Event time:
Thursday, February 7, 2019 - 5:00pm
Location:
Henry R. Luce Hall, Auditorium
34 Hillhouse Avenue
New Haven, CT
06520
Event description:
The Council on Middle East Studies and Yale’s Program in Iranian Studies present a panel:
“Iran’s 1979 Revolution: 40 Years Onward.”
Speakers will inlcude:
- Asef Bayat, Catherine and Bruce Bastian Professor of Global and Transnational Studies at the Department of Sociology, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Talk title: “Iran: The Last Radical Revolution.“ - Robin Wright, Contributing Writer: The New Yorker; Distinguished Scholar: Woodrow Wilson Center; Senior fellow: U.S. Institute of Peace (joint)
Talk title: “After 40 Turbulent Years, What’s Next Between the US and Iran?” - Mohsen Kadivar, Mujtahed and Research Professor in Religious Studies, Duke University
Talk title: “Islamic Governance in Theory and Practice.” - Nahid Siamdoust, Ehsan Yarshater Postdoctoral Associate in Iranian Studies, Yale University
Talk title: “A Society in Turmoil: The Cultural Implications of 1979.”
Moderator and Discussant:
- Abbas Amanat, William Graham Sumner Professor of History, Director, Yale Program in Iranian Studies
Admission:
Free
Open to:
General Public