Professor Nacim Pak-Shiraz delivers the Commencement Address at the 2025 Graduation for STEP, GPISH, & the Postgraduate Fellowship. Professor Nacim Pak-Shiraz holds the Personal Chair of Cinema and Iran at the University of Edinburgh, specialising in Islam, visual culture, and gender in the Middle East, with a particular focus on Iran. Her extensive scholarly work includes over 20 major publications, notably the monograph “Shi‘i Islam and Iranian Cinema: Religion and Spirituality in Film” and the edited volume “Visualizing Iran: From Antiquity to the Present”.
2025 Graduation Commencement Address by Prof Nacim Pak-Shiraz
Professor Nacim Pak-Shiraz delivers the Commencement Address at the 2025 Graduation for STEP, GPISH, & the Postgraduate Fellowship. Professor Nacim Pak-Shiraz holds the Personal Chair of Cinema and Iran at the University of Edinburgh, specialising in Islam, visual culture, and gender in the Middle East, with a particular focus on Iran. Her extensive scholarly work includes over 20 major publications, notably the monograph “Shi‘i Islam and Iranian Cinema: Religion and Spirituality in Film” and the edited volume “Visualizing Iran: From Antiquity to the Present”.