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Fri, May 14, 2010 at 9:30 AM EST |
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Sat, May 15, 2010 at 10:00 PM EST |
Location & Address
Governing Council Chamber, Simcoe Hall, 2nd Floor
27 Kings College Circle
Toronto, ON
Canada-M5S 1A1 |
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Fri, May 14, 2010 at 9:30 am to Sat, May 15, 2010 at 10:00 pm
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Friday, May 14, 2010
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9:00-9:15 am: Coffee and Registration
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9:15-9:30 am: Opening Remarks: Professor Melissa Williams
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9:30-9:45 am: Welcoming Remarks: Professor Ramin Jahanbegloo
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9:45-10:30 am: Keynote Speaker: Professor Andrew Arato (New School for Social Research)
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10:30-10:45 am: Coffee Break
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10:45 am- 12:45 pm: Panel I: Thinking Civil Society and State in Iran
- Mojtaba Mahdavi (University of Alberta)
- Karim Sajadpour (Carnegie Endowment)
- Peyman Vahabzadeh (University of Victoria)
- Farzin Vahdat (Vassar College)
(Moderator: Hossein Moghtaderi, University of Toronto)
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12:45-2:00 pm: Break
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2:00 - 2:15pm: Remarks by David Malone (President, IDRC)
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2:15-4:15 pm: Panel II: Democracy Abroad: The Ethics of “Democracy Promotion”
- Payam Akhavan (McGill University)
- David Cameron (University of Toronto)
- Hon. Bob Rae (Liberal Party of Canada)
- Janice Stein (University of Toronto)
(Moderator: Melissa Williams, University of Toronto)
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4:15-4:30 pm: Coffee Break
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4:30-6:30 pm: Panel III: The Role of Women in Iranian Civil Society
- Niloufar Golkar (York University)
- Mehranguiz Kar (Cape Town)
- Azadeh Kian (Université Paris 7 - Denis Diderot)
(Discussant: Haideh Moghissi, York University)
(Moderator: Victoria Tahmasebi, University of Toronto)
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Saturday, May 15, 2010
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9:00-11:00 am: Panel IV: Exploring the Youth Movement in Iran:
- Ron Deibert (University of Toronto)
- Nazila Fathi (The New York Times)
- Ata Hoodashtian (Management Institute of Canada, Montreal)
- Omid Memarian (USA)
(Moderator: Mehrdad Hariri)
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11:00-11:15 am: Coffee Break
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11:15 am- 1:15 pm: Panel V: Islam, Secularism and Civil Society in Iran
- Mehrzad Boroujerdi (Syracuse University)
- Yousefi Eshkevari (Iran)
- Akbar Ganji (Iran)
- Fatemeh Haghighatjoo (University of Massachusetts)
(Moderator: Farzin Vahdat, Vassar College)
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1:15-2:15 pm: Break
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2:15- 4:15 pm: Panel VI: The Role of Trade Unions in Iranian Civil Society
- Saeed Rahnema (York University)
- Sohrab Behdad (Denison University)
- Farhad Nomani (American University in Paris)
(Moderator: Ramin Jahanbegloo, University of Toronto)
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4:15-4:30 pm: Coffee Break
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4:30- 6:30 pm: Panel VII: Democracy in Exile: Dilemmas of Activism
- Nader Hashemi (Denver University)
- C. Rajeshkumar (Sri Lanka Democracy Forum)
- Jai Sen (CAcim, India)
(Moderator: Melissa Williams, University of Toronto)
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6:30- 7:30 pm: Reception
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Centre for Ethics, University of Toronto |
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