The Samuel Jordan Center for Persian Studies and Culture presents

“Jewish Iranian Legacy: Life, Politics, and Culture”
Conference

October 3, 2010
9:30 a.m. -5:30 p.m.
Humanities Gateway, Room 1030

9:30 a.m.
Welcome
Nasrin Rahimieh, Maseeh Chair and Director
 
9:45: Opening Address
Vicki Ruiz, Dean, School of Humanities, University of California, Irvine
 
10 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
Ancient and Modern History Revisited
Chair: Hossein Ziai, Jahangir and Eleanor Amuzegar Chair in Iranian Studies and Director of Iranian Studies, University of California, Los Angeles
 
Touraj Daryaee, Howard C. Baskerville Professor in the
History of Iran and the Persianate World, University of California,
Irvine
To Learn and to Remember the Past: Iranian Visitors to the
Dura-Europos Synagogue in the 3rd Century CE

Haleh Emrani, University of California, Los Angeles
'Who would be mine for the day!': Jewish Marriage Customs of the Late
Sasanian Period

David Menashri, The Parviz and Pouran Nazarian Chair for Modern Iranian Studies, Tel Aviv University
The Iranian Revolution in Historical Perspective
 
12- 2 p.m. Lunch
 
2:00- 3:30 pm
Political and Cultural Resonances
Chair: Afshin Matin-Asgari, California State University, Los Angeles

 
Meir Litvak, Tel Aviv University
The Limits of Freedom and Liberty in the Iranian Clerical Discourse:  From Khoemeini to Khatami

 

Liora Hendelman-Baavur, Tel Aviv University
Sleepless in Iran: New Media and Youth Culture in Tehran

3:30- 4 p.m. Break

4- 5:30 p.m.

Writers Engaging Cultural Memory: Iran and Beyond

Chair: Homa Sarshar, Author and Journalist
 
Angella Nazarian, Author
Writing Life as a Visitor
 
Jacobo Sefami, University of California, Irvine, Professor and
Author
Jewish Syria: Past and Present

This event is free and open to the public.

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