#  The First Annual Iranian Gala: Preserving the Past, Building for the Future 

 



####  calendar\_today Date and Time 

 **April 3, 2015** 

 06:00PM - 10:00PM EDT 

####  pin\_drop Location 

 **Loeb House at Harvard University, 17 Quincy St, Cambridge, MA 02138**  



 

 



 

**The Center of Middle Eastern Studies, the Harvard College Iranian Association, and Harvard Law School Middle East Law Students Association** are pleased announce

**The First Annual Iranian Gala**  
  
Keynote speaker: **Abbas Milani**, Director, Hamid and Christine Moghadam Program in Iranian Studies, Stanford University

Special Honorees:   
**Bahram Beyzai**, Iranian Film Director  
**Maryam Eskandari**, name Huffington Post's *10 Muslim Women Every Person Should Know*  
**Roy P. Mottahedeh**, Gurney Professor of History, Harvard University  
**Pardis Sabeti**, *TIME* Magazine's 2014 Person of the Year  
**Cumrun Vafa**, Donner Professor of Science, Dirac Medal Award Winner

Musical performance by world-renowned pianist **Tara Kamangar** and violinist **Virgil Boutellis-Taft**.

*All proceeds will go to Harvard Iranian student organizations and the advancement of Iranian Studies at Harvard University.*

*Tickets to the Gala are sold out*; but to learn more or send a donation, please click [here](http://www.harvardiraniangala.com/).

Abbas Milani will also deliver a public talk at 1:15pm on April 3rd. [Please click here for more details.](/event/%E2%80%9Cculture-wars%E2%80%9D-and-democracy-iran-new-politics)

**Contact**: [Liz Flanagan](mailto:elizabethflanagan@fas.harvard.edu)



 

 



 

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- [ Iran ](/research-region/iran)
- [ 2014-15 ](/academic-year/2014-15)
 
 

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