CafeLitt78:Friedrich Nietzche

Subject: Friedrich Nietzche
Date: Thursday 3 July , 20:00
Presented by : Yaschar Aghazadeh

CafeLitt77: Persian Gulf

Subject: A Gulf, several names and confilicts:A free Discussion on Persian Gulf conflicts
Date: Thursday 26 Jun, 18:30
Presented by : Mehdi Keshtkar

Report on Chacavac Radio

CafeLitt 76:Expressionism in 1920's German Cinema

Subject: Expressionism in 1920's German Cinema and the road they made mostly towards Horror movies as a genre, with its own aesthetics and cinematic rules
Presented by: Bardia Saadi-Nejad
Date: 19 Jun 2008, 20:00

CafeLitt 75:An introduction to Classical Music

Subject: An introduction to Classical Music
Date: 12 Jun 2008, 20:00
Presented by: Farrokh Vahabzadeh

CafeLitt 74: Cognitive evolution, The evolution of Language

Subject: Cognitive evolution, The evolution of Language
Date: 5 Jun 2008, 20:00
Presented by: Shahin Zanganehpour

Biological evolutionary process, as conceived of by Charles Darwin, is considered a global process, which affects all living things on this planet including humans. The end state of the evolutionary process for the human brain is a mysterious and complex collection of cognitive capacities. Language, which is thought to be uniquely human capacity, will be discussed in brief and some evidence regarding its evolutionary basis will be presented.

CafeLitt 73:United Nations

Subject: United Nations
Date: Thursday, 29th May 2008, 20:00
Presented by: Hanieh Ziaei

CafeLitt 72:"SHAAHED BAAZI in Persian Literature"

Subject: "SHAAHED BAAZI in Persian Literature"
Date: 22 May 2008, 20:00
Presented by: Forough Ensandoust

CafeLitt 71:Franz Kafka & The metamorphosis

Subject: Franz Kafka & The metamorphosis
Date: Thursday, 15th May, 2008, 20:00
Presented by: Mehdi Keshtkar & Farrokh Vahabzadeh

پدربزرگم همیشه می گفت : « زندگی جور گیج کننده ای کوتاه است . به گذشته که نگاه می کنم ، زندگی آنقدر به نظرم کوتاه می آید که به زحمت می توانم بفهمم ، چطور ممکن است ، مرد جوانی – برای مثال می گویم – تصمیم بگیرد به دهکده ی بعدی بتازد ، ولی نترسد که – گذشته از حوادث بین راه – مهلت همین زندگی معمولی خوش و خرم ، بارها کوتاه تر از آن زمانی باشد که برای چنین سفری لازم است .

CafeLitt 70:"Masnavikhaani I "

Date & Time: Thursday, 8th of May , 2008,

Subject: "Masnavikhaani I "
Presented by: Mohammad Larijani

We start "Masnavikhaani " sessions by reading Masnavi the masterpiece of Molana Balkhi-Rumi.
These sessions will continue by reading and interpreting the Masnavi.

CafeLitt 69: The history of the Persian scripts

Subject: The history of the Persian scripts
Presented by: Ali shirazi

Date: 1st May 2008

CafeLitt 68: Concept of love in Persian literature

Subject: Concept of love in Persian literature

Presented by: Mohammad Larijani
Date & Time: Thursday, April 24, 2008, 8:00 pm

CafeLitt 67: Persian Classical and Traditional Music

Subject: Persian Classical and Traditional Music
Date: Thursday 17th April 2008
Presented by: Shahin Fayyaz and Saeed Kamjoo

Cinémathèque IV: War Photographer (2001)

Movie: War Photographer (2001) (96min.)
Director: Christian Frei.
Genre: Documentary
Date: 15:00 Sunday 13th April 2008 at MEKIC
Presented by: Hanieh Ziaei

CafeLitt 65:Theoretical and applied sciences, Euclidean geometry and Non-Euclidean geometry

Subject: "Theoretical and applied sciences, Euclidean geometry and Non-Euclidean geometry."
Presented by: Mr. Ali Shadpour
Date: Thurseday 10th of April

CafeLitt 64:"The 1960's intellectual movement and the roots of Iranian revolution in 1979 "

Subject:"The 1960's intellectual movement and the roots of Iranian revolution in 1979 "
Presented by: Dr. Ata Hoodashtian
Date: Thursday 3rd of April 2008

CafeLitt 63: Evolution & Darwin

Subject: Evolution & Darwin
Date: 27 March 2008
Presented by: Pasha Javadi

Charles Darwin's theory of evolution generated scientific debate and discussion not only in Darwin's own time, but for decades afterward. Biological evolution is not simply a matter of change over time. Lots of things change over time: trees lose their leaves, mountain ranges rise and erode, but they aren't examples of biological evolution because they don't involve descent through genetic inheritance. The central idea of biological evolution is that all life on Earth shares a common ancestor, just as you and your cousins share a common grandmother.Through the process of descent with modification, the common ancestor of life on Earth gave rise to the fantastic diversity that we see documented in the fossil record and around us today. Evolution means that we're all distant cousins: humans and oak trees, hummingbirds and whales.

CafeLitt 62: Nowrooz

نوروزتان پیروز

Subject: Nowrooz
Presented by: Reza Assasi
Date: 20th March 2008

"Norooz (Nowruz) marks the first day of spring and the beginning of the Iranian year. In this session Reza started with an introduction about Mythological and Historical roots of Norooz and continued to analyze the roots of different beleifs and traditions related to Norooz from India to Europe.
The session continued with an interesting discussion about the confrontation of Iranian culture with Islam and also some criticisms about Nationalism and Internationalism.
Also a discussion about introducing Iranian culture to the international context as a culture which respects Nature and Human being was another issue and can be continued here on Comment box."

Cinémathèque III : Werckmeister Harmonies

Movie: Werckmeister Harmonies (2000)
Director: Béla Tarr
Date: 14:30 Sunday 16th March 2008
presented by: Alireza Tajali

Written by László Krasznahorkai
Starring Lars Rudolph, Peter Fitz,Hanna Schygulla
Music by Mihály Vig
Running time 145 min.
Country Hungary/Italy/Germany/France
Language Hungarian

CafeLit 61: JD Salinger

Subject: JD Salinger , The Catcher in the Rye
Date: 13 March 2008
Presented by: Mehdi Keshtkar

CafeLit 60:Iran election, To vote or not to vote?

Subject: Iran election, To vote or not to vote?
Date: 6 March 2008
A free debate by CafeLit.

CafeLit 59: Cosmology: Story of the Cosmos and other tales

Subject: "Cosmology: Story of the Cosmos and other tales"
Presented By: Omid Saremi
Date: 28 Feb. 2008

Theoretical physics over the past century has drastically shifted the way we perceive the physical world. Physicists seem to be a few steps closer to a convincing answer to a few longstanding-some as old as humanity itself-questions about the universe. Was there a beginning or will there be an end for our universe? Or our universe is Eternal? In order to
answer questions like above, modern physicists have invented a new theory called "string theory". In string theory electrons and other particles in nature are not point like objects rather they are little vibrating strings.

Cafe Lit 58: Iranian feminism

Subject: Iranian feminism
Present by: Mona Tajali
Date: 21 Feb. 2008

The presentation was divided into two periods of women's movements before and after the Iranian Revolution of 1979. It was analyzed that Iranian feminism rose in the frameworks of nationalism and modernity, which tended to be elitist. However such discourse transformed after the revolution, and demand for enhanced women's rights was taken up by the common women/men, many of them in the framework of Islam, with particular emphasis on reform of discriminatory laws and mass-education.

Cafe Lit 57: Samad Behrangy

Subject: Samad Behrangy, ( The Little black fish, Olduz and the story teller doll)
Presented by: Sara Fadaee
Date: 14 Feb. 2008

Samad Behrangi was born in the city of Tabriz, Azerbaijan province. He received his early education in Tabriz and graduated from high school in 1957. After that, for eleven years, he taught in the rural districts of Azerbaijan, familiarizing villagers, especially children and youth, to books and libraries. Behrangi wrote for children. Behrangi believed that children should be confronted with the realities of their own lives. "The Little Black Fish" (1968) is his most well-known work.

Cinematheque II: Annie Hall by Woody Allen

Annie Hall by Woody Allen

Introduction by: Hesam Ghasemi
Date: Sunday 10th Feb. 2008
Time: 15:00

Annie Hall is an Academy Award-winning, 1977 romantic comedy film directed by Woody Allen from a script he co-wrote with Marshall Brickman. It is one of Allen's most popular films: it won numerous awards at the time of its release, and in 2002 Roger Ebert referred to it as "just about everyone's favorite Woody Allen movie".^[1] Allen had previously been known as a maker of zany comedies; the director has described Annie Hall as "a major turning point", as it brought a new level of seriousness to his work, in addition to consolidating his signature cinematic style, which includes long, realistically written scenes of conversation, often shot in uninterrupted takes, and an equal thematic investment in both hilarity and heartbreak.

Cafe Lit 56: Fire in Iranian Myths - Persepolis

Subject: "Fire in Iranian Mythology" + The movie "Persepolis"by "Marjan Satrapy"
Date: 7 Feb. 2008
Presentation by : Reza Assasi

Reza starts the session with an interesting introduction on fire on Iranian Mythology and mentioned some poems of Shahnameh about the discovery of the fire by Hooshang and talked about the symbolism of fire and SADEH celebration.

The session continued with a hot discussion on the movie Persepolis and many questions on the advantages and disadvantages of the movie for Iranian nation outside of their country.
We can continue the discussion here on Comment box.