BLS Recent Lectures

  • Will the US attack Iran?, Reese Erlich, Sep 30, 2007

  • The Mad Lover: the ‘Romance’ of Layli and Majnun, Jullie Meisami, Aug 26, 2007

  • The Iranian Women’s Movement Challenges and Prospects, Fariba Davoodi Mohajer, July 15, 2007

  • A Panel Discussion on the Challenge Facing Iranian Human Rights Advocates in Diaspora, M Kar, K Lahiji, M Farhang, F Pourabdolah, June 24, 2007

  • The Labyrinth of Iranian Modernity, with references to his latest book, Hundred Years of Entanglement with Modernity, Daryoush Homayoun, June 8, 2007

  • A presentation by Nader Takmil Homayoun, followed by the screening of the documentary film “Iran: A Cinematographic Revolution”, May 1, 2007

  • Women’s Movement and it’s Relation to Broader Social Movements, Elahe Amani, April 22, 2007

  • Story Reading followed by a Talk and Discussion on Censorship in Iranian Literature, Shahryar Mandanipour, Feb 1, 2007

  • Reflections on Dualistic Thought in the Ancient World, Shahrnush Parsipur, Jan 1, 2007

  • Passionate Uprisings: The Intersection of Sexuality and Politics in Post-Revolutionary Iran, Pardis Mahdavi, Nov 5, 2006

  • The Crisis of Democracy in Iran and the Heritage of the Constitutional Revolution, Janet Afary, Sep 10, 2006

  • Islamic Totalitarianism, Imagination or Reality?, Shahla Shafiq, Jun 25, 2006

  • Perspectives on US-Iran Lack of Relations: What Does America Want from Iran?, Maziar Behrooz, May 7, 2006

  • The Abortive Birth of a Modern Nation: The Constitutional Revolution in Iran and its Aftermath, Daryoush Ashouri, Apr 23, 2006

  • Iran’s Nuclear Program and U.S.-Iranian Relations, Mansour Farhang, Mar 26, 2006

  • Oedipus in Shiraz: Hafez and Princely Villainy, Ali Ferdowsi, Feb 25, 2006

  • An evening with Behrouz Vossoughi, Prominent Iranian Actor, On the occasion of his newly published biography, Dec 18, 2005

  • Tales From Tehran, Reese Erlich, Nov 13, 2005

  • Status of Women in Pre-Islamic Iran, Dr. Freshteh Davaran, Oct 9, 2005

  • An Inside Look into the Iranian Left Movement – Conversation with Mohsen Rezvani, Hamid Shokat, Aug 21, 2005

  • Current Status of Persian Classical Music in Iran and Abroad, Mohammad Reza Lotfi, Jul 24, 2005

  • Religious Culture – A Philosophical Exploration in the Culture and Behavior of Iranians, Aramesh Dustdar, Jan 10, 2005

  • A Brief History of the Repertoire of Iranian Classical, Music the “Radiff” from Qajar through Pahlavi Period, Kourosh Taghavi, May 7, 2005

  • Building the Future of Iran is not an Obligation but our Destiny, Hossein Ladjevardi, Apr 9, 2005

  • Modernity, Democracy and Republic (Jomhouri), Mehrdad Darvishpour, Feb 19, 2005

  • Seminar: Current social, economic and political crises of Iranian society, Javad Tabatabai, Jan 1, 2005

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