“Berkeley Lecture Series” presents:
A Talk by Daryoush Homayoun
Topic: “The Labyrinth of Iranian Modernity”, with references to his latest book, “Hundred Years of Entanglement with Modernity” “Sad Saal Keshakesh Baa Tajadod”
Date: Friday, June 8, 2007
Time: 7:30 P.M.
Place: 110 Barrows Hall
University of California, Berkeley
Lecture in Persian
Daryoush Homayoun is an Iranian journalist, author, intellectual, and politician. He was the Minister of Information and Tourism in the cabinet of Jamshid Amouzegar, founder of the daily newspaper Ayandegan, and one-time high-ranking member of the Rastakhiz party. In exile he became one of the founders of the Constitutionalist Party of Iran. He was famous for his analytical writings and largely impartial assessment of history. His outspoken manner, criticizing the Islamic Republic with harsh tones, but also directing his criticism at the Pahlavi policies, earned him respect of many, while at the same time creating many enemies. He was one of the most influential Iranian opposition leaders in exile.