[Peace] REMINDER: Iranian Studies Symposium Tomorrow

[jbpeyton at illinois.edu]

Iranian Studies Symposium
http://www.csames.illinois.edu/news/iranstudies/

"Iran's Politics and Policies: Presidential Election of 2009 and Iran's Nuclear Policies"
Friday, October 2, 2009
Location: Lucy Ellis Lounge (room 1080, Foreign Languages Building)

Schedule of Events

10:00am-10:05am
Opening Remarks
Hadi Salehi Esfahani, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
 "Turmoil in Iran's Politics and Policies"

10:05am-10:50am
Keynote Speech
Muhammad Sahimi, University of Southern California
 "Iran's Nuclear Policies: What and Why"

11:00am-12:30pm
Panel 1: Iran's Nuclear Policies and the International Response
Chair: Colin Flint, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign;
      Kaveh Ehsani, DePaul University
 "Understanding Iran's Nuclear Policies: Historical Genealogy of Iranian State Attitudes
 Towards White Elephant Projects"
Clifford Singer, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
 "Nuclear Technology Acquisition in Iran: Economic and Political Motives"
Robert Naiman, Just Foreign Policy
 "U.S. Response to Iran's Nuclear Policies"

2:00pm-3:45pm   
Panel 2: Iran's President Election of 2009: What Happened?
Chair: Edward Kolodziej, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Hadi Salehi Esfahani, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
 "Presidential Election of 2009 in Iran: Some Facts and Key Questions"
Muhammad Sahimi, University of Southern California
 "The Leaders of Iran's Election Coup"
Behrooz Ghamari-Tabrizi, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
 "Electoral Politics and the Politics of 2009 Presidential Election in Iran"
Kaveh Ehsani, DePaul University
 "Endgame? A Socio-Political Analysis of Iran's Ruling Elite"

4:00pm-5:30pm   
Panel 3: Future Trends in Social and Political Change in Iran
Chair: Anna-Maria Marshall, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Asef Bayat, Leiden University
 "The Green Movement and Iran's Unfinished Revolution"
Norma C. Moruzzi, University of Illinois at Chicago
 "Quiet Leadership and Pressure from Below: Iranian Women Before and After June 2009"
Robert Naiman, Just Foreign Policy
 "U.S. Diplomatic Engagement with Iran After the Iranian Election"

5:30pm-5:45pm   
General Discussion and Concluding Remarks
Chair: Hadi Salehi Esfahani, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

6:15pm
Reception
The Bread Company, 706 S. Goodwin Ave., Urbana