“Berkeley Lecture Series” presents:
A Talk by Dr. Sohrab Behdad, Professor of Economics, Denison University, Ohio
Topic: The Rise and Fall of Iranian Social Classes in the Post-Revolutionary Iran
A presentation of the study of the composition of social classes in Iran in the post revolutionary years in comparison to 1976, from
Class and Labor in Iran: Did the Revolution Matter? co-authored by Farhad Nomani and Sohrab Behdad (Syracuse University Press)
Sohrab Behdad, born in Iran , received his B.S. in Electrical Engineering and his Ph.D. in Economics from Michigan State University . Dr. Behdad was a member of the Faculty of Economics of Tehran University from 1973 to 1983 when he left Iran . He has written several articles and books. Among his recent publications in English are Workers, Peasants and Bureaucrats: Class Nature of the Iranian Work Force; Islam and Public Policy; and Iran after the Revolutions: Crisis of an Islamic State.
Attention: Please notice that date, time and location of this program is not the same as other BLS events.
Date: Saturday, January 12, 2008
Time: 3:00 P.M.
Place: 101 Moffitt Library
Lecture in Persian