Popular Music and Society in Iran: New Directions

Mohsen Namjoo performs a piece at the end of the conference “Popular Music & Society in Iran: New Directions” @ Yale University’s Iranian Studies Program at the MacMillan Center for International and Area Studies (26-27 January 2018; conference organizer: Nahid Siamdoust, Yale)

Panel – 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”; moderated by Houchang Chehabi, Boston University | Conference: Popular Music & Society in Iran: New Directions @ Yale University’s Iranian Studies Program at the MacMillan Center for International and Area Studies (26-27 January 2018; conference organizer: Nahid Siamdoust, Yale). NOTE: Salehyar segment has been deleted per presenter’s request

Panel – 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”; moderated by Farzaneh Hemmasi, University of Toronto)| Conference: Popular Music & Society in Iran: New Directions @ Yale University’s Iranian Studies Program at the MacMillan Center for International and Area Studies (26-27 January 2018; conference organizer: Nahid Siamdoust, Yale)

Screening of Music Practice Sessions in Iran’s Underground Music Scene followed by Conversation between Mohsen Namjoo (musician) and Salmak Khaledi (trombonist of band 127) with Hooman Hamedani (lead singer of Gachpazh) | Conference: Popular Music & Society in Iran: New Directions @ Yale University’s Iranian Studies Program at the MacMillan Center for International and Area Studies (26-27 January 2018; conference organizer: Nahid Siamdoust, Yale)

Performance and Screening by Female Hip-Hop Artist Salomé MC, followed by a conversation with cultural historian Nahid Siamdoust (Yale) and Paola Messina (Arab Studies Institute) | Conference: Popular Music & Society in Iran: New Directions @ Yale University’s Iranian Studies Program at the MacMillan Center for International and Area Studies (26-27 January 2018; conference organizer: Nahid Siamdoust, Yale)

“THE PERSIAN RADIF” - Amir Hosein Pourjavady (UCLA) in conversation with historian Abbas Amanat (Yale) and Performance on the Setar by Amir Hosein Pourjavady | Conference: Popular Music & Society in Iran: New Directions @ Yale University’s Iranian Studies Program at the MacMillan Center for International and Area Studies (26-27 January 2018; conference organizer: Nahid Siamdoust, Yale)