Conference 2006 - Program
DANESH Institute 2006 Conference
Preliminary Program
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 20: MORNING
Special Session
Registration and Welcome
Ruth E. Van Reken, Intercultural Consultant; Co-founder, Families in Global Transition
Who Am I Really? Recognizing the Diversity of Youth Who Grow Up in Many Cultures
Panel: Second Generation Iranian-Americans
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 20: AFTERNOON
Conference
Keynote Address
Taher Zandi, State University of New York
Mental Health and Older Adults: Challenges Faced by Iranian and Other Immigrant Families
Discussant: Patricia Higgins, State University of New York
Presentation
Mary E. Hegland, Santa Clara University
Iranian Elders in North California : Building
Community through the Mohabat Center
Presentation
Khadija Khaja, Indiana University
Irene Queiro-Tajalli, Indiana University
Bassima Schbley, Washburn University
Bridging Cultures Post 9/11: Strengths, Stresses, and Coping Mechanisms of Those in the Diaspora: Implications for Teaching and Practice
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 20: EVENING
Poetry Night (Shab-e She'ar) in Persian
Peyman Vahabzadeh and Ali Zarrin
Chair: Homayoon Shidnia , Indiana University
SATURDAY: OCTOBER 21: MORNING
Registration
Keynote Address
Mehdi Bozorgmehr
City University of New York
The Iranian Experience in America : Achievements and Challenges
Discussant: Yahya Kamalipour, Purdue University
Presentation
Leah Baer, Independent Scholar
Iranian Jewish Community in the United States
Twenty Five Years after Immigration
Presentation
Ali Akbar Mahdi
Ohio Wesleyan University
An Uncertain but Desired Life: Iranians in Dubi
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 21: AFTERNOON
Roundtable
Kazem Tehrani, Portland State University
Diane Tehrani, Clark College
Poetry Reading : An Iranian Contribution to the Community
Presentation
Manoj Pardasani, Indiana University
Peer-led Intervention Model of Social Work with Asian and Iranian Immigrant Women
Presentations
Peyman Vahabzadeh, University of Victoria
Where Is My Poetic Dwelling? The Vicissitudes of Changing Diasporic Communities
Ali Zarrin, Regis University
Persian Immigration Poetry: Ruptures and Continuity in Millennium-Old Persian Poetry
Chair and Discussant: Said Honarmand, Ohio State University
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 21: EVENING
Reception
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 22: MORNING
Keynote Address [To be announced]
Presentation
Taghi Azadarmaki, University of Tehran
Mehri Bahar, University of Tehran
Immigration and Cultural Changes in Iran
Panel: Summary and Conclusion
The DÃNESH Institute has been approved by the United States Internal revenue Service as a 501 (c) (3) independent, non-political not-for-profit educational organization. The institute's primary purpose is to stimulate and promote scholarly studies in social and behavioral sciences related to Iranian communities abroad, particularly in the United States.
