Why and How has Iranian Identity Become so Politicized?

A Lecture in Persian by Prof. Mehrzad Boroujerdi (Syracuse University)

February 11, 2018 - 4pm - UCLA 121 Dodd Hall

In this presentation, Mehrdad Boroujerdi, Professor of Political Science at Syracuse University and Visiting Scholar at UCLA's Center for Near Eastern Studies, will address the central tenants of the contested notion of Iranian Identity. His lecture will analyze attempts at defining this notion, as well as the current challenges and controversies that surround it.

Mehrdad Boroujerdi is a Professor of Political Science and O'Hanley Faculty Scholar at Syracuse University. He is currently a fellow of the American Council of Education in residence at California State University, Northridge, as well as a Visiting Scholar at UCLA's Center for Near Eastern Studies.

Dr. Boroujerdi's research centers on the intellectual and political history of modern Iran. He is the author of Iranian Intellectuals and the West: The Tormented Triumph of Nativism (1996), I Carved, Worshiped and Shattered: Essays on Iranian Politics and Identity [in Persian] (2010), and Post-Revolutionary Iran: A Handbook (forthcoming from Syracuse University Press).

This event is made possible with the major support of the Amuzegar Chair in Iranian Studies and the Musa Sabi Term Chair of Iranian Studies in collaboration with the UCLA Center for Near Eastern Studies.

IRANIAN STUDIES OUTREACH I BILINGUAL LECTURE SERIES

Lecture in Persian

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For more information visit: iranian.ucla.edu