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"The Armenian Neighborhood of Jolfa: Public Space and Old Centers in Isfahan" with Dr. Narciss Sohrabi

The School of Humanities and Jordan Center for Persian Studies present the latest Vahe & Armine Meghrouni Lecture Series in Armenian Studies. Join us on Thursday, May 12th for "The Armenian Neighborhood of Jolfa: Public Space and Old Centers in Isfahan" with Dr. Narciss Sohrabi.

Dr. Sohrabi was born in Yazd and studied civil engineering and urban design in Iran. She received her PhD in Aménagement de l’espace, urbanisme from Université Paris Ouest-Nanterre la Défense on Tehran’s Public space and the Iranian Revolution. In her work, she explores public space interactions through a trans-disciplinary approach that encompasses modernity, public art institutional analysis, political interactions, Islamization and environmental studies. Her area of research is Iran, and the Middle East more generally, investigating interactions between people and space, public space, typology of space, social movements, public arts, and mathematic theory.

Thursday, May 12th | 6:00-8:00 p.m.

Humanities Gateway 1010.

Reception begins at 6:00 p.m. | Lecture begins at 7:00 p.m.

For more information, please contact JoAnn Jamora at jjamora@uci.edu.
The event is free and open to the public. Complimentary parking is available in Lot 7.