Culture and Cultural Politics in Early Pahlavi Iran, 1921-1951
International Symposium, 26-28 June 2009
Programme
Friday, 26 June 2009
14.00: Welcome and Opening Session
14.30 - 18.00: Panel 1 “Communication and Cultural Politics”
Föllmer, Katja: Structure and Dynamics of Communication in Public Discourse
Soleimany, Karim: Press Censorship under Reza Shah (1925-1941)
Marashi, Afshin: Imagining Hafez: Rabindranath Tagore in Iran, 1932
16.00 – 16.30 : Coffee Break
Werner, Christoph: Drama and Operetta at the ‘Red Lion and Sun’: Theatre in Tabriz 1921-51
Dehdarian, Roja: "Newly Hatched Chickens". Bozorg Alavi Remembering the Young Literary Scene of the 1930s
17.30 - 18.00 : Summary Discussion
18.00 : Reception
Saturday, 27 June 2008
9.30 - 12.00 : Panel 2 “Cultures of Modern Science”
Devos, Bianca: Engineering a Modern Society: Regulations and Instructions on How to Adopt Technology in Iran, 1925-1941
Malekzadeh, Elham: How to Give Birth to a New Generation: Midwifery in Reza Shah´s Health Care System
10.30 - 10.45 : Coffee Break
Schayegh, Cyrus: From Bio-medical to Social Sciences: The Shifting Frameworks of Iranian Sociocultural Reforms, 1930s-1950s
11.30 - 12.00 : Summary Discussion
12.00 - 14.00 : Lunch Break
14.00-16.00 : Panel 3 “Teaching Culture”
Chehabi, Houchang E.: Mir Mehdi Varzandeh and the Introduction of Modern Physical Education in Iran
Haag-Higuchi, Roxane: Modernization in Literary History: Malek al-sho'arāBah ār's “Stylistics”
Akbari, Mohammad Ali: Teaching History in School Books and the Project of Nation Building in the Early Pahlavi Period
15.30 - 16.00 : Summary Discussion
16.00 - 16.30 : Coffee Break
16.30 - 17.00 : Final Discussion
19.00 : Dinner
Sunday, 28 June 2008
08.30 - 10.00 Breakfast & Departure of Participants
