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“Encountering Iran: Politics, Culture, and International Relations” Amsterdam, 28 April 2026 | مواجهه با ایران: نشستی در آمستردام

Programme

19.00: Check-in. 

Kitty Zijlmans will be the moderator for this event. 

  • Asghar Seyed-Gohrab, Professor of Iranian and Persian Studies, Utrecht University
    Opening: Reflections on the Term Iran: Perspectives on Cultural History
  • Nilou Yekta, PhD, Utrecht University 
    “Don’t Cry. Be Joyful.”: Funerals as an Affective Window onto the Secular Imaginary
  • Sara Emami, Visual artist and designer
    Remembering the Rainbow God
  • Zhinia Noorian, Postdoctoral researcher, Utrecht University
    Persian Poetry Recitation
  • Persian Music, Pourya Jabberi and Ali Soltaninejad
  • Alam Saleh, The Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies at the Australian National University
    War for Freedom? The Moral Paradox of Foreign Military Action in Iran   
  • Babak Rezaee Daryakenari, Associate Professor, Leiden University
    Beyond ‘No War’: What Iranians Actually Think About Resistance and Intervention
  • Q&A + Reception

More Information: KNAW

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