IQSA Ten Year Anniversary 2010 Conference:
Conference jointly organized by
IQSA and St Antony's College, University of Oxford, UK
~ Retrospective and Prospects: Reflections on the Study of the Qajar Era ~
Conference Location:
Mary Ogilvie Lecture Theatre, St Anne's College, Woodstock Road, Oxford, OX2 6JF
Conference Dates:
Wednesday August 11 - Friday August 13, 2010
CONFIRMED SPEAKERS
- Conference Session Chairs:
- Introductions: Homa Katouzian, Manoutchehr Eskandari-Qajar
- Panel One: Chair: Houchang Chehabi
- Panel Two: Chair: Ferydoun Barjesteh
- PanelThree: Chair: Nahid Mozaffari
- Panel Four: Chair: Dominic Brookshaw
- Panel Five: Chair: Manoutchehr Eskandari-Qajar
- Panel Six: Chair: Hans Timmermans
- Panel Seven: Chair: Roxanne Farmanfarmaian*
- Panel Eight: Chair:
- Panel Nine: Chair:
- Panel Ten: Chair:
- Closing Remarks and Vote of Thanks: Ferydoun Barjesteh, Homa Katouzian
- Touraj Atabaki
- Stephanie Cronin
- Elton Daniel
- Layla Diba
- Mansoureh Ettehadieh
- Ali Gheissari: Philosophy in Late Qajar Iran: Notes on the School of Tehran
- Talinn Grigor *
- Homa Katouzian
- Vanessa Martin: The Qajar Period on its Own Terms
- Ali Miransari: Theater in the Qajar era
- Afsaneh Najmabadi
- Kamran Safamanesh
- Cyrus Samii
- Jennifer Scarce
- Fatema Soudavar*
- Heidi Walcher
* To be Confirmed
ABOUT THE SPEAKERS
PRESENTATION ABSTRACTS
The Qajar Period on its Own Terms
Vanessa Martin is Reader in Middle Eastern History at Royal Holloway, University of London.
Tentative abstract: This paper would look at the movement away from the propaganda/Whig interpretations of the Qajar period towards a social especially and cultural approach.
She can be reached at: v.martin@rhul.ac.uk
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