Symposium: Women’s Literary & Artistic Creativity in Contemporary Iran

Toronto Initiative for Iranian Studies present a symposium on "Women’s Literary & Artistic Creativity in Contemporary Iran" in Toronto.

Saturday-Sunday, 6-7 November 2004
Earth Sciences Center, Room 1050
33 Willcocks Street, Toronto

The University of Toronto
Department of Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations
Department of History, and the Department of Historical Studies-UTM

Toronto Initiative for Iranian Studies

in Conjunction with
Persian Heritage Foundation
and Iranian Association at the University of Toronto

present a symposium on

Women’s Literary & Artistic Creativity in Contemporary Iran

Concurrent with an Exhibition of Books Published by Iranian Women

Saturday-Sunday, 6-7 November 2004
Earth Sciences Center, Room 1050
33 Willcocks Street, Toronto

Saturday, 6 November

9:00-10:00 a.m.

Reception and Registration

10:00-10:15 a.m.

Opening Remarks

10:15-11:00 a.m.
Iranian Women Writers and the Public Sphere
Professor Farzaneh Milani, University of Virginia

11:00 –12:00 noon
Women in Contemporary Iran
Shahla Lahiji

12:00-1:00 p.m.
Women in Contemporary Iran: Problems and Challenges
Ziba Abdolahzadeh Lahiji

1:00-2:15 p.m.

Lunch & Documentary Film
A Day in the Life of Saray

2:15-3:15 p.m.Iranian Women’s Employment Initiatives: Difficulties and Challenges
Firouzeh Saber

3:15-4:15 p.m.
Philosophy as a New Sphere for Iranian Women
Nushin Shahandeh

4:15-5:15 p.m.
Women and Drama in Contemporary Iranian Theater
Chista Yasrebi

5:15-6:15 p.m.

Documentary Film
A Day in the Life of Zinat

6:15-7:30 p.m.
Reception

Sunday, 7 November 2004

10:00-12:00 noon
Roundtable on Narrative Literature in Contemporary Iran
Chair: Farzaneh Milani, University of Virginia

Parinoush Sani’i

Author of Muhim Man

Mahnaz Attarha Karimi

Author of Such Dance and Sang va Sanubar

Mehri Yalfani

Author of Khaneh Dur Ast, Afsanah-’i Khak, and Mah

12:00-1:15 p.m.

Lunch & Documentary Film
Dialogue in a Fog

1:15-2:15 p.m.
Contemporary Iranian Women Journalists
Lili Farhadpour

2:15-3:15 p.m.
Iranian Women Beyond Iran
A Public Discussion

5:00

Closing Remarks

Organizing Committee:
Nazli Kamvari, Lili Pourzand, and Mohamad Tavak