Please join us for a special event celebrating Where Is Abbas Kiarostami?, the latest book by renowned scholar Hamid Dabashi, exploring the legacy of one of cinema’s greatest visionaries.
Featuring:
Hamid Dabashi, Author and Hagop Kevorkian Professor of Iranian Studies and Comparative Literature
Jane Gaines, Professor, Film and Media Studies, Columbia University; Professor Emerita of English & Literature, Duke University
Hisham Matar, Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author and Professor of Professional Practice in Comparative Literature and Translation at Barnard College.
Moderated by Ramin Bahrani, Oscar-nominated filmmaker and Associate Professor of Professional Practice, Film
Sponsored by:
Columbia University School of the Arts
Film Program
Film and Media Studies Program
Center for Comparative Media
Department of Middle Eastern, South Asian, and African Studies (MESAAS)
For more information, click here: https://www.lenfest.arts.columbia.edu/spring-2025-events/where-is-abbas-kiarostami-a-conversation-with-hamid-dabashi