Thursday MARCH 26
7:30 pm
Wind from the Middle East: An Evening of Music and Film
LOCATION LA VITROLA, 4602 Boulevard Saint-Laurent, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
The Middle East Caucus presents an evening of entertainment and discussion, featuring a performance by local Montreal musicians Sam Shalabi (playing oud) and Stefan Christoff (on electric guitar). Following the musical performance, there will be a presentation by Negar Mottahedeh, Associate Professor of Literature at Duke University, and author of Displaced Allegories: Post-Revolutionary Iranian Cinema. Professor Mottahedeh’s talk is titled “Le Vent Nous Portera: of lovers possessed, times entangled, and bodies carried away,” and will be accompanied by a video projection.
Metro: Station Laurier or a short taxi ride from the conference hotel.
SPONSORED BY Middle East Caucus and supported by SCMS.
