Past Events and Appearances
| Lila moderated two panels at the 2009 Festival of New French Writing with authors Marie N'Diaye and Abdourahman Waberi in conversation with Francine Du Plessix Gray and Philip Gourevitch. - February 26–29, 2009 |
| Lila took part in the panel Lolita in America in New York this fall, and discussed the burning of books in a talk titled "Destroy and Forget: The Secret of Durable Pigments." For an overview of the conference, click here. - September 28, 2008 |
| Lila moderated three panels at the 2008 PEN World Voices Festival: Fiction from Fact, Crossing Borders, and The Publisher, the Poet, the Editor, and his Novels. Her author page for the event can also be found here. - August, 2008 |
| Lila took part in the first edition of the International Forum of the Novel, in Lyon, France, acting as the moderator for the round-table discussions: "I as primary matter," "Literature and trauma: from past to present violence," and "Confronting the reality of our characters; a novelist's view" - May 30– June 3, 2007 |
| Lila appeared on a panel for the Association of Writers & Writing Programs at their annual conference in Atlanta. The discussion: Can literature bridge the widening chasm between the Middle East and the West? |
| Interview by Maria Hinojosa for "NOW" on PBS - December 1, 2006 |
| "Ravello Festival," Ravello, Italy - August 16, 2006 The Ravello Festival is a summer festival of music, literature and performing arts held annually since 1953 in the town of Ravello on the Amalfi coast in the Campania region of Italy. |
| "Soiree D'Autore," Approdo alla lettura, Pontile del Lido di Ostia, Roma, Italy - July 20, 2006 |
| Interview by David Brancaccio for "NOW" on PBS - May 26, 2006 |
| Interview for "CNN WORLD NEWS" on CNN INTERNATIONAL - May 5, 2006 |
| "Live From the NYPL - WHO'S AFRAID OF IRAN?" at the New York Public
Library - April 19, 2006 Lila Azam Zanganeh was joined in conversation with Azar Nafisi, Shirin Neshat, Roya Hakakian, Azadeh Moaveni, Naghmeh Zarbafian, and Sussan Deyhim. This sold-out event in the Celeste Bartos Hall (the Library's largest auditorium) was broadcast on BookTV (CSPAN 2). |
| Interview by Tavis Smiley for his show on PBS - April 14, 2006 |
| Discussion at the Levantine Cultural Center in Los Angeles - April 9, 2006 Lila Azam Zanganeh was joined by book contributor Reza Aslan in a discussion introduced by the poet Sholeh Wolpé at the Levantine Center. |
| "Uno Mattina" on RAI UNO (Italy) - March 17, 2006 |
| Interview for"SKY NEWS" on SKY TG 24 (all day news-Italy) - March 17, 2006 |
| Interview for"Due minuti un Libro" on LA 7 (Italy) - March 16, 2006 |
| Interview for"Cominciamo Bene Le Storie" on RAI DUE (Italy) - March 16, 2006 |
| Interview by Maurizio Costanzo for his show on Canale 5 (Italy) - March 14, 2006 |
| Interview for "Speciale Tg3" on RAI TRE (Italy) - March 14, 2006 |
| Interview for "Tg1" on RAI UNO (Italy) - March 14, 2006 |
| Interview for "Tg2 Mizar" on RAI DUE (Italy) - March 14, 2006 |
| "South-Asia Rescue," A fundraiser for the victims of the South-Asia earthquake at The Asia Society in New York City - November 28, 2005 This -event, organized and hosted by Lila Azam Zanganeh, raised over $200,000 for the International Rescue Committee. The keynote speaker was Senator Hillary Clinton. |
| Cultural Diplomacy Seminar at Columbia University "Translation into English: What's at Stake?" - Nov. 2, 2005 This day-long seminar brought together writers, translators, journalists, and diplomats to discuss the issue of translating foreign literature into English. It was sponsored by the French Cultural Services, PEN American Center, the Maison Française of Columbia University, and the Center for Literary Translation. Participants included Fabrice Rozié (Literary Attaché of the French Embassy), Esther Allen (Co-Director, PEN World Voices), Edward Baron Turk (Prof. of French and Film Studies, MIT), and Lila Azam Zanganeh as moderator. |
| Cultural Diplomacy Seminar at Columbia University "Designing an effective and responsive methodology for cross-cultural dialogue" - March 28, 2004 A round-table discussion hosted by the institute for cultural diplomacy, with Jonathan Giesen, Dr. Michèle Genor, Dr. Greg Hamilton, Dr. Lori Custodero, and The Rev. Dr. Katharine Henderson, moderated by Lila Azam Zanganeh. |
| Discussion at Columbia University "Institutionalizing cultural diplomacy in the 21st Century" - March 27, 2004 A panel discussion with Josh Grossberg, Matthias Bär, Samuel Jamier, Olivier Boasson, Peter Trippi, and Dr. Ruth Bereson of the institute for cultural diplomacy, moderated by Lila Azam Zanganeh. |
| "Shifting perceptions of the Middle East after the war: A clash of cultures within Iraq" at The Cooper Union - New York City - October 18, 2003 A talk presented by the institute for cultural diplomacy, and hosted by Lila Azam Zanganeh who also moderated the panel discussion. The panel included Saman Zia-Zarifi (Deputy Director, Human Rights Watch, Asia Division), Professor Mustafa Bayoumi (Editor of The Edward Said Reader), Ruth Fremson (Pulitzer Prize winning photojournalist, The New York Times), and the Global Nomads Group. |
| "Shifting perceptions of the Middle East: US-Iran case study" at The Asia Society in New York City - April 2, 2003 This conference was presented by the institute for cultural diplomacy, and hosted by Lila Azam Zanganeh who also moderated a panel discussion between Dr. Hamid Dabashi (professor, department of Middle Eastern and Asian Languages and Cultures at Columbia University), Dr. Nasser Hadian, (chair, department of Law and Political Science at Tehran University), and the internationally acclaimed artist Shirin Neshat. |
Interview/Discussion on "The Democrats's New Reading List" for Radio Open Source on WGBH/PRI (Nationally Syndicated) - Nov. 9, 2006
Interview by Emiliano Errico on Radio Sole 24 - July 28, 2006
Interview by Veronica Rueckert on WERN - July 25, 2006
Interview by Jim Fleming for "To the Best of Our Knowledge"on WBFO - June 30, 2006
Interview by John Batchelor on WABC - May 24, 2006
"Background Briefing" on KPFK - May 14, 2006
Interview on ALTERNATIVE RADIO (Nationally Syndicated) - May 10, 2006
Interview for "On Point" on WBUR (Nationally Syndicated) - May 9, 2006
Interview for "Right Now" on WINA (Charlottesville, VA) - May 9, 2006
Interview by Marc Maron on AIR AMERICA - May 5, 2006
Interview for " Progressive Forum" on KPFT (PACIFICA, Houston) - April 27, 2006
"Lunchtime with Kris Welch" on KPFA (San Francisco, CA) - April 20, 2006
Interview for "Uprising" on KPFK (Los Angeles) - April 11, 2006
"Matt Gerson's Person to Person, Coast to Coast" on KXAM (Nationally Syndicated out of Scottsdale, AZ) - April 10, 2006
"Sound Exchange" on KPFK (Los Angeles) - April 9, 2006
Interview on RADIO RAI (Italy) - March 16, 2006
Interview on RADIO IN BLU (Italy) - March 15, 2006
Interview on RADIO VATICANA (Italy) - March 15, 2006
Interview on RADIO RDS (Italy) - March 15, 2006
Interview on RADIO REPUBBLICA (Italy) - March 15, 2006
Interview for "Viva Voce" on RADIO 24 (Italy) - March 15, 2006
Interview for "Farenheit" on RADIO RAI 3 (Italy) - March 14, 2006
Interview for "Mondo" on RADIO RAI 3 (Italy) - March 14, 2006
Interview on RAI NEWS 24 (Italy) - March 14, 2006
Interview/Discussion on "Iran: Demographics and Democracy" for Radio Open Source on WGBH/PRI (Nationally Syndicated) - December 6, 2005
Interview/Discussion on "Paris Burning" for Radio Open Source on WGBH/PRI (Nationally Syndicated) - Nov. 8, 2005
"Le Monde en soi," a radio drama on "FRANCE-CULTURE," French NPR - February 23, 2002 This two-hour public radio documentary produced and narrated by Lila Azam Zanganeh was made in response to the events of September 11, 2001, and contains 12 interviews conducted with prominent writers, artists, and scholars. Interviewees include: Philip Gourevitch (The New Yorker), Richard Bernstein (The New York Times), Louise Bourgeois, (artist, permanent collection of MOMA), Gilles Peress (photographer, The New Yorker, Magnum), Peter Garfield (photographer, www.petergarfield.net), Alexander Stille (author, contributor, The New York Times).