Thursday April 27Preliminary Program of The 18th Annual CIRA Conference
Hyatt Regency, Bethesda, Maryland USA
April 28 - 29, 2000
Time: 7:00 - 9:00
Reception
Friday April 28
Time: 8:00 - 8:30
Registration
Time: 8:30 - 10:00
Session 1 Room: Cabinet Suite
Flash Points in West Asia: The Impact of the Afghan Civil War and the Conflict in Kashmir on Intra-Regional Relations
Chair: Ali Jalali, Voice of America
Marvin Weinbaum, University of Illinois at Urbana, Pakistan: Geopolitics of a Two-Front Engagement —Afghanistan and Kashmir
Nozar Alaolmolki, Hiram College, Perspective on the Region From Iran and Central Asia
Peter Tomsen, University of Nebraska at Omaha, Afghanistan and U.S. Policy Toward the Region
Session 2 Room: Old Georgetown
Iran: Negligence in Protecting the EnvironmentChair: Abdula Erami, Florida Department of Environmental Protection
Speakers: Mohammad Golabi, University of Georgia, Environmental Impact of Soil Erosion and Land Degradation in Mogahn and Behbahan Regions: A Personal Conclusion from a TOKTEN Mission in Iran
H. A. Ronaghy, Youngstown State University, The Major Source of Air Pollution in Iranian Cities, Iranian Intra-City Transportation
Abdula Erami, Florida Department of Environmental Protection, An Ecosystem Shifted out of Equilibrium— Practices Destructive to Soil and Water Resources
Session 3 Room: Judiciary Suite
Economic Problems and Policy Choices in Iran and Central Asia
Chair: Said Atri, State University of New York, Oswego
Speakers: Gerard Filitti, The Economics of Central Asian Oil
Mahmood Monshipouri and Farid Sadrieh, Quinnipiac College, Iran Globalization and Challenges of a New Millennium
Hamid Zangeneh, Widener University, and Kamran Dadkhah, Northeastern University, Uncertainty and Capital Flight
Said Atri, State University of New York, Oswego, Institutional Changes and Economic Performance in the Post-Revolution Iran
Time: 10:30 - 12:00
Session 4 Room: Cabinet Suite
A Retrospect on the Oil Nationalization Movement and the Constitutional Revolution
Chair: Homa Katouzian
Speakers: Mary Ann Heiss, Kent State University, The Anglo-American Relations
Daniela Meier, University of Bern, A Neutral Perspective: Switzerland's Role in the Iranian Oil Crisis 1951-1953
Charles Kurzman, University of North Carolina, The Iranian Constitutional Revolution of 1906-1911 in Comparative Perspective
Hossein Shahidi, BBC, The BBC Persian Service: 1940 - 1953
Discussant, Kamran Dadkhah, Northeastern University
Session 5 Room: Old Georgetown
The Student Movement in Iran: Past and Present (panel discussion)
Chair and Moderator: Hamid Zangeneh, Widener University
Mahmood Monshipouri, Quinnipiac College, Student Movement in Perspective
Mehrdad Mashayekhi, George Mason University, The Student Movement: A Revolutionary Discourse or a Revolution in Discourse
Ali Akbar Mahdi, The Iranian Student Movement before and after the Revolution
Thomas Ricks, Villanova University
Session 6 Room: Judiciary Suite
Iran's Regional Foreign Policy
Chair: Jeanne Meadows, Spelman College
Nader Entessar, Spring Hill College, Whither Iranian-Turkish Relations?
Robert Olson, University of Kentucky, Turkey-Iran Relations from 1997 to 2000: From the Ouster of Erbakan and Election of Khatami to the Millennium
Alidad Mafinezam, Rutgers University, The Regional and International Impact of the Restoration of Diplomatic Relations Between the United States and Iran
Houchang Hassan-Yari, University of Quebec in Montreal, Iranian foreign policy toward Lebanon Since the revolution.
James Devine, McGill University, Between Conflict and Cooperation: Iranian Accommodation in the Persian Gulf
Room: Old Georgetown
CIRA's Business Meeting
All Members are invited.
Time: 1:00 - 2:30
Session 1 Room: Cabinet Suite
Iran's Avant-garde Poetry at the Threshold of the Third Millennium: Challenges Ahead Regarding Tradition and Innovation (in Persian)
Introduction: Ahmad Ghazinoor
Speaker: Seyyed Ali Salehi
Session 2 Room: Old Georgetown
The United States Sanctions against Iran and Prospects of Renewed US-Iranian
Economic Relations (panel discussion)Chair: Mehrdad Valibeigi, American University
Panelists: Ellen Frost, Institute for International Economics
Carol Brookins, World Perspective, Whether, When, How and Why to Lift Sanctions
Mehrdad Valibeigi, American University Third Five-Year Plan and US Economic Opportunities in Iran
Session 3 Room: Judiciary Suite
We Take Action, Therefore, We Are (Ma Amal Mikonim, Pas Hastim)
A film by Mansooreh Saboori on the struggle of Iranian women for freedom (in Persian with English subtitles)
Time: 3:00 - 4:30
Session 4 Room: Old Cabinet Suite
Author Meets Critics
Chair: Fatemeh Shafiei, Spelman College
Author: Baqer Moin, BBC Khomeini
Discussants: Akbar Mahdi, Ohio Wesleyan University
Kamran Dadkhah, Northeastern University
Session 5 Room: Old Georgetown
Author Meets Critics
Chair: Mahmood Monshipouri, Quinnipiac College
Author: Hassan Javadi, Iran az Deedgah Sayyahan Oroupaee (in Persian)
Discussants: Hossein Shahidi, BBC
Arzhang Assad, University of Maryland
Session 6 Room: Judiciary Suite
A conversation with Bijan Jalali (in Persian)
Interviewed on film by Ramin Jahanbegloo
Time: 6:00 - 7:30
Session 7 Room: Chesapeake Suites 1, 2
Ahmad Shamlou, Master Poet of Liberty
A Documentary film produced by Bahman Maghsoudlou and directed by Moslem Mansouri
Time: 8:30 - 10:00
Waterford/Lalique/Walk
Commemorating a Master: Ali Tajvidi
Iranian Music by Checkavak Orchestra
Saturday April 29
Time: 8:30 - 10:00
Session 1 Room: Old Georgetown Suite
Reflections on Iran's Foreign Policy
Introduction: Hooshang Amirahmadi, Rutgers University
Keynote Speaker: Ruhollah Ramazani
Time: 10:30 - 12:00
Session 2 Room: Cabinet Suite
Iranian Women and the Struggle for Identity and Change
Chair: Fatemeh Shafiei, Spelman College
Valantine Moghadam, Illinois State University, The Debate on Islamic Feminism
Parvin Abyaneh, California State Polytechnic University at Pomona, Challenges of Islamic Feminism
Ali Akbar Mahdi, Ohio Wesleyan University, Caught between Local and Global: Iranian Women's Struggle for a Civil Society
Discussant: Haleh Vaziri, InterMedia Survey Institute, Washington, DC
Session 3 Room: Old Georgetown
Demography and Human Capital
Chair: Poopak Ta'ati, Montgomery College
Speakers: Pooya Alaedini, Rutgers University, Human Capital Development in Post-Revolutionary Iran
Ahmad Khalili, Slippery Rock University, Iran’s Population in the New Millennium
Maboud Ansari, William Patterson University, Demographic and Socioeconomic Characteristics of the Elderly in the Iranian Community in America
Manuchehr Sanadjian, Music Performance and Deconstruction of Narrative of Identity in Exile: Iranians in Germany
Khashayar Beigi, The Future of Human Sciences in Iran: A Foucauldian Analysis
Discussant: Poopak Ta'ati, Montgomery College
Session 4 Room: Judiciary Suite
Eenja Tehran Ast: 60 Years of Iranian Radio
Chair: Ali Mohammadi
Speakers: Baqer Moin, BBC
Iraj Gorgin, RFE/RL, The Story of the Radio in Iran
Time: 1:00 - 2:30
Session 1 Room: Cabinet Suite
Iranian Intellectuals
Chair: Ramin Jahanbegloo, University of Toronto
Farzin Vahdat, Harvard University, The Discourses of Marxist Guerilla Movement and Modernity in Iran
Mazyar Lotfalian:, MIT, Intellectual Appropriation of Science and Technology in Modern Iran
Behrooz Ghamari-Tabrizi, Georgia State University, Soroush on Predicament and Authenticity
Kamran Dadkhah, Northeastern University, Evolution of Economic Thought in Iran: 1875 – 1925
Ramin Jahanbegloo, University of Toronto, Iranian Intellectuals at the Turn of the Century: From Utopian Thinking to Value Pluralism
Discussant: Thomas Ricks, Villanova University
Session 2 Room: Old Georgetown
International Relations
Chair: Nader Entessar, Spring Hill College
Speakers: Ali Jalali, Voice of America, Iran Central Asia Relations: Reminiscing the Past and Looking to the Future
Farid Mirbagheri, Intercollege and Centre for World Dialogue, Nicosia, Cyprus, Domestic and Foreign Compatibility
Fara Mansoor, Independent Researcher, Rules of Engagement; Can Iran Survive Rapprochement with the US Security and Economic Interests?
Houchang Hassan-Yari, University of Quebec in Montreal, Iranian Foreign Policy under President Khatami: Form Dar el harb to Dialogue of Civilization
Session 3 Room: Judiciary Suite
The Iranian Economy: A Microeconomic View
Chair: Nader Majd, World Bank
Speakers: Tagi Sagafi-Nejad, Loyola College, A Comparison of Iran's Bonyads with South Korea's Chaebol and Japan's Keirestsu
Faramarz Nateghian, A Few Economical and Educational Guidelines for Iran
Mehrdad Valibeigi, American University, Market Liberalization Policies and Agricultural Performance in Iran
Abolhasan Faghihi, Allameh Tabatabaee University, Iran’s Public Administration: Past, Present and Future Challenges
Hossein Razavi, World Bank, Caspian Oil and Gas: Implications for Iran
Time: 3:00 - 4:30
Session 4 Room: Cabinet Suite
American Scientific Delegation in Iran (panel discussion)
Chair: Mehrdad Valibeigi, American University
Panelists: Alen Hale, Southwest Institute for Space Research in Alamogordo, New Mexico
Douglas Biesecker, Astronomer at SM&A Corporation at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, MD.
Alice Buck, Attorney and Amateur Astronomer, San Diego
Stephanie Lester, Amateur Cosmologist, New Jersey
Session 5 Room: Old Georgetown
Remembering Sohrab Sepehri and Nader Naderpour
Speakers: Iraj Gorgin on Sohrab Sepehri
Ahmad Ghazinoor on Nader Naderpour
Session 6 Room: Judiciary Suite
Perspective on the Sixth Majlis Elections: Hopes, Aspirations and Obstacles (panel discussion)
Chair: Hamid Zangeneh, Widener University
Speakers: Dariush Sajjadi, Journalist, Adverse Impacts of the May 23, 1997 Elections in Iran
Ali Mohammadi, Nottingham Trent University, UK
Hassan Bashir
Mehdi Montazer Ghaem
Time: 6:00 - 7:00
Session 7 Room: Chesapeake Suites 1, 2
Democratization in the Islamic Republic of Iran: Views from Iran (panel discussion in Persian)
Chair and Moderator: Hooshang Amirahmadi, Rutgers University
Panel: Hamid Ahmadi, Tehran University
Hossein ALi Ghazian, Ayandeh Research Group
Hossein Bashiriey,Tehran University
Time: 7:00 - 8:30
Session 8 Room: Chesapeake Suites 1, 2
The Untold Chapter of the Killings of Iranian Intellectuals and Dissidents
Chair: Hamid Zangeneh, Widener University
Speaker: Alireza Nourizadeh, Centre for Arab and Iranian Studies, UK
Time: 8:00 - 11:00
Fellini's Restaurant
Dinner
Speaker: Mehrdad Valibeigi, American University, Concluding Remarks
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