BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:icalendar-ruby CALSCALE:GREGORIAN X-WR-CALNAME:Archiving the History of Modern Iranian Women X-WR-TIMEZONE:Pacific Time (US & Canada) BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260715T225845Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_48775563030992 DTSTART:20250306T220000Z DTEND:20250307T023000Z DESCRIPTION:From Houri Moghadam to Homa Sarshar: Iranian Women Archives at Stanford \n\nJoin us for a half-day conference celebrating important archi val collections at Stanford University created by or about Iranian women. Scholars will explore the intricacies of archival creation\, the vital rol e these collections play in preserving the modern history of Iranian women \, and the pressing need for continued archival research and scholarship i n this area.\n\nSponsored by Stanford's Green Library and the Hamid and Ch ristina Moghadam Program in Iranian Studies\n\nConference is in English.\n \nAGENDA\n\nWelcome Remarks: 2:00 PM\n\nPanel One: 2:15-3:45 PM\n\nCoffee/ Tea Break: 3:45-4:00 PM\n\nPanel Two: 4:00-5:45 PM\n\nLight Reception: 5:4 5-6:30 PM\n\nPANELISTS\n\nKioumars Ghereghlou\n\n\n\nKioumars Ghereghlou i s the Curator for Middle East Collections at the Stanford University Libra ries. His most recent book is a critical edition of Hayati Tabrizi’s (d. after 1554) newly-found chronicle of the early Safavids and the opening y ears of the reign of Shah Isma’il I (New Haven\, Conn.: American Orienta l Society\, 2018).\n\nSepideh Mohammadian\n\n\n\nSepideh Mohammadian was b orn in 1986 in Tehran\, Iran. She is an author\, screenwriter and research er. She earned her BA in Law and MA in sociology and is fluent in Farsi\, English\, French and Turkish. Mohammadian has been writing for 20 years no w\, working with Roshangaran Publication since the beginning of her career as a writer. She has worked with several literary magazines in Iran havin g published short stories and also is a member of Pen America. Mohammadian ’s research works focus on semiotics in films and the difficulties socia l\, racial and sexual minorities face in society. She has written eight bo oks some of which are banned in Iran. Her latest book\, The Assembly of th e Forgotten\, which was banned in Iran\, was recently published by Mehri P ublication in London. Since she has been advocating for the freedom to wri te\, particularly for marginalized voices\, she actively promotes and high lights banned books by fellow writers on her social media platforms\, aimi ng to raise awareness of their work and the unjust censorship they face.\n \nNegar Mottahedeh\n\n\n\nNegar Mottahedeh is a Professor of Literature at Duke University. Her research on film\, social media\, and social movemen ts in the Middle East has been published with Stanford University Press\, Syracuse University Press\, Duke University Press. This includes her monog raphs Whisper Tapes: Kate Millet in Iran which was published with Stanford UP in 2019\, Displaced Allegories: Iranian Cinema 1980-2000 published wit h DUP in 2008 and #iranelection: hashtag solidarity and the transformation of online life. She has written for WIRED magazine\, The Hill\, Salon.com \, The Observer and The Wall Street Journal. She holds a PhD in Comparativ e Studies in Discourse and Society from the University of Minnesota and a BA in International Relations from Mount Holyoke College.\n\nAbbas Milani\ n\n\n\nAbbas Milani is the Director of the Hamid and Christina Moghadam Pr ogram in Iranian Studies at Stanford University\, an Adjunct Professor\, a nd co-director of the Iran Democracy Project and a research fellow at the Hoover Institution. His expertise is U.S.-Iran relations as well as Irania n cultural\, political\, and security issues. Milani is the author of nume rous books in Persian and English. Most recently\, he published 30 Portrai ts (Persian Circle). Milani has also translated numerous books and article s into Persian and English. He has published more than 250 essays and book reviews in journals and papers.\n\nFarzaneh Milani\n\n\n\nFarzaneh Milani is Raymond J. Nelson Professor Emerita of Iranian literature and Gender S tudies at the University of Virginia. She has published several articles a nd books\, most recently\, The Literary Biography of Forugh Farrokhzad and Unpublished Letters. Milani is currently working on a book project tentat ively titled\, “Iranian Women Writers at the Threshold of the Local and the Global.”\n\nNahid Pirnazar\n\n\n\nNahid Pirnazar is a lecturer of Ir anian Studies at UCLA where she received her Ph.D. in 2004 in Iranian Stud ies with an emphasis on Judeo-Persian literature and Iranian Jewish Histor y. She has been teaching the Habib Levy Visiting Professorship of Judeo-Pe rsian Literature at UCLA since 2000\, and the History of Iranian Jews at U CLA since 2007. Pirnazar is the founder and president of The House of Jude o-Persian Manuscripts\, an academic organization\, which collects\, preser ves\, transliterates and publishes Judeo-Persian manuscripts. She presents her research internationally\, which focuses on varied aspects of Judeo-P ersian writings and Iranian literature as well as the history\, culture an d national identity of Iranian Jews. Among her many publications in both E nglish and Persian\, the most recent ones are: Judeo-Persian Writings\, A Manifestation of Intellectual and Literary Life (Routhledge\, 2020)\; Keta b-e Anusi\, Poetic Narratives of the Life of Iranian Jews in the Safavid E ra\, which is the latest volume in the series of “Ketab-e Iran Namag” \, published jointly by University of Toronto\, Elahe Omidyar Mir-Djalali Institute of Iranian Studies & Houses of Judeo-Persian Manuscripts\, 2021. \n\nHoma Sarshar\n\n\n\nHoma Sarshar is a published author\, award-winning journalist\, writer\, and media personality. She is the author of five bo oks and the editor of nine volumes. From 1964 to 1978\, she worked as a co rrespondent\, reporter\, and columnist for Zan-e Ruz weekly magazine and K ayhan daily newspaper in Iran. From 1972 to 1978 she worked as a televisio n producer\, director\, and talk-show host for National Iranian Radio & Te levision. In 1978\, Sarshar moved to Los Angeles where she resumed her car eer as a freelance journalist\, radio and television producer\, and on-air host. In 1982 as the co-producer\, writer\, and talk-show host of Omid Ra dio she co-founded a daily AM radio broadcast. In 1996\, Sarshar founded t he Center for Iranian Jewish Oral History (CIJOH) in Los Angeles. In 2006\ , she founded Honar Foundation in Los Angeles. From 2006 until March 2021 Sarshar has been producing\, writing\, and hosting a two hour weekly radio show at 670AM KIRN. She earned a BA in French literature from Tehran Univ ersity\; a MA in journalism from the Annenberg School of Communications\, USC\; and a Ph.D. (HC) in Journalism from College of Letters and Science a t the American World University – LA\, CA. She has received numerous awa rds for her work\, including the Medal for Special Achievement in Women's Rights\, given by The Iranian Women's Organization of Tehran\, Iran\; Jour nalism Award: Distinguished Iranian Women by the Encyclopaedia Iranica\; C ommendation for Community Affairs Services by the County of Los Angeles\; 2013 Ellis Island Medal of Honor\; 2016 American Heritage Award by America n Immigration Council\; and in 2023 the 13th Bita Prize for Persian Arts - Stanford University\, Iranian Studies.\n\nMona Tajali\n\n\n\nMona Tajali is a scholar of gender and politics\, specializing in women's political pa rticipation and representation in Muslim countries\, with a comparative fo cus on Iran\, Afghanistan\, and Turkey. Her research includes analysis of feminist mobilization against patriarchal structures as well as the experi ences of institutionalization of women's rights in semi-democratic and non -democratic contexts. She is the author of Women’s Political Representat ion in Iran and Turkey: Demanding a Seat at the Table (2022) and co-author of Electoral Politics: Making Quotas Work for Women (2011)\, both publish ed as open access. She is also the co-editor of Women and Constitutions in Muslim Contexts (2024)\, the first compilation analyzing several national constitutions of the Muslim world through a gender lens. A firm believer in engaging across the academic-practitioner divide\, Tajali has been a lo ng-term collaborator with transnational solidarity network and Women Livin g Under Muslim Laws (WLUML)\, and\, since 2019\, has served as a member of its executive board. She is published in both academic and popular outlet s\, among them the Middle East Journal\, Politics & Gender\, The Conversat ion\, and The Washington Post. Tajali is a former associate professor of i nternational relations and women’s\, gender\, and sexuality studies at A gnes Scott College in Atlanta.\n\nMandana Zandian\n\n\n\nMandana Zandian g raduated from Shahid Beheshti Medical School in 1997. She worked as a rese archer at Cedars-Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles for 20 years\, specializing in research on aggressive forms of advanced cancers. Dr. Zandian is also a published poet\, author\, and journalist\, actively collaborating with "Rahavard" quarterly journal. Her books include: Omid o Azadi (Hope and Li berty\, Los Angeles\, 2012) on the life and works of Iraj Gorgin\; Baz-kha ni-e Dah Shab (The Ten-Nights Revisited\, Los Angeles\, 2014)\; Ehsan Yars hater in Conversation with Mandana Zandian (Los Angeles\, 2016)\; She also edited Yaddashtha (Diaries\, Washington DC\, 2021)\, a collection of note s written between 1986-2012 for the journals "Irannameh" and "Iranshenasi" by Dr. Ehsan Yarshater. Zandian's most recent collection of poems is titl ed Seda-ye Saye-haye Ham Boodim (Our Voice Echoed the Shadows of All\, Los Angeles\, 2019). Dr. Zandian is also the host and producer of a podcast on Persian Literature titled "A Window of Freedom." She collaborated on a section of Homa Sarshar's weekly radio program\, introducing Persian conte mporary poets\, for 10 years. Zandian's latest book is titled Persian Cypr ess and the Booms of Modernity\, in Conversation with Abbas Milani (Los An geles\, 2023).\n\n \n\nStanford is committed to ensuring its facilities\, programs and services are accessible to everyone. To request access inform ation and/or accommodations for this event\, please complete https://tinyu rl.com/AccessStanford at the latest one week before the event. LOCATION:In person at Stanford (RSVP for location) SUMMARY:Archiving the History of Modern Iranian Women URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.stanford.edu/event/archiving-the-history-of-mo dern-iranian-women CATEGORIES:Conference/Symposium END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR