A seminar organized by Nikki Keddie, UCLA and Nayereh Tohidi, CSU Northridge.
Featuring: Asghar Schirazi, Visiting Fellow, Harvard University, Arash Khazeni, Claremont McKenna College, Mehrdad Amanat, Independent Scholar, Rasmus Christian Elling, University of Copenhagen
Panel One:
- Mehrdad Amanat, Independent Scholar
"Modernity and Religious Identity in Early Twentieth Century Iran"
- Arash Khazeni, Assistant Professor, Claremont McKenna College
"The Steppe and the Sown: The Turkmen and the Horse Trade of Nineteenth-Century Central Eurasia."
- Comment by Professor Nikki Keddie, UCLA, based on her posted article, at nikkikeddie.com, “The Minorities Question in Iran.”
Panel Two:
- Rasmus Christian Elling, Visiting Scholar, New York University:
“Representations of ethnic identity in contemporary Iran"
- Asghar Schirazi, Visiting Scholar, Harvard
“Ethnic Conflicts in Iran”
- Nayereh Tohidi, Professor, CSUN
“Ethnic and Religious Minority Politics in Iran”
Closing Remarks: Professor Nikki Keddie, UCLA
Cost : Free and Open to the Public
AmyBruinooge, Center for Near Eastern Studies
(310) 825-1181
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Sponsor(s): Center for Near Eastern Studies, Program on Central Asia, APC, Department of History, Keddie-Balzan Fund