisohn, SOAS: The Importance of Archiving the Performing Arts of Iran
1-3 pm: Lunch & Screening of “No Land’s Song”
2:30-3:30 pm – Artist Session I: Discussion of the Persian Radif & Setar Performance by Amir Hosein Pourjavady
3:30-4 pm – Coffee
4-5:30 pm – Panel 3: From State Policy on the Female Voice to Women Musicians’ Narratives
Nahid Siamdoust, Yale University: The Islamic Republic and Solo Female Singing
Paola Messina, Arab Studies Institute: Reclaiming Stage and Image: Iranian Women Musicians, In Their Own Voices
5:30-7 pm – Artist Session II: Conversation & Performance: Salome MC, Iran’s First Female Hip Hop Artist
Saturday, Jan 27th
9-9:30 am – Coffee & Pastry
9:30-11 am – Panel 4: From the Sounds of Lalehzar to Emerging Trends in Tehran’s Musical Theaters
Ida Meftahi, University of Maryland: The Soundscape of Lalehzar Tehran: 1941-1953
Erum Naqvi, Pratt Institute: Art Kids of Tehran: Emerging Trends in Musical Theater
11 am-12:30 pm – Panel 5: From Persian Hip-Hop to Music Education among Rockers
Theresa Steward, University of Mary Washington: “We Rap for Persia:” The Musical Revolution of Rap-e Farsi
Nasim Niknafs, University of Toronto: Musighi-e-marâmi: How Urban Iran Reimagines a Local & DIY Music Education
12:30-2 pm – Lunch & Artist Session III: Screening & Conversation: Hooman Hamedani of Gachpaj on Iran’s Underground Rock Scene
2-3:30 pm – Panel 6: From Diasporic Musical Impiety to New Musical Religiosities in Iran
Farzaneh Hemmasi, University of Toronto: Diasporic Iranian Popular Music & Politics of Impiety
Hamidreza Salehyar, University of Toronto: Mourning Rituals, Popular Music & New Religiosities in Iran
3:30-4 pm – Summary & Closing
Sponsored by The Iranian Studies Program at Yale, Yale Institute of Sacred Music, and the Council of Middle East Studies at the Whitney and Betty MacMillan Center for International and Area Studies at Yale, with generous support from the Title VI National Resource Center Grants from the US Dept of Education.
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