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SUMMARY:CMES Seminar: Idle Days and Nights: Leisure\, Entertainment\, and E
 veryday Life in Modern Iraq
DESCRIPTION:Contact: lisa.strombom@svet.lu.se\n\nBy examining modern Iraqi 
 history through the lens of leisure\, this talk offers an entirely new per
 spective as it explores the institutions\, practices\, distractions\, and 
 discourses of leisure that occupied increasing space and time in the life 
 of many Iraqis in the twentieth century. Iraqi children\, students\, night
 club performers\, politicans\, teachers\, police officers\, parents\, cine
 ma entrepreneurs\, intellectuals\, and musicians all play a part in this h
 istory. We follow these characters\, who belonged to different social and 
 economic classes\, as they moved between cafés\, cinemas\, censorship off
 ices\, schools\, nightclubs\, libraries\, and private homes. By accompanyi
 ng these diverse historical actors as they sought out and debated ways to 
 spend their free time\,&nbsp\;my book manuscript in progress\, on which th
 is talk is based\, contributes to current and emerging debates&nbsp\;on le
 isure\, cultural production\, modern modern Iraqi history\, and archives. 
 It demonstrates leisure’s centrality to&nbsp\;many of the broader discus
 sions on morality\, productivity\, nationalism\, gender\, and sexuality th
 at characterised the first half of Iraq’s and the Middle East’s twenti
 eth century.&nbsp\;COFFEE\, TEA\, AND PASTRIES ARE SERVED AFTER EACH SEMIN
 AR.ALL WARMLY WELCMOME!\n\nMore information about the event: https://www.c
 mes.lu.se/calendar/cmes-seminar-idle-days-and-nights-leisure-entertainment
 -and-everyday-life-modern-iraq
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LOCATION:CMES seminar room\, Finngatan 16.
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