THE 18th INTERNATIONAL IWSF CONFERENCE

 

 


Contact Information
http://www.iwsf.org/
Email:
iwsf.dc2007@yahoo.com

Telephone: 1-703 -856-9131      1-202-497-6767
Facsimile: 1-240 -568 -1163

Mailing Address:
IWSF DC 2007
6106 4th N.W.
Washington, DC 20011
USA

 


Conference Program



For printable English version click here,  Persian version  

Morning

8:30
Registration
11:00
Mona Javid (Maryland): Generation Dance
11:10
Welcoming Address: Local Organizing Committee
11:30

Book Introduction:
Fatemeh Keshavarz (Missouri): Jasmine and Stars:
Reading More Than Lolita in Tehran

12:00
Discussion
12:30
Break and Book Signing Session by Speakers

Afternoon

2:00

Film: Crossed Out
Marzieh Vafamehr: Director *

Shahrnush Parsipur (California): Woman of the Year
Farzaneh Milani (Virginia): Introduction
Film: Women Without Men
Shirin Neshat: Director *
3:40

Fereshteh Haeri Darya (Maryland):
Perspectives on the Psychological Well-Being of
Young Iranian-American Women

4:10
Discussion
4:40
Video: Generational Narrative 1
4:50
Announcement: Local Organizing Committee
5:00
Break and Art Reception

Evening

7:00

Film: Gilaneh
Rakhshan Bani-Etemad: Director *

8:40

Fatemeh Motamed Arya (Iran):
Leading Actress will speak and answer questions.

 

 

 

 

Morning

8:30 Registration
9:00 Golnaz Amin (Massachusetts): IWSF Address
9:30

Nahid Shahidian (Canada): Hammed Shahidian
Critical Feminist Paper Award

9:45 Video: Generational Narrative 2
10:00 Amy Goodman (New York): Breaking the Sound Barrier
10:30 Discussion
11:10 Narges Bajoghli (Virginia):
Assessing Alliances Across Generations: The Future of
the Iranian Women's Movement
11:40 Discussion
12:10 Sheema Kalbasi (Maryland ): Poetry Reading
12:30 Break and Book Signing Session by Speakers

Afternoon

 

2:00

Roksana Bahramitash (Canada):
Women's Work in the Informal Economy: A Focus on
Generational Differences

2:30 Discussion
3:10

Generational Panel on Technology:
Zarrin Khoshnevis (Iran):
Understanding the Generational Challenges and
Ways to Bridge the Generation Gap
Pardis Mahdavi (California):
Cyber-connections: Gendered Uses of Cyber-space for
Urban Iranian Women

3:50 Discussion
4:20 Video: Generational Narrative 3
4:30

Banafsheh Akhlagi (California)
Historical and Contemporary Legal, Political and Social Issues
of Iranian -American in Post 9/11 Era

5:00 Discussion Iranian Women
5:30 Announcement: Local Organizing Committee
5:40 Break and Book Signing Session by Speakers

Evening

7:00

Shohreh Assemi (Virginia): Director and Playwriter
Play: Dream...Hope...Freedom
Performers: Shohreh Assemi, Soudabeh Chaman Ara
and Kayvan Zahedi
Mamak Khadem (California) and
Jamshied Sharifi (New York)
: Cross-culture Music: Melodies from
the Regional Music of Iran and West Asia
Laurel Victoria Gray (Maryland): Iranian Folk Dance
by Silk Road Company

Morning

 

8:30 Registration
9:00

Generational Panel on the Women's Movement:
Bita Amani, Azadeh Amani (California):
Identity Politics: Race, Gender and the Next Generation of
Iranian Feminists in America
Azar Derakhshan (France):
Main Challenges and Current Weaknesses in Advancing
the Iranian Women's Movement
Nassim Abdi Dezfooli (Maryland):
Opening the Gates of Freedom to Girls: An Excuse of
Getting Admitted to Sports Stadiums

10:10 Discussion
10:40 Video: Generational Narrative 4
11:00 Film: Back Vocal
Mojtaba Mirtahmasb: Director *
11:40 Mamak Khadem (California): Women Vocalists in Iran
11:55 Discussion
12:10

Break and Book Signing Session by Speakers

Afternoon

 

2:00 Farkhondeh Aghaee (Iran): Evaluation of
Women's Rights in Three Generations of Women Writers
2:30 Discussion
3:00 Video: Generational Narrative 5
3:10 Conference Evaluation & Theme Suggestion for Next Year
5:10 Happy Ending
Evening
7:30 Celebration Party with DJ Ani

 

  • * Film directors will not be present at the conference. 
  •  During program no audio, filming, or Paltalk of the conference
    will be allowed.
  • Simultaneous translation from English to Persian and Persian to
    English is available at the conference.


    Click here for Speakers Biography and Abstract