List of Persian/Iranian Events for 2008-12-03

Greetings!

I would like to invite you to attend a very important event at New York University— a conference hosted by the NYU Center for Dialogues, under the heading: Iran-U.S. Relations: Imagining a New Paradigm.

For the past thirty years, Iranian-U.S. relations have been characterized by conflict, tension and suspicion. As America prepares to inaugurate a new president, the NYU Center for Dialogues convenes a one-day conference to ask what might a relationship articulated around a new paradigm look like—a paradigm based on mutual recognition of the need for dignity and security for both sides? How might this paradigm address grievances created by past moments of hurt, while providing a way to move toward the realization of a shared destiny and a positive future?

Iran-U.S. Relations: Imagining a New Paradigm
NYU Center for Dialogues Conference
Wednesday, December 3, 2008 9:00 AM – 6:30 PM

Where: NYU’s Casa Italiana, 24 W. 12th Street, between 5th and 6th Avenues.
Subways: 4, 5, 6, L, N, Q, R, W (Union Square).


Conference Agenda

9:00-9:30 Registration

9:30-10:00 Opening Remarks

Mustapha Tlili, Founder and Director, NYU Center for Dialogues


10:00-12:00 Panel I: Imagining a New Paradigm for Iran-US
Relations

Ervand Abrahamian, Distinguished Professor of World and Middle East history, Baruch College, CUNY

Mohiaddin Mesbahi, Director, Middle East Center, Florida International University

Gary Sick, Senior Research Scholar, Middle East Institute, Columbia University

Moderator: Hillary Mann Leverett, former National Security Council Director and CEO of Stratega


12:30-2:00 buffet lunch


2:00-4:00 Panel II: Shared Concerns, Shared Interests

Gholamali Khoshroo, Senior Editor, Encyclopedia of Contemporary Islam and former Iranian Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations

Ali Omidi, Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Isfahan

Barbara Slavin, journalist and author, Bitter Friends, Bosom Enemies: Iran, the U.S. and the Twisted Path to Confrontation

Moderator: Stephen Heintz, President, Rockefeller Brother Fund


4:00-6:00 Panel III: Planning for Change

Fatemah Keshavarz, Chair, Department of Asian and Near Eastern Languages, Washington University

William Luers, Chair and President, United Nations Association of the United States of America (UNA-USA) and former US Ambassador

Shabnam Rezaei, Founder and Editor-in-Chief, Persian Mirror

Elizabeth Rubin, Edwin R. Murrow Press Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations

Moderator: John Limbert, Distinguished Professor of International Affairs, US Naval Academy and former US Ambassador


6:00-6:30 Closing remarks


6:30-8:30 Reception


As seating is limited, please respond at your
earliest convenience, but no later than December 2.
Please RSVP to info@centerfordialogues.org or 212.998.8693

We look forward to seeing you at the conference.

Sincerely,
Mustapha Tlili
Founder and Director
Center for Dialogues: Islamic World-U.S.-The West
New York University
194 Mercer Street, 4th Floor
New York, New York 10012
Tel: +1 212 998 8693
Fax: +1 212 995 4091