Women's Studies Event in March: http://www.chss.montclair.edu/ws/events.html

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Iranian Women: A Revolution of the Senses

On Thursday afternoon, March 8th (International Women’s Day)—The Visiting Writer’s Committee of the Department of English, with assistance from the Women’s Studies Program, the Honors Program, and Global Education —

invites you to an exciting panel introducing the artistic and scholarly work of Three Creative Iranian Women. The event will be held in Cohen Lounge, from 11:30 a.m till 2:30 p.m., with a reception and book-signing in between classes (i.e. from 12:45-to approx 1p.m).

The program will be in the following order:

11:35-12:00: Nahid Rachlin will read from her recently-published memoir, Persian Girls.

12:00-12:30: Faegeh Shirazi will share research from her book, The Veil Unveiled through a power point presentation.

12:30-12:45: Q and A; reception

1-1:30: Nahid Rachlin will read from her memoir, share creative non-fiction strategies, and answer questions about the writing process.

1:30-2:00: Maryam Habibian will read her translations of Iranian feminist poet Forugh Forrukhzad’s poetry and show clips of her film on Forugh’s life and on Tehran.

2-2:30 p.m: Q and A, followed by book signing.