به مناسبت سی ام سال انقلاب ۱۹۷۹ ایران از اول تا سوم ماه می ۲۰۰۹ دانشگاه یورک تورنتو ـ کانادا کنفرانسی برگزار می کند


 

شهروند ۱۲۲۶ ـ ۲۳ اپریل 2009 

کنفرانس بین المللی

عقب نشینی سکولار ؟ چالش های بنیادگرایی مذهبی

به مناسبت سی امین سال انقلاب ۱۹۷۹ ایران

  

International Conference

on the Occasion of the 30th Anniversary of the Iranian Revolution of 1979


 



York
University,

Toronto
May 1-3, 2009


Schulich
Building, Private Dining Room


 

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Sponsored By:

Diaspora Project,

York
University

Office of the Provost/Vice President Academic

Office of the Dean, Atkinson Faculty of Liberal and Professional Studies

Office of the Vice President, Research


 


 

 

 

 

 

PROGRAM


 

Please note that "sessions" are just time slots and not formal panels. Participants will deliver their 20- minute contribution from their seat at the central table during their allocated time slots, followed by discussions. We plan to arrange simultaneous Farsi/English translation.

FRIDAY
MAY ۱,

v Session I:
۹:۰۰am-10:15am

Welcoming remarks: Dean Rhonda Lenton

Chair: Thabit Abdullah,

York
University

*Abdullahi an-Naim (

Emory
University,

Atlanta,
USA), The Interdependence of the Religious and Secular: The Religious Fallacy of Fundamentalism

* Akbar Ganji (Writer, journalist,

Iran) Islam, Democracy and Secularism

۱۰:۱۵ am-10:30 am, Coffee Break

v Session II:
۱۰:۳۰ am –
۱۲:۱۵ pm

Chair: Meg Luxton,

York
University

* Akeel Bilgrami (

Columbia University,
USA), Religion and the Democratic Ideal

* Susan E. Babbitt (Queen’s University,

Canada), Secularism, Ethics, and Freedom: A Case for Epistemic Humility

* Ramin Jahanbelgoo (

University of Toronto,
Canada), Two Concepts of Secularism

* Omid A. Payrow Shabani (

University of Guelph,
Canada), Secularism, Religion and Democracy: On the Boundary of Public Reason

Lunch:
۱۲:۳۰ pm-1:30pm

v Session
III:
۱:۳۰ pm-3:15pm

Chair: Robert MacDermid,

York
University

* Reza Alijani (Author and educator,

Iran), Pre-secular Iranians in a Post-secular World: Death of God, Resurrection of God

* Mojtaba Mahdavi (

University of
Alberta,

Edmonton,
Canada), Problematizing Post-Islamist Islam in

Iran: Neo-Shariati’s Discourse and Soroush’s Liberal Islam

* Elahe Amani (Women Intercultural

Network,
California,
USA), Women’s Movement at the Forefront of Reclaiming Secularism

*Mohamad Tavakoli-Targhi (

University of Toronto,
Canada), Secular U-Turn: Spiritual Revolution to Post-Islamist Secularism

 Coffee Break,
۳:۱۵ pm –
۳:۳۰ pm

v Session IV:
۳: ۳۰ pm – 5:15 pm

Chair: Haideh Moghissi,

York
University

* Amir Hooshang Keshavarz-Sadr (Iranian Documentation and Research Centre,

Paris,
France), Reflections on the Question of Separation of Religion and State in Two Periods of Contemporary

Iran: ۱۹۰۶-۱۹۲۵ and 1925-date)

* Jamshid Behnam (formerly



University of

Tehran,



University of

Paris,



Sorbonne,

France), Ambiguities in the Definition and Perception of Certain Concepts



* Nasser Pakdaman  (formerly



University of

Tehran,



University of Paris,

France), Orf and Shar’, Search for Supremacy in a  Conflictual Coexistence

* Ali M. Farkhondeh (Keshtgar), (Essayist,

Paris,
France), Evolution of Secularism in the Post- Revolutionary

Iran



۷:۰۰ pm Dinner

Restaurant: TBA



SATURDAY
MAY ۲,

v Session V:
۹:۰۰am-10:15am

Chair: Leo Panitch,

York
University

* Gilbert Achcar (SOAS,

University of London,
UK), Are Muslim-Majority Lands Immune to Secularism?

* Abel Majeed Hamdan (Writer, journalist, Ramallah,

Palestine), Secularism in the
Middle East: The Case of

Palestine

Coffee Break,
۱۰:۱۵-۱۰:۳۰

vSession VI:
۱۰:۳۰-۱۲:۱۵ pm

Chair: Barbara Cameron,

York
University

* Ghada Karmi (

Exeter University,
UK), Islamic Fundamentalism and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

* Deniz Kandiyoti (SOAS,

University of London,
UK), The Travails of Secularism: Citizenship and Gender Equality in

Turkey

*Fauzia Ahmed (Miami University of Ohio, USA), Separating Religion and State in

Bangladesh: Should Fatwa be Unconstitutional?

* Afiya Shehrbano Zia (Women Rights Group,

Karachi,
Pakistan), From Secular to the Sacred: A Critique of Islamic Revivalism and its Impact on the Women’s Movement in

Pakistan.

Lunch:
۱۲:۳۰-۱:۳۰ pm

vSession, VII:
۱:۳۰pm-3:15 pm

Chair: Greg Albo,

York
University

* Mehrdad Vahabi (

University of Paris,
France), Islamic

Republic of
Iran, Clerics and Non-Clerics: Who is the Opposition?

* Behrooz Moazami (Loyola University New Orleans, USA), Rethinking the Role of Religion in

Iran’s History and Politics (1796-2009)

* Chidan Vassigh (Essayist,

Paris,
France), Secularization and its Problématique in

Iran

* Misagh Parsa (

Dartmouth College,
USA), Promoters and Paths of Democratization

Coffee Break,
۳:۱۵-۳:۳۰ pm

vSession VIII:
۳:۳۰pm-5:15 pm

Chair: Mark Goodman,

York
University

* Yvonne Haddad (George

Washington University,

Washington
DC,
USA), North American Muslims and the Challenge of Secularism

* Shahrzad Mojab (

University of Toronto,
Canada), Freedom of Religion and Freedom from Religion:  The Assault on Secular Education in

Canada

* Amir Hassanpour (

University of Toronto,
Canada), The Imperatives of US Foreign Policy: Imperialism and Fundamentalism

* Reza Allamehzadeh (Film Director, Novelist,

Utrecht,
Netherlands), Western Powers Countering Democratic Movements in the
Middle East

Reception:
۷:۰۰pm-10:00 pm,

Place: Schulich Private Dining room


 

SUNDAY, May 3:

vSession IX:
۹:۳۰am-10:45am

Chair: Ezat Mossalanejad, CCVT,

Toronto,
Canada

* Sohrab Behdad (

Denison University,
USA) and Farhad Nomani (

American
University,

Paris), Thirty Years of Social Class Reshuffling in

Iran

* Peyman Vahabzadeh (

University of Victoria,
Canada), Secularism and the Iranian Militant Left: Cultural Issues or Political Misconception?

* Fariborz Raisdana (Formerly Melli (National) University, Iranian Writers Association,

Iran), The Islamic Republic Confronting the Left Movement: Ideology or Class Interests

Coffee Break,
۱۰:۴۵-۱۱:۰۰


 

vSession X:
۱۱:۰۰-۱۲:۱۵

Chair: Minoo Derayeh,

York
University

* Darioush Ashouri (Lexicographer, author, Paris

France), Islamic Revolution
: The Unexpected Phenomenon

* Shadi Sadr (Lawyer,

Tehran,
Iran), Challenging Religious Fundamentalism from a Secular Approach: The Experience of the “Stop Stoning Forever Campaign”.

*Asghar Schirazi (

Harvard University,
USA), "Secularism and the Legislative Process in the Islamic

Republic of
Iran"

* Saeed Rahnema (

York University,
Canada), Secularism and Fundamentalism in

Iran.

۱۲:۱۵ Conclusion

Lunch
۱:۰۰ pm –
۲:۰۰ pm

۳:۰۰ pm-۵:۰۰ pm. Farsi Panel: Iranian Politics and Society Today, (Iranian panellists), Schulich auditorium W 141.