List of speeches given by Bahram Beyzai

This is a list of Bahram Beyzai's speeches.

Among other occupations, throughout his career Beyzai has been a relatively prolific speaker as an academic as well as a public intellectual. Most of his notable oral output consists of Persian lectures at a number of universities, most often in Iran and the United States, but also occasionally in countries as various as France, Scotland and Canada. The majority of these is lost forever, sometimes only surviving in names and dates of the events or classes. Some are available as voice recordings, either published in print as well, like "On the Situation of Theatre and Cinema" (1977), or not; and some, particularly in the later years of Beyzai's career, are published as videos.

Beyzai has had very few television and radio appearances. Nevertheless, his picture is preserved in some documentaries where he has been interviewed either about his work or else.

Public 1970unknownQ&A at a theatre round tableunknownYouTube: video1977October 12"On the Situation of Theatre and Cinema"German Cultural Institute, TehranOn the third night of Goethe Poetry Nights (voice)1991October 4Hitchcock's cinemaTehranPublished as a book in 19952005November 16"Where Is Hezar Afsan?"Farzan Publishers2006December 26Bahram Beyzai Bukhara nightIranian artists forum2008October 29Aydin AghdashlooIranian artists forum2009January 31When We Are All AsleepCinema PalestineMarch 10Q&A about When We Are All AsleepUniversity of TehranNovember 21Akbar RadiArasbaran Cultural Centre2011winterunknownStanford UniversitywinterunknownStanford UniversitywinterunknownStanford UniversitywinterunknownStanford UniversitywinterunknownStanford UniversitywinterunknownStanford UniversitywinterunknownStanford UniversitywinterunknownStanford UniversitywinterunknownStanford UniversitywinterunknownStanford Universityspring"Cinema and Mythology"Stanford Universityspring"Cinema and Mythology"Stanford Universityspring"Cinema and Mythology"Stanford Universityspring"Cinema and Mythology"Stanford Universityspring"Cinema and Mythology"Stanford Universityspring"Cinema and Mythology"Stanford Universityspring"Cinema and Mythology"Stanford Universityspring"Cinema and Mythology"Stanford Universityspring"Cinema and Mythology"Stanford Universityspring"Cinema and Mythology"Stanford UniversityMay 21unknownStanford UniversityJune 4ShahnamehFerdowsi Society of Northern CaliforniaYouTube: videoNovember 10Bita prize addressStanford UniversityYouTube: videoNovember 20"Derakht-e Sokhangoo" ("The Eloquent Tree")University of California, Los AngelesNovember 21"A Night with Bahram Beyzai"University of California, Los Angeles2012May 18"About Jana and Baladoor"Stanford UniversityEnglish translation by Abbas Milani (YouTube: part 1 - part 2)December 1Farhang foundation Heritage award addressunknownDecember 2"Myths in Bahram Beyzaie's Works"University of California, Los Angeles (YouTube: part 1 - part 2 - part 3 - part 4)2013January 24Hamlet, Prince of GriefStanford UniversityFebruary 21"Semiotics of Iranian Myths: The Meaning of Shahnameh as a Social Work"Stanford UniversityYouTube: videoFebruary 28"Semiotics of Iranian Myths: Ferdowsi - The Meaning of Shahnameh as a Social Work"Stanford UniversityYouTube: videoMarch 7"Semiotics of Iranian Myths: Non-written Myths of Pre-Shahnameh Period - The Creation of Mankind and After"Stanford UniversityYouTube: videoMarch 14"Semiotics of Iranian Myths: Analytic View of the Legend of Rostam and Sohrab"Stanford UniversityYouTube: videoMarch 22"Semiotics of Iranian Myths: Iranian Myths (in Traditional Spectacles) - The Thousand-and-first Night"Stanford UniversityYouTube: videoJuly 26ArashStanford UniversityYouTube: videoAugust 7DownpourStanford UniversityYouTube: videoOctober 12SINA award addressHarvard UniversityNovember 10"The Legend of Gilgamesh according to Bahram Beyzaei"University of California, BerkeleyYouTube: part 1 - part 2 - part 32014February 25to the memory of Amin BananiStanford UniversityYouTube: videoApril 12Old SongsStanford UniversityMay 2Q&A about The Chronicle of Bondar the BidakhshStanford UniversityMay 9"Looking for Arash the Archer"Stanford UniversityYouTube: videoJuly 9Bashu, the Little StrangerStanford UniversityDecember 13a qasida to the memory of Simin BehbahaniStanford UniversityYouTube: video2015April 26Q&A in "An Evening with Iranian Scholars"Stanford UniversityYouTube: videoAugust 22before the play-reading of The Thousand-and-first Night at Tirgan FestivalTorontoYouTube: videoAugust 23Q&A about When We Are All AsleepParya Trillium Foundation, TorontoYouTube: videoSeptember 26The Thousand-and-first NightGolden Gate Park, San FranciscoYouTube: videoNovember 6Ehsan YarshaterStanford UniversityYouTube: video2016January 14to the memory of Houshang Golshiri - Q&AStanford UniversityYouTube: part 1 - part 2January 26FerdowsiFerdowsi Society of Northern CaliforniaYouTube: videoFebruary 17TarabnamehStanford UniversityYouTube: videoApril 12Q&A about TarabnamehStanford UniversityYouTube: videoOctober 12TarabnamehStanford UniversityYouTube: video2017June 23DownpourUniversity of St AndrewsJune 24"Zahhak and Jamshid"University of St AndrewsJuly 29address on "A Tribute to Bahram Beyzaie" and reception of the Arash Award of Tirgan FestivalHarbourfront Centre Studio Theatre, TorontoYouTube: video2018April 23Q&A about CrossroadsStanford Universityvideo on Stanford websiteMay 19Q&A about Bashu, the Little StrangerUniversity of California, Los AngelesYouTube: part 1 - part 2

Regular lectures At the University of Tehran (1970s) "Oriental Theater"

At Stanford University (2010s) "The Iranian Cinema: Image and Meaning" "Iranian Cinema in Diaspora" "Contemporary Iranian Theater"

Spoken messages to Asghar Farhadi, congratulating the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film for The Salesman

Interviews and talks Making-ofs Travelers on the Way A Brief Dossier for Killing Mad Dogs

Other documentaries About himself Bahram Beyzai: A Cultural Legend

Else Ahmad Shamlou: Master Poet of Liberty Iran, une révolution cinématographique (2006)

Journalistic List in Persian

References