A public lecture by Fatemeh Haghighatjoo, Harvard University
Monday, March 19, 2007
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Bunche Hall 10383
UCLA
Los Angeles, CA 90095
Fatemeh Haghighatjoo is a leading proponent for human rights and democracy in Iran. A former member of Iranian parliament, Dr. Haghighatjoo resigned in 2004 following the crackdown on reformers and is now a fellow at Women and Public Policy Program at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. She has been a visiting scholar at the Center for International Studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, researching and writing on the impediments to democracy and human rights in Iran. She has Ph.D. in counseling and was formerly a professor at the National University of Iran.
This lecture is part of the Center's Persian Lecture Series.
Cost : Free
Peter Szanton, Center for Near Eastern Studies
(310) 825-1455
pszanton@international.ucla.edu www.international.ucla.edu/cnes
Sponsor(s): Center for Near Eastern Studies