State, Elites and Sovereignty in Modern Iran

A full-day conference of panels and discussions on the role and influence of notable intellectual figures in modern Iranian history.

Tirgan Festival 2023 (Canada)

University of St. Andrews (Scotland)

Jindal Global University (India)

Conference Toronto- July 22, 2023

 
State, Elites and Sovereignty in Modern Iran

8:00 am – 9:00 am: Registration

9:00 am- 9:30 am: Welcoming Addresses

Mehrdad Ariannejad (CEO Tirgan Festival)

Professor Ali Ansari (University of St. Andrews, Scotland)

9:30 am-11:00 am:

Panel I: Constitutional Revolution of 1906-1911 and State Building in Iran

Moderator: Professor Victoria Tahmasebi (University of Toronto)

Participants :

1- Professor Nayereh Tohidi (California State University- Northridge)

“Sedigheh Dowlatabadi and the Constitutional Revolution in Iran”

2- Professor Farzin Vahdat (Sociologist-Author)

« The Role of Babis and Azalis in the Constitutional Revolution in Iran”

3- Professor Ramin Jahanbegloo (Jindal Global University- India)

« Mohammad Ali Foroughi and the Idea of State Building”

11:00 am-11:30 am: Coffee Break

11:30- 1:00 pm

Panel II: Elites and State in the Pahlavi Iran

Moderator: Professor Nima Naghibi (Toronto Metropolitan University)

Participants:

4- Professor Touraj Atabaki (Emeritus, Leiden University)

« Mostafa Fateh, a statesman with dual commitment»

5- Professor Houchang Chehabi (Emeritus, Boston University)

“Iranian State and Abolishing Capitulations in Qajar & Pahlavi Iran”

6- Professor Firoozeh Kashani-Sabet (University of Pennsylvania): by Zoom Link

“Farokhroo Parsa: Women and State Building”

1:00 pm-2:30 pm: Lunch

2:30 pm- 4:00 pm

Panel III: Sovereignty and State in the Islamic Republic

Moderator: Professor Khatereh Sheibani (York University)

Participants:

1- Professor Ali Ansari (University of St. Andrews, Scotland)

“Reading Weber in the Islamic Republic of Iran”

2- Professor Edward Wastnidge (Open University- UK)

“Religious identity and State in the Islamic Republic”

3- Dr. Ladan Boroumand (Historian &Human Rights Advocate)

“Shapour Bakhtiar and Constitutionalism in Iran”

4:00 pm- 4:30 pm: Coffee Break

4:30 pm- 6:00 pm:

Panel IV: State Building in Post-Islamic Iran: Perspectives and Possibilities (Roundtable)

Moderator: Professor Arsalan Kahnemuyipour (University of Toronto)

Participants:

1- Dr. Azadeh Momeni (Carleton University)

2- Professor Nayereh Tohidi (California State University- Northridge)

3- Dr. Ladan Boroumand (Historian &Human Rights Advocate)

6:00 pm- 6:15 pm: Closing Remarks