Opening Night - Like Water Through Stone: Celebrating Hamid Naficy

Thursday, June 2, 5:30 PM, In-Person, Free, RSVP

Hamid Naficy, Professor Emeritus of Radio/Television/Film and Middle East and North African Studies at Northwestern University, is a pioneering scholar in the cultural studies of diaspora and exile, postcolonial cinemas and media, and of Iranian and Middle Eastern cinemas and media. His many books include The Making of Exile Cultures: Iranian Television in Los Angeles (1993), Home, Exile, Homeland: Film, Media, and the Politics of Place (1999), An Accented Cinema: Exilic and Diasporic Filmmaking (2001), and the four-volume masterwork A Social History of Iranian Cinema (2011-12), which has been called “a landmark achievement.”

"Like Water Through Stone" is a two-day gathering celebrating Naficy’s career and intellectual legacies, honoring and reflecting on his towering contributions to multiple fields.  Opening night includes remarks and screening of Mouth Harp in Minor Key: Hamid Naficy In/On Exile (dir Maryam Sepehri, 2017, 62 min, digital), a documentary exploring the life of this path-breaking scholar.

Co-presented with the Middle East & North African Studies Program, Center for Global Culture and Communication, Department of Radio/Television/Film and the Block Museum of Art