On Declining and Desiring Nostalgia
On the evening of Nov. 8th, 2018, Iranian musician Mohsen Namjoo delivered a speech, in Persian, titled ‘Dar radd va tamanna-ye nostalji’ (‘On Declining and Desiring Nostalgia’) in the Auditorium of the Asian Studies Centre at the University of British Columbia, to a Persian-speaking audience. Namjoo was invited by the Department of Asian Studies and the UBC Persian Club. He had also held a workshop titled ‘Ritm-ha-ye do-zarbi’ [‘Duples’] during the same day.