LECTURE- Ethnic Identities of Contemporary Iranians, S. Amanolahi, MIT, July 24

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LECTURE- Ethnic Identities of Contemporary Iranians, S. Amanolahi, MIT, July 24

Posted by: Iranian Studies Group <isg-mit@mit.edu>

Iranian Studies Group at MIT has the pleasure to present:

Prof. S. Amanolahi

The Ethnic Identities of Contemporary Iranians

Thursday, July 24th, 2008
6:30 - 8:00 PM
MIT Room 4-237
- In English
- Free and Open to Public

http://whereis.mit.edu/bin/map?locate=bldg_4

Historical evidences indicate that divers ethnic groups have lived in
Iran contemporaneously during the past five thousand years.
Furthermore, the ethnic combination in Iran has fluctuated during the
long history of that country. In particular, through conquest or the
cultural influences of an ethnic group, the ethnic identities of other
groups have been gradually changed. In order to understand the ethnic
identities of the contemporary Iranians we need to examine three basic
questions: 1) What are the factors contributing to the formation of an
ethnic group? 2) How and why the ethnic composition has fluctuated
throughout the history of Iran? 3) What is the nature of the
contemporary ethnic composition in Iran?

Prof. Sekandar Amanolahi is a visiting professor at Harvard Divinity School.

Please direct any questions to: isg-mit@mit.edu

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