Iran and the Enigma of Modernity Lecture
Dr. Abbas Milani
Date: Sunday, November 6th, 2005
 Dr. Abbas Milani
is a research fellow and co-director of the Iran Democracy Project at
the Hoover Institution. In addition, Dr. Milani is Director of the
Iranian Studies Program at Stanford University and a visiting professor
in the department of political science. His expertise is U.S./Iran relations,
Iranian cultural, political, and security issues.
Milani was a professor of history and political science and chair of the
department at Notre Dame de Namur University and a research fellow at the
Institute of International Studies at the University of California at Berkeley.
Milani was an assistant professor in the faculty of law and political
science at Tehran University and a member of the board of directors of
Tehran University's Center for International Studies from 1979 to 1987.
He was a research fellow at the Iranian Center for Social Research from
1977 to 1978 and an assistant professor at the National University of
Iran from 1975 to 1977.
Milani is the author of The Persian Sphinx: Amir Abbas
Hoveyda and the Riddle of the Iranian Revolution (Mage, 2000); Modernity
and Its Foes in Iran (Gardon Press, 1998); Tales of Two Cities: A Persian
Memoir (Mage, 1996); On Democracy and Socialism, a collection of
articles coauthored with Faramarz Tabrizi (Pars Press, 1987); and Malraux and
the Tragic Vision (Agah Press, 1982). His latest book is Lost Wisdom:
Rethinking Persian Modernity in Iran (Mage 2004). Milani has also
translated numerous books and articles into Persian and English.
Milani's articles have been published in journals, magazines, and newspapers
including the Encyclopedia Iranica, the Hoover Digest, Iranshenasi,
the Journal of the Middle East, Middle East Journal, the New York
Review of Books, the San Francisco Chronicle, and the Times Literary
Supplement. He has been interviewed for radio and television, appearing on the
BBC, CNN, KQED, Radio France, Radio Farda, Radio Free Europe, Radio and
Television of Iran, and Voice of America.
He is a member of the American Association of Political Science, the American Academy
of Political and Social Science, and the Association of Iranian Studies.
Milani received his BA in political science and economics from the University of
California at Berkeley in 1970 and his PhD in political science from the University
of Hawaii in 1974.
Sunday, November 6th, 2005
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
H.R. MacMillan Space Center
1100 Chestnut St., Vancouver
Information: 604.696.1121
Email: info@canadianiranianfoundation.com
- Tickets at the door - $10 and $5 for students with a valid Student ID Card.
- The following books will also be sold on location:
- King of Shadows,
- Modernity and its Foes,
- Lost Wisdom - Rethinking Modernity in Iran
(Cheques accepted only)
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