تعاملات عمومی | Public Engagements
For a full listing of all public engagements or my complete CV, please contact me.
“Afghanistan Through Afghan Voices: Society, Literature & the Arts” 2021-2022
Talks | Conversations | Readings | Visual Representations
Co-organizer of year-long series in partnership with Dr. Aria Fani, Washington University & Dr. Domenico Ingenito, University of California, Los Angeles
Co-sponsored by the University of Washington’s Persian and Iranian Studies Program, Stanford University’s Center for South Asia and Abbasi Program in Islamic Studies, the UCLA Center for Near Eastern Studies, CMRS Center for Early Global Studies, as well as the Center for India and South Asia.
Full Program can be accessed here: https://www.international.ucla.edu/apc/centralasia/article/251182
Image: Hangama Amiri, “Self-portrait with Tooti Parrot,” 2021
Peabody Award Winning Podcast: “Afghanistan: Center of the World,” Throughline NPR
Produced by Ramin Arablouei and Rund Abdelfatah, September 9, 2021.
Participant in this Peabody Award-winning episode where Throughline shifts the perspective on Afghanistan, looking not at a country devastated by war and famine but at a place and a people at the center of the world. A country where countless civilizations have intersected, weaving a colorful tapestry of foods, languages, ethnicities and visions of what Afghanistan was and could be.
On the SASSpod: Reflections on the U.S. Troop Withdrawal from Afghanistan
Stanford University, July 2021
Lalita du Perron talks to Professor Robert Crews, recent PhD graduate Mejgan Massoumi, and PhD candidate Sabauon Nasseri, all at the History Department at Stanford, about the US troop withdrawal from Afghanistan. In this two-part podcast, the guests discuss the history of the presence of US troops in Afghanistan, its effect on the lives of the Afghan people, and what life may look like going forward.
Indo-Persian Musical Confluences: From Tajikistan to Gujarat
Zoom Webinar, February 2021
The Indo-Persian Musical Confluence Symposium presents a series of performances, workshops, and presentations by academics, independent scholars, musicians and artists whose work relates to Indo-Persian musical cultures, including the Indian subcontinent, Central Asia and Iran. This collective exploration of the Indo-Persian musical exchange aims to give new prominence to its contemporary legacy while enhancing musical relationships, collaborations, and comparative research. Hosted by the UCLA Herb Albert School of Music.
Image Source and more information on the Indo-Persian musical confluence and be found here: https://schoolofmusic.ucla.edu/indo-persian-musical-confluence/
“Revolution on the Soundwaves: Radio, Ahmad Zahir, and the Politics of Popular Culture, 1960-79”
Ohlone College, December 2020
“Statement of Solidarity with Educational Institutions Under Attack in Afghanistan”
Over 300 scholars, students & experts from around the world sign a letter in solidarity with educational institutions under attack in Afghanistan | #scholarsforafghanistan
Center for South Asia Podcast: “Contemporary Afghanistan, Covid-19 & Radio”
Stanford University, May 2020
BBC World Service Radio, June 2019
Stanford Global Studies, April 2019
Afghanistan Centre at Kabul University (ACKU) مرکز معلومات افغانستان در دانشگاه کابل
