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THE CENTENNIAL OF
THE PERSIAN CONSTITUTIONAL MOVEMENT 1906-2006 A CONFERENCE sponsored by
THE IRANICA INSTITUTE CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY CAL STATE UNIVERSITY, FULLERTON DATE: September 16-17, 2006 PLACE: Chapman University, Orange, California ROOM: 237 Kennedy Hall BOOK & POSTER EXHIBITION: 233 Kennedy Hall FREE AND OPEN TO THE
PUBLIC
[Limited seating. Please arrive early] Both day events in
English
Saturday, September 16,
2006
9:00-9:30 a.m. Registration
9:30-10:00 a.m. Welcoming Remarks
Dr. A. Kamron Jabbari, Iranica Institute
Dr. Daniele C. Struppa, Chapman University Provost Dr. Thomas Klammer, Dean of School of Humanities & Social Sciences, Cal State, Fullerton Session One: 10:00- 12:15
p.m
Prof. Elton L. Daniel, University of Hawaii
“Iranian Constitutional Revolution in Comparative Perspective” Prof. Hafez F. Farmayan, University of Texas at
Austin
“Reflections Upon Persian Constitutional History” Prof. Ali Gheissari, University of California, San
Diego
“Iranian Constitutional Revolution: Democracy or State-Building?” Moderator: Dr. A. Kamron Jabbari LUNCH BREAK
Session Two: 1:30-3:45
p.m.
Prof. Hamid Dabashi, Columbia University
“The Role of Expatriate Intellectuals in the Making of the Constitutional Revolution of Iran” Dr. James Clark, American Institute of Iranian Studies
“The ‘War of the Quarters’ in Tabriz” Prof. Evan Siegel, New Jersey City University “The Evolution of Ahmad Kasravi’s views on the Iranian Constitutional Revolution” Moderator: Dr. James Coyle SHORT BREAK
Session Three: 4:00 – 5:30
p.m.
Dr. Willem Floor, World Bank
“Modern Theater and the Diffusion of the Ideas of the Constitutionalist Movement” Dr. Hasan Javadi, George Washington University
“The Journal Mulla Nasreddin and the Constitutional Revolution” Moderator: Prof. William Cumiford Sunday, September 17,
2006
Session Four: 10:00-12:00
a.m.
Prof. Houri Berberian, California State University, Long
Beach
“Children of the Same Country: Reflections on the Causes of Armenian Participation in the Iranian Constitutional Revolution.” Prof. Nader Hashemi, North Western University
“Religious Disputation and Democratic Constitutionalism: The Enduring Legacy of the Constitutional Revolution on the Struggle for Democracy in Iran” Moderator: Dr. Robert Bamban LUNCH BREAK
Session Five: 1:30-3:30
p.m.
Prof. Majid Tehranian, TODA Institute
“The Iranian Constitutional Revolution in Historical Perspective” Prof. Morad Eghbal, University of Baltimore
“Lasting Truths: Revisiting Constitutional Thought and Human Rights from the Code of Hammurabi, the Edict of Cyrus the Great, and the Iranian Constitutional Revolution of 1906.” Moderator: Dr. Ron Steiner PARKING: Five story parking structure is located behind Kennedy
Hall. Turn west onto Sycamore St. at the intersection of Glassell Street.
Permits are not required on Saturday and Sunday.
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About the Iranica
Institute:
Iranica Institute was established in 1995 by a
former college professor, Mr. Ahmad Kamron Jabbari. It has since grown into an
international network of scholars, educators, artists and everyone who is
interested in the issues that concern a geographic area, historically know as
the Iranicas [Eranshahr]. This area includes the following: Iran
(Persia), Armenia, Eastern Turkey (Anatolia), Georgia, the Republic of
Azerbaijan, Afghanistan, Pakistan, parts of India, Central Asian countries of
Tajikistan,Uzbekistan, Kirghizistan, Turkmenistan, and Kazakstan, parts of
ancient Mesopotamia, ethnic people such as the Jews, the Kurds and the
Assyrians, and the countries around the Persian Gulf. To join this network,
please write to:
Iranica Institute
P.O. Box 5731
Irvine, CA 92616.
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