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Reflections on the Iranian revolution in present times

Study day to mark the Fortieth Year since the revolution
Monday 11 February 2019

Forty years ago, the 1979 revolution transformed Iran into an immense political laboratory, the scope of which is little known in Europe. From then on, political Islam would be at the heart of the issues facing the world today.

The aim is to look back at this event by exploring what it has become, but also what it never became: what was the experience? Who was involved? What memories does it evoke? What paradigm does this close-up look at the event offer us for understanding other movements today and their futures, from Egypt to Syria?
– Chowra Makaremi

Programme:

10.00-10.15: Chowra Makaremi (CNRS) and Christine Vidal (BAL), Introduction

10.15-11am: Farhad Khosrokhavar (EHESS), The popular discourse of the Iranian revolution

11am-11.30am: Saeed Paivandi (Université de Lorraine), The cultural revolution and the Islamisation of the education system in Iran: 40 years of debate and tension

11.30-12 : Marie Ladier-Fouladi (CNRS), The three days of insurrection that almost changed the fate of the Revolution

12-12.45: Discussion

14.30-15 : Amir Kianpour (Paris 8), The Iranian Revolution of 1979 took place twice

15-15.30 : Cécile Boex (EHESS), The emergence, fragility and disappearance of vernacular videos of the revolution in Syria

15.30-15.50 Discussion

16 -16.30 : Shahla Chafiq, The Iranian revolution: women and gender relations

16.30-17 : Marta Agosti (LSE), Egypt after 2011: Gender and the revolutionary narrative, a question of citizenship

17 – 17.20: Discussion

17.20 – 17.45: Christiane Vollaire (Collège International de Philosophie), Summary of the day’s proceedings

17.45- 18.15: Discussion