Discussion between Dr. Azadeh Fatehrad and Professor Reina Lewis

19 Jun 2019

Overview

Join Dr. Azadeh Fatehrad and Professor Reina Lewis for a discussion centring around Fatehrad's new exhibition The Echo of Your Departures. The show explores the history of the feminist movement in Iran, as well as the lives of contemporary women in diasporas, focusing on issues of identity, femininity, emotion, desire, clothing norms and moral values. . --- Professor Reina Lewis is Artscom Centenary Professor of Cultural Studies at London College of Fashion, University of the Arts London. Her books include Muslim Fashion: Contemporary Style Cultures (2015), Rethinking Orientalism: Women, Travel and the Ottoman Harem (2004), and Gendering Orientalism: Race, Femininity and Representation (1996). She is editor of Modest Fashion: Styling Bodies, Mediating Faith (2013). Reina is a frequent media commentator – most recently for the New York Times, Le Monde, BBC World, BBC Radio, CBC radio, The Guardian, The Times, Marie-Claire magazine, Elle Brazil, Businessoffashion.com, Fortune.com, and Huffington Post. Reina convenes the public talk series ‘Faith and Fashion’ at the London College of Fashion. --- Please RSVP as spaces are limited [email protected]