Symposium on "Iranian Scholars at Risk"
Event details
| Date | 11.10.2022 |
| Hour | 18:30 › 21:00 |
| Speaker |
Prof. Patrick Ringgenberg, EPFL, Dr. Gabriela Tejada, Deputy Director, College of Humanities, EPFL, and Vice-President of the Swiss Commission for UNESCO, The panelists: Prof. Johan Åkerman (Uni. of Gothenburg, Sweden), Prof. Cristina Benea-Chelmus (EPFL, Switzerland), Prof. Hessam Mahdavifar (Uni. of Michigan, USA), Prof. Nader Sehatbakhsh (UCLA, USA). |
| Location | |
| Category | Conferences - Seminars |
| Event Language | English |
A symposium on "Iranian Scholars at Risk", on Tuesday, October 11, 2022, at 18:30 in Rolex Learning Center (Forum) at EPFL.
An in-person event to raise awareness about the recent violent repressions in the Sharif University of Technology in Iran and find ways to help the Scholars at risk in Iran.
An in-person event to raise awareness about the recent violent repressions in the Sharif University of Technology in Iran and find ways to help the Scholars at risk in Iran.
The first part of the symposium is organized by EPFL: An EPFL's academic event, a talk by Prof. Patrick Ringgenberg, entitled "Understanding Contemporary Iran: a few keys."
The second part of the symposium is organized by the Iranian Student Association at EPFL (IRSA): A talk by Dr. Gabriela Tejada, entitled "Scholars at Risk network".
The talk is followed by a panel discussion on:
The second part of the symposium is organized by the Iranian Student Association at EPFL (IRSA): A talk by Dr. Gabriela Tejada, entitled "Scholars at Risk network".
The talk is followed by a panel discussion on:
"How can we help the Iranian Scholars as a part of the academic community?"
The panelists are:
Prof. Johan Åkerman (Uni. of Gothenburg, Sweden)
Prof. Cristina Benea-Chelmus (EPFL, Switzerland)
Prof. Hessam Mahdavifar (Uni. of Michigan, USA)
Prof. Nader Sehatbakhsh (UCLA, USA)
The panelists are:
Prof. Johan Åkerman (Uni. of Gothenburg, Sweden)
Prof. Cristina Benea-Chelmus (EPFL, Switzerland)
Prof. Hessam Mahdavifar (Uni. of Michigan, USA)
Prof. Nader Sehatbakhsh (UCLA, USA)
Practical information
- General public
- Free
- This event is internal
Organizer
- First part of the event (The first talk) : Academic event by EPFL, Second part of the event (Second talk + Panel discussion) : Forum discussion by the Iranian Student Association at EPFL (IRSA)
Contact
- irsa@epfl.ch