In this presentation, Dr Maghazei will discuss the formation of a multi-genre conscious music in Iran in recent years.
Cultural tools, including music, art and literature, have been used in Iran to express social criticism and to challenge the political establishment. This has been encouraged by the growth of civil society, rising literacy rate, widespread use of new media, and exposure to global forms of cultural resistance. This form of music in Iran, like in other parts of the world, is not a new phenomenon. In Iran, it can be traced back to the Constitutional Revolution of 1905 and it has changed according to the shifting political and socio-cultural situation.
Dr Maghazei will use the concept of conscious music to show how music is used to challenge the dominant socio-cultural and political structures and discourses and present a whole new worldview.
Event Details
Speaker: Dr Malihe Maghazei, LSE
Chair: Dr Laudan Nooshin, Centre for Music Studies, City University London
Date: Monday 3 June 2013
Time: 18.30 - 19.30
Location: Alumni Theatre, New Academic Building, LSE
Attendance: This event is free and open to all on a first come first served basis
Speaker
Originally from Iran, Dr Malihe Maghazei joined the Middle East Centre as a Visiting Fellow in October 2012. She is an historian of the Middle East with a focus on gender. Her research interests include gender and Islam, intellectual movements in Iran and modern Iranian history.