Category: Society and Politics

Dr. Reza Varjavand: Government Spending in Iran

By , November 2, 2010 11:49 pm

Dr. Reza Varjavand discusses how government spending in Iran affects the Iranian economy, and how economic issues influence Iranian policy decisions. You can listen to his talk here.

Theo Beers: Living and Working in Afghanistan

By , October 26, 2010 11:26 pm

Theo is currently a graduate student in the NELC department at the University of Chicago, and he spent last year, as well as the three previous summers, working in Afghanistan at various NGOs. He spoke about his experiences living and working in Afghanistan, as well as presenting a slide show with photographs.

Dr. Heshmat Moayyad: Jokes in Persian

By , March 2, 2010 11:07 pm

جوکها در زبان فارسی از آقا دکتر حشمت موید
Listen to Dr. Moayyad’s talk here.

Saeed Ghahremani: Che Guevara in Iran

By , February 16, 2010 3:42 pm

Listen to Dr. Ghahremani’s talk here.

Stephen Kinzer: A Journalist Discovers Iran and Mosaddeq

By , January 12, 2010 11:38 pm

Stephen Kinzer, author of All the Shah’s Men, discusses Mossadeq and the 1953 coup. Listen to his talk (in English) here.

Kaveh Ehsani: Iran’s Nuclear Program–Key to Technical Progress or an Instrument of Factional Political Power?

By , November 19, 2009 4:41 pm

Listen to Professor Ehsani’s talk here.

Padrom Partovi: Research and Institutional Cooperation in Iran-Some Notes from a Recent Visit

By , December 12, 2008 8:36 pm

You can listen to this talk here.

Kaveh Hemmat: Ahmad Kasravi, an Iranian Intellectual

By , April 23, 2007 8:46 pm

You can listen to Kaveh’s talk here.

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