Date: 13 - 14 October 2012
Iranian Alliances Across Borders (IAAB), will be holding its 5th International Conference on the Iranian Diaspora at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) on October 13-14, 2012. Online registration is now open.
The IAAB Conference creates an innovative forum for academics, journalists, artists, and community leaders to discuss the development, challenges, and needs of the Iranian global community. The first and largest program of its kind, participants will join us from the Middle East, Europe, Australia, Asia, and North America, bringing a truly global perspective to these important conversations.
This year’s conference will include 35 panel presentations, 10 workshops and roundtables, a film series, and 2 keynote addresses from Professor Hamid Naficy and Ms. Noosheen Hashemi. You can find the full program on our website. An incredible two days are planned, with a great range of topics and sessions that highlight cutting edge research, innovative cultural programs, and timely assessments of challenges to Iranian communities worldwide.
Several of the many topics included in the 2012 IAAB Conference are:
We are happy to support the Los Angeles debut of Mahmoud, Tara Gerami’s award-winning one-woman play that took the Toronto and New York Fringe Festivals by storm! As an added bonus, registered conference attendees receive a discount for the 10/13 performance of this amazing play!
The IAAB Conference is presented by Iranian Alliances Across Borders (IAAB), with generous co-sponsorship from the UCLA Department ofAnthropology, the UCLA Dean of Social Sciences, and the G.E. Von Grunebaum Center for Near Eastern Studies.
CONTACT INFORMATION:
For queries: conference@iranianalliances.org
Website: http://iranianalliances.org/conf2012program
Iranian Alliances Across Borders (IAAB), will be holding its 5th International Conference on the Iranian Diaspora at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) on October 13-14, 2012. Online registration is now open.
The IAAB Conference creates an innovative forum for academics, journalists, artists, and community leaders to discuss the development, challenges, and needs of the Iranian global community. The first and largest program of its kind, participants will join us from the Middle East, Europe, Australia, Asia, and North America, bringing a truly global perspective to these important conversations.
This year’s conference will include 35 panel presentations, 10 workshops and roundtables, a film series, and 2 keynote addresses from Professor Hamid Naficy and Ms. Noosheen Hashemi. You can find the full program on our website. An incredible two days are planned, with a great range of topics and sessions that highlight cutting edge research, innovative cultural programs, and timely assessments of challenges to Iranian communities worldwide.
Several of the many topics included in the 2012 IAAB Conference are:
- Storytelling: oral, visual, and multimedia histories of Iranians in diaspora
- Cultural production in the diaspora
- The roles of Iranian student organizations: advocacy vs. cultural programming
- The production of Iranian diasporic media
- Education in diaspora
- Refugees and asylees: rights, challenges, and advocacy
- The impact of the sanctions on the Iranian American community
- Race and profiling: discrimination, immigration, and the pursuit of justice in Iranian America
- Social services and the Iranian American community
- Transnational activism in and between Iran and the Iranian diaspora
- Iranian Community Centers: Lessons Learned, Models, and Challenges
We are happy to support the Los Angeles debut of Mahmoud, Tara Gerami’s award-winning one-woman play that took the Toronto and New York Fringe Festivals by storm! As an added bonus, registered conference attendees receive a discount for the 10/13 performance of this amazing play!
The IAAB Conference is presented by Iranian Alliances Across Borders (IAAB), with generous co-sponsorship from the UCLA Department ofAnthropology, the UCLA Dean of Social Sciences, and the G.E. Von Grunebaum Center for Near Eastern Studies.
CONTACT INFORMATION:
For queries: conference@iranianalliances.org
Website: http://iranianalliances.org/conf2012program
