Thursday, August 31

5:00 – 6:00pm – reception (FedEx Global Center 4rth Floor)

6:00-7:30pm – lecture (Nelson Mandela Auditorium)

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Dr. Mohamad Tavakoli-Targh (University of Toronto) will speak about his (University of Toronto) new book “Curing Mother Iran,” which explores how the recurring cases of the cholera epidemic in the nineteenth century facilitated the deployment of medical prognosis and diagnosis in Iranian politics. It also explains how the shift from humoral to microbial hygiene led to the reconceiving of jinns as germs, and the emergence of a Pasteurian conception of politics focused on national, social, spiritual, and political health.

Sponsored by the UNC Center for Middle East and Islamic Studies with a generous donation from Ali and Lila Paydarfar.