THE IRANIAN ASSOCIAION AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO (IAUT)

IS PROUD TO  PRESENT:

 

The Coup and Mossadegh’s Fall:

A Fiftieth Anniversary Commemoration

An International Symposium

                                            

 

August 23, 2003

 

Medical Science Building Auditorium

1 King’s College Circle

University of Toronto

 

 

Almost exactly fifty years after the event, this unique symposium brings leading scholars, activists, and other notable personalities to Toronto from various continents to address the historical record and the legacy of the coup which toppled Prime Minister Mohammad Mossadegh’s government on August 19, 1953 – Mordad 28th, 1332, in the Iranian calendar. It brings to life and dissects one of the most important events in twentieth-century Iranian history, and throws light on the lessons Iranians and other nations can learn from those fateful times.

 

Historians, political scientists, legal experts and others will look at the ways in which  Iranian history for the past fifty years has been affected by Mossadegh’s overthrow, and the impact of the coup not only on Iran’s political and economic development, but on U.S. foreign policy, the politics of the developing world and, more broadly, the conduct of international relations. 

 

Books and posters will be available for sale.

 

Speakers Include:

 

Mark Gasiorowski, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Abbas Milani, Hoover Institution, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California

Ahmad Ashraf, Center for Iranian Studies, Columbia University, New York City

Farhang Rajaee, Department of Political Science, Carleton University, Ottawa

Guive Mirfendereski,  International lawyer and a legal historian, Boston

Hossein Lajevardi,  President of Association des Chercheurs Iraniens, ACI, Paris

--And many others

 

Documentary film and audio clips make up other parts of the program.

 

Join us to relive Iranian and world history!

 



Updated On: 14/08/2003