CONFERENCE 2009

World Association of International Studies

2009 International Conference

“Globalities and Localities”

10-12 October (Sat-Mon)

Bechtel International Center (I-Center)

Stanford University, CA

Saturday, 10 October:

8:00-8:30. Registration (coffee and bagels), Bechtel International Center

8:30-9:00. Welcome remarks:  William Ratliff, Acting President; John Eipper, Editor-in-Chief.  Introductions

9:00-10:40.  Panel #1:  Religion and Ecumenism
Moderator:  Vincent Littrell

Edward Jajko, US: “Genesis 1:1″
Alexander Dubov, US:  ”Existentialist Overtones in Ecumenical Ethics”
Alice Whealey, US:  ”Alienated Past:  Premodern Western-Muslim Interaction in the Imagination of American Elites since 9/11″

10:40-10:50.  Break.

10:50-12:30.  Panel #2: Latin America:

Moderator:  John Eipper

William Ratliff, US:  ”China in Latin America’s Future”
Istvan Simon, US:  ”Brazil:  ’Land of the Future’?”

Francisco Wong-Diaz, US:  ”Cuba in the Dynastic Succession Era”

12:30-1:00. Lunch (Bechtel International Center)

1:00-4:00.  Panel #3:  ”New Ideas for Future of US-Iran Relations and Democracy in Iran”

Moderator:  Nushin Namazi

Commentator: Sean Yom, Hewlett Fellow,  CDDRL, Stanford University

Gholam Reza Afkhami, US:   “The Shah and United States: Facts and Fiction Thirty Years After the Revolution”
Kaveh Farrokh, Canada:  “Modern Iran: An Enduring Legacy from Ancient Persia”
Karim Pakravan, US:   “Iran and China: A Tale of Two Globalizations”
Mansour Kashfi, US:  “Geopolitics of Oil: A Curse or Blessing for Future of Democracy in Iran”

4:00-4:50  Ricardo Reyes, VP Communications, Tesla Motors

5:00-6:30. Book presentations and book signing at the Stanford Bookstore.  Participants:

Gholam Reza Afkhami, US
A. J. Cave, US
Kaveh Farrokh, Canada
Siegfried Ramler, US
William Ratliff, US
Norman Tutorow, US

6:00-7:30.  Free time/dinner.

7:30-9:30.  Reception with WAISer performances (Bechtel)

Sunday, 11 October:

8:30.  Coffee and bagels (Bechtel)

9:00-10:40.  Panel #4:  Globalization, Local Experience and American Exceptionalism
Moderator:  Alain de Benoist

Seth Streichler, US:  ”Misperceiving America–2009″
John Torok, US:  ”"Sal Si Puedes! or, Barack Obama and an Election for Empire”
Nushin Namazi, US:  “The Native American Indians, Quo Vadis?”

10:40-10:50. Break.

10:50-12:40.  Panel #5:  China and Globalization

Moderator: Istvan Simon

Charles Ridley, US:  ”Love of Science in Chinese Education”
Ying Rong, US:  ”Today’s China and the World”
Mike Bonnie, US:  ”Exploring History Through a Family Story of the China-Burma-India Theater of WWII”

12:40-2:00. Lunch (Bechtel)

2:00-3:20. Panel #6:  Russia, Eastern Europe and Central Asia.
Moderator:  Paul Pitlick

Robert Gibbs, US:  ”Central Asia Today and Its Future”
Anna Fruhstorfer, Germany:  ”Local Clientelistic Networks and Their Impact on the Process of Democratization in Eastern Europe”

Sergio Mukherjee, “Masala Multiculturalism:  Cultural Twists and Political Turns in India’s management of diversity”

3:20-3:30. Break

3:30-4:40. Keynote:  A Conversation with Alain de Benoist (France):  ”Confronting Globalization”

Sunday evening: On behalf of the Friends of Persepolis Fortification Archive Project (PFAP) & World Association of International Studies (WAIS), A.J. Cave cordially invites WAISers for an informative evening to hear the story of the Persepolis Fortification Archive, @ Four Seasons Hotel, Silicon Valley at East Palo Alto, 11 October, 2009, 5:00 pm – 9:00 pm.

PFAP ’09 Program

5:30 – 5:45  Welcome & Overview
5:45 - 6:15  Matthew Stolper: “Persepolis Fortification Archive Project: Preserving the Legacy of the Achaemenid Persians”
6:15 - 6:45  Nema Milaninia: “Overview of Legal Issues and Latest Legislative Developments”
6:45 – 7:00  Glenn Schwartz: “Legal Threats to Cultural Exchange: An Archaeologist’s Perspective”

7:00 - 7:30  Break & light refreshments

7:30 - 8:45  Roundtable Discussion moderated by: Richard Saller, Dean of Humanities and Sciences, Stanford University

8:45 – 9:00  Concluding Remarks

9:00 – 10:00  No-host bar. Event promptly ends at 10:00 pm.

Partial List of Roundtable Participants in alphabetical order:

§ Touraj Daryaee, Professor of the history of Iran and the Persianate World, University of California, Irvine
§ Renée Dreyfus, Curator in Charge of Ancient Art and Interpretation, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, Legion of Honor Museum
§ Babak Hoghooghi, Executive Director, Public Affairs Alliance of Iranian Americans (PAAIA)
§ Fredun Hojabri, Former Academic Vice-President of Sharif (Aryamehr) University of Technology
§ Gita Kashani, Board Member, National Iranian American Council (NIAC)
§ Nema Milaninia, President, Iranian American Bar Association (IABA)
§ Ali Mousavi, Assistant Curator of Ancient Iranian & Near Eastern Art, Los Angeles County Museum of Art and Member of Academic Committee of Farhang Foundation
§ Glenn Schwartz, Professor of Archeology, Johns Hopkins University, member of Archaeological Institute of America
§ Martin Schwartz, Professor of Iranian Studies, University of California, Berkeley
§ Matthew Stolper, Head of Persepolis Fortification Archive Project, the Oriental Institute, University of Chicago

Monday, 12 October:

8:00-8:20.  Coffee and bagels

8:20-9:50.  Panel #7:  Education and Globalization
Moderator:  Mike Bonnie

Halimur Khan, US, ex-Bangladesh: “Russian Language and Culture Studies at the US Service Academies: Bringing the Coalition Partners Together.”
Bosun Jang, US:  ”Clio’s Warriors:  The Role of Textbooks in History Education and its Wider Impacts in the International Realm”
Abigail Boggs, US:  ”The International Student as Exceptional Inclusion:  Suicide and American Futurity”
Michael Margulies, US:  ”Language Training Availability in the Armed Forces”

9:50-10:00.  Break.

10:00-10:50. Keynote:  Alan Brenner, Senior Vice President (Platform) of RIM/Blackberry on globalized communications.

10:50-11:00. Break.

11:00-12:40.  Panel #8:  Towards the Future:  Economies and Globalized Identities

Moderator: Jody Brennan

Martin Packard, US:  ”On Sustainability”
Jordi Molins Coronado, Catalonia, “Catalonia vs Spain and its similarities to the 2007 world financial crisis”
Roberta Tontini, Germany: “Dislocated Identities:  From a Transnational Notion of Shari’a to a Globalized Development of Islam”
Eric Boehm, US:  ”Towards New Paradigms in Publishing”

12:40.  Closing Luncheon (Bechtel):  Roundtable Discussion:  WAIS, Present and Future (with Editor-in-Chief John Eipper)

WAIS ‘09 will end by 3:00 PM.