"Soundtrack of the Revolution: The Politics of Music in Iran" a talk and book-signing by Nahid Siamdoust (Yale University)

Department: Center for Persian Studies and Culture

Date and Time: May 1, 2018 | 6:00 PM-8:00 PM

Event Location: Humanities Gateway (HG) 1010

Event Details


Please join us on Tuesday, May 1, 2018, 6-8 pm in UC Irvine's Humanities Gateway (HG) 1010 for a talk and book-signing titled "Soundtrack of the Revolution: The Politics of Music in Iran” by Nahid Siamdoust (Yale ) about her new book.

Nahid Siamdoust is a Post-doctoral Associate and Lecturer at Yale University’s MacMillan Center for International and Area Studies as of Fall 2017. Prior to that she taught at New York University’s Steinhardt Department of Media, Culture, and Communication, and was a research scholar at NYU’s Hagop Kevorkian Center for Near Eastern Studies. After she obtained her doctorate in Modern Middle Eastern Studies at St. Antony’s College, Oxford University, she taught at Oxford as an Associate of the Sub-Faculty of Near and Middle East Studies.
Her first book, Soundtrack of the Revolution: The Politics of Music in Iran, was published by Stanford University Press in 2017.
She holds a B.A. in Political Science and Art History from Barnard College, and a Master’s in International Affairs from Columbia University.
Before returning to academia and concurrently with her studies, Nahid worked as a full-time Iran and Middle East based journalist for Der Spiegel, TIME Magazine, The Los Angeles Times, and Al Jazeera English TV.
Her academic research focuses on the intersection between politics, culture and media (music included) in Iran and the wider Middle East.

A book-signing will follow the talk. $20 (Cash only!)

This event is presented by UC Irvine's Jordan Center for Persian Studies and Culture.

This talk is free and open to the public. No registration is required.