Abstract

In this talk, Zahra Khosroshahi discusses her forthcoming book on Iranian women filmmakers as voices of resistance and dissent. Her talk looks at how women’s filmmaking in Iran confronts gender and representation, challenges the male gaze, and speaks from a position of agency. She explores how women filmmakers have not only influenced Iranian cinema, but contributed to the wider discourse of political resistance in Iran, and globally. The first part of the talk offers an overview of Zahra’s research, before looking in more detail at case studies on the themes of bodies, veiling, and collective feminism in the works of Rakhshan Banietemad and Mania Akbari.

When: August 3rd at 7:30 pm ET

Where: Zoom

About the Speaker:

Zahra Khosroshahi (she/her) is an Assistant Professor at the University of Glasgow in Film and Television Studies department. She is currently working on her forthcoming monograph Iranian Women Filmmakers: A Cinema of Resistance (Edinburgh University Press). Zahra’s research explores how film challenges systems of power, and how filmmaking specifically functions as a form of resistance in Iran. 

Zahra.khosroshahi@glasghow.ac.uk

Instagram: @zahratheacademic

Twitter: @Zahrafkh

About the Series:

The Canadian Council of Muslim Women (CCMW) is pleased to present the Muslim Women Scholars Series. One of CCMW's strategic goals is to promote critical thinking among Muslims and non-Muslims to challenge stereotypes and assumptions about Islam, Muslim women and their families. One way of doing this is to feature the work of contemporary Muslim women scholars focusing on diverse topics related to Muslim women.

For more information or partnership opportunities, email us at events@ccmw.com.