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Alborz: An International Conference
Saturday, October 10, 2009 9: 30 am-5:30 pm Crystal Cove Auditorium University of California, Irvine Sponsored by Samuel Jordan Center for Persian Studies and Culture  FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC No registration required 9:30:-10:20 am Welcome and Introductions Conference Co-Organizers: Nasrin Rahimieh, Maseeh Chair and Director of Samuel Jordan Center for Persian Studies and Culture Touraj Daryaee, Howard C. Baskerville Professor in the History of Iran and the Persianate World & Wm. Scott Harrop, University of Virginia In Memory of Howard Baskerville 10:20 -10:30 am Opening Address Fariborz Maseeh, Founding Benefactor of Samuel Jordan Center, Venture Philanthropist 10:30 am-12:30 pm The Formative Years: The American College of Tehran Chair: Homa Katouzian Thomas M. Ricks, Independent Scholar Presbyterian Mission Education and Centers of Modernism: The Case of Alborz (American) College of Tehran John Lorentz, Shawnee State University Educational Development in Iran: The Pivotal Role of the Mission Schools and Alborz CollegeMichael Zirinsky, Boise State University Inculcate Iran: Opening a Dialog of Civilizations in the Shadow of God and the Alborz Ali Gheissari, University of San Diego The American College of Tehran, 1929-1931: A Memorial Album 12:30-2:00 Lunch Break 2:00-3:30 pm The Transformative Years: The Alborz High School Chair: Touraj Daryaee Kamran Safamanesh, Independent Scholar, Iran A History of the Alborz High School and Its Architectural Development Houchang Chehabi, Boston University Diversity at Alborz Farzin Vahdat, Vassar College Alborz High School and the Process of Rationalization in Iran 3:30-4:00 pm Break 4:00-5:30 pm The Educational Legacy of Alborz Chair: Nasrin Rahimieh Alborz and Its teachers Bahram Bayani, Independent Scholar, Iran Mohammed-Ali Modjtahedi: Life and Work Mehdi S. Zarghamee, Senior Principal, Simpson Gumpertz & Heger Inc. Modjtahedi and the Founding of Arya-Mehr University of Technology University of California, Irvine 1st Floor Humanities Gateway Irvine, CA 92697-3370  This conference is generously supported by the following supporters of the Alborz Conference Fund Siavosh Borzorgi Bijan Bozorgi Behrooz Broukhim Bijan Broukhim Solomon Forouzesh Farshid Hekmat Jamshid Hekmat Kamali and Associates Soroosh Kamyab Massoud & Soroyra Kasjani (FY09) Janita & Ira Khalkhali Homayoun Kianerci Bijan Mashouf (FY09) Fereidoun Shahrestani Fereydoon & Violette Shalom Mina Shamsaei Mark & Mitra Vakili Mehdi Zarghamee Behrooz & Sousan Zarrabi  Front Page |