Bonds Beyond Borders: Hazāra Artists From Afghanistan, Iran and Pakistan

About this event

12 February 2026 from 14:00 until 19:00

Salle H405

28 rue des Saints-Pères, 75007, Paris

This event is not accessible to people with reduced mobility.

Organized by

CERI

In the wake of the work and commitment of visual and performance artist Kubra Khademi, Galerie Eric Mouchet brings together, from January 24 to March 7, 2026, twelve contemporary Hazāra artists originally from Afghanistan, Iran, and Pakistan. The exhibition invites to explore singular artistic worlds, reflections of a collective destiny, where textiles pay homage, memory is written in red, and resistance in miniature.

Alongside the exhibition, this roundtable discussion, followed by the screening of a film, will bring together artists and scholars to address the material and affective connections of the Hazāra people across the borders of nation-states.

2:00pm–3:00p.m.: tour of the Ham Sāya Kouh Hā exhibition at the Éric Mouchet Gallery, 45 rue Jacob, with exhibition curator Émile Drousie.

3:00pm-4.30pm: Round table moderated by Fariba Adelkhah (CERI-Sciences Po) and Emile Drousie in Room H405, 28 rue des Saints-Pères, with the following speakers:

Ali Karimi, assistant professor , University of Calgary
Kubra Khademi, visual artist and performer
Amanullah Mojadidi, artist and doctoral student, IHEID
Paniz Musawi Natanzi, visiting professor, University of Bern

4:30-5:00p.m.: Break

5:00-7:00p.m.: Screening of the film Kamay (watch the trailer here), by Ilyas Yourish and Shahrokh Bikaran (Afghanistan, Belgium, Germany, 2024, 106 minutes). The screening will be followed by a discussion with director Ilyas Yourish, moderated by Laurent Gayer (CERI-Sciences Po).

Venues : Galerie Eric Mouchet / Room H405, 28 rue des Saints-Pères

Scientific coordinators : Fariba Adelkhah et Laurent Gayer (CERI-Sciences Po/CNRS)