Ethnic and Religious Minorities in Iran: Realities and Policy Issues, Past and Present
Seminar on: Iran's Ethnic and Religious Minorities: Analyzing Realities and Policy Issues, Past and Present
Friday, May 22, 2009
2:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Bunche Hall 6275
UCLA
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
For more information please contact
Amy Bruinooge, Center for Near Eastern Studies
Tel: (310) 825-1181
cnes@international.ucla.edu
www.international.ucla.edu/cnes
Sponsor(s): Center for Near Eastern Studies, Program on Central Asia, Department of History, Keddie-Balzan Fund
