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Political Prisoners of Iran: Narrating Insubordination Desiring Truth


August 01, 2008


POLITICAL PRISONERS OF IRAN: NARRATING INSUBORDINATION, DESIRING TRUTH
Chair: Shahrzad Mojab, University of Toronto
Discussant: Payam Akhavan, University of Montreal
Shahla Talebi, Arizona State University
A Story of an Archive: Love and Death in Prison Letters
Kaveh Sharooz, New York-based Attorney
Remembering 1988: A Legal and Political Analysis of the Demand for Accountability
Shokoufeh Sakhi, York University
The Arrival of A New Regime: Torture and the Aesthetics of Resistance
Saeed Yousef, University of Chicago
Poetics of Horror: Iranian Poets and 1988 Mass Executions

Time: 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Venue: Park Hyatt Hotel, ISIS conference
Location: Toronto, ON
Website: http://www.iranian-studies.com
Categories: Human Rights, Law, Legal

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