Multilinguality and Iranian Cinema

Saeed Zeydabadi-Nejad

Abstract:
Saeed Zeydabadi-Nejad delivers an insightful talk titled "Multilinguality and Iranian Cinema” where delves into the representation of non-Persian languages in Iranian movies and how these portrayals of “otherness” subvert the mask of linguist homogeneity in Iran.

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Bio:

Saeed Zeydabadi-Nejad is a research associate at the University of London's School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS). His publications have focused on Iranian cinema and media. His monograph, The Politics of Iranian Cinema: Film and Society in the Islamic Republic (Routledge. 2010), is groundbreaking in its ethnographic engagement with the question of media audiences in Iran. He has engaged with various research methodologies, from ethnography to digital ethnography and big data.