THE 2004 MIDDLE EAST & CENTRAL ASIA POLITICS, ECONOMICS, AND SOCIETY CONFERENCE: Transitions and Inequality in the 21st Century
September 9th to 11th, 2004
The University of Utah
Salt Lake City, USA
*** Deadline for proposals: May 15, 2004 ***
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The second annual multidisciplinary conference on the Middle East and Central Asia will be held on the picturesque campus of the University of Utah in Salt Lake City. The objective of the conference is to bring together academics, analysts, and policy makers with interests in the Middle East and Central Asia who wish to network and share research endeavors.
The three-day conference will include at least two prominent keynote speakers: Dr.Michael Collins Dunn,, editor of the Middle East Journal of the Middle East Institute in Washington, DC.; and Prof. Shirin Akiner, lecturer in Central Asian Studies at the School of Oriental and African Studies at the University of London. There will be an estimated 44 conference sessions, and a special plenary discussion panel on 'The Post-9-11 World'. Other attractions include two complementary meals, an evening of Middle Eastern and Central Asian dance and music performances, and screening of films and documentaries.
MEC Discussion Group in conjunction with The 12th Annual Reza Ali Khazeni Memorial Lecture in Iranian Studies by Ahmad Karimi-Hakkak, University of Washington.
Location: Hinckley Caucus Room, 255 OSH
Date and Time: September 9, 2004 - 4:30 PM
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MARJANE SATRAPI presents Persepolis 2: The Story of a Return
DATE: Thursday, September 9 @ 7 PM
LOCATION: Simmons College, 3rd Floor Conference Center, 300 The Fenway, Boston.
FREE & Open to Public
In Persepolis, Satrapi dazzled us with her heartrending memoir-in-comic-strips about growing up in Iran during the Islamic Revolution. Here is the continuation of her fascinating story. As funny and poignant as its predecessor, PERSEPOLIS 2 is another clear-eyed and searing condemnation of the human cost of fundamentalism. In its depiction of the struggles of growing up-here compounded by Marjane's status as an outsider both abroad and at home-it is raw, honest, and incredibly illuminating.
Co-sponsored by the Iranian Association of Boston.
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