Roshan Cultural Heritage Institute is delighted to support the 2014 residency of Visiting Scholar Mohsen Namjoo in the Middle East Studies program at Brown University. Namjoo is an acclaimed Iranian artist, songwriter, singer, music scholar and setar player. During his time at Brown, he engaged in a number of activities including courses on Persian music, musical talks, and concerts.
Namjoo’s residency is culminating in “Underground Iran,” a musical festival featuring Namjoo and KIOSK, another Iranian group, on stage for the first time, on November 15. It will be preceded on November 13 by “From Providence to Tehran: Using Music and Performance for Social Change,” a panel discussion with Mohsen Namjoo, Arash Sobhani (KIOSK) and Brown faculty, and moderated by Professor Beshara Doumani, Director of Middle East Studies.