IRAN ON THE MOVE: SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION IN THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC

Workshop - Introduction

Venue:

International Institute for the Study of Islam in the Modern World (ISIM), Leiden.

Dates:

27-28 April 2005.

Organised by:

The International Institute for the Study of Islam in the Modern World (ISIM), Leiden, in association with the Iran Heritage Foundation, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, and the University of Wales, Swansea.

Convened by:

Professor Asef Bayat, ISIM/Leiden University; Anna Enayat and Dr. Soraya Tremayne, University of Oxford.; and Dr. Abbas Vali, University of Wales, Swansea.

Introduction:

Iranian society has undergone, and continues to experience, exceptionally rapid changes in most spheres of life, especially in the social and cultural realm. There has been no attempt to draw together the work that has been done on the various strands of change or to make sense of it in an overall context. The aim of this workshop is to take steps towards filling this vacuum which will, at the same time, go some way to introducing some of the most important research that has been done on Iranian society, to an interested and informed public.

Admission free:

(contact enquiries to check availability of space).

Enquiries:

44 1865 331289, soraya.tremayne@anthro.ox.ac.uk.