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Iran Constitutional Conference Centennial in Orange

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It's short notice; I just got the announcement, but it's worth checking out, particularly this talk:

“Lasting Truths: Revisiting Constitutional Thought and Human Rights from
the Code of Hammurabi, the Edict of Cyrus the Great, and the Iranian
Constitutional Revolution of 1906.”

Sponsored by
THE IRANICA INSTITUTE
CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY
CAL STATE UNIVERSITY, FULLERTON

September 16-17, 2006
PLACE: 237 Kennedy Hall
BOOK EXHIBITION: 233 Kennedy Hall
Chapman University, Orange, California
FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
[Limited Seating, please arrive early]

Saturday, September 16, 2006
9:00-9:30 a.m. Registration
9:30-10:00 a.m. Welcoming Remarks
Dr. A. Kamron Jabbari, Iranica Institute
Dr. Daniele C. Struppa, Chapman University Provost
Dr. Thomas Klammer, Dean of School of Humanities & Social Sciences, Cal-State, Fullerton
Session One: 10:00- 12:15 p.m
Prof. Elton L. Daniel, University of Hawaii
“Iranian Constitutional Revolution in Comparative Perspective”
Prof. Hafez F. Farmayan, University of Texas at Austin
“Reflections Upon Persian Constitutional History”
Prof. Ali Gheissari, University of California, San Diego
“Iranian Constitutional Revolution: Democracy or State-Building?”
Moderator: Dr. A. Kamron Jabbari
LUNCH BREAK
Session Two: 1:30-3:45 p.m.
Prof. Hamid Dabashi, Columbia University
“The Role of Expatriate Intellectuals in the Making of the Constitutional Revolution of Iran.”
Dr. James Clark, American Institute of Iranian Studies
“The ‘War of the Quarters’ in Tabriz”
Prof. Evan Siegel, New Jersey City University
“The Evolution of Ahmad Kasravi’s views on the Iranian Constitutional Revolution”
Moderator: Dr. James Coyle
SHORT BREAK
Session Three: 4:00 – 5:30 p.m.
Dr. Willem Floor, World Bank
“Modern Theater and the Diffusion of the Ideas of the Constitutionalist Movement”
Dr. Hasan Javadi, George Washington University
“The Journal Mulla Nasreddin and the Constitutional Revolution”
Moderator: Prof. William Cumiford
Sunday, September 17, 2006
Session Four: 10:00-12:00 a.m.
Prof. Houri Berberian, California State University, Long Beach
“Children of the Same Country: Reflections on the Causes of Armenian Participation
in the Iranian Constitutional Revolution.”
Prof. Nader Hashemi, North Western University
“Religious Disputation and Democratic Constitutionalism: The Enduring Legacy
of the Constitutional Revolution on the Struggle for Democracy in Iran”
Moderator: Dr. Robert Bamban
LUNCH BREAK
Session Five: 1:30-3:30 p.m.
Prof. Majid Tehranian, TODA Institute
“The Iranian Constitutional Revolution in Historical Perspective”
Prof. Morad Eghbal, University of Baltimore
“Lasting Truths: Revisiting Constitutional Thought and Human Rights from
the Code of Hammurabi, the Edict of Cyrus the Great, and the Iranian
Constitutional Revolution of 1906.”
Moderator: Dr. Ron Steiner

PARKING: Five story parking structure is located behind the Kennedy Hall. Turn onto Sycamore St. at the intersection of
Glassell Street. Permits are not required on Saturday and Sunday.
DIRECTIONS: http://www.chapman.edu/map/parking.asp
or,
http://www.chapman.edu/map/yahooMap.asp

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