The Politics of Marriage in Contemporary Iran

The Politics of Marriage in Contemporary Iran - UCLA (October 23 2009)

Dr. Sondra Hale, Dr. Mary Elaine Hegland, Dr. Nayereh Tohidi, Dr. Azadeh Kian, Dr. Erika Friedl, Dr. Janet Afary - UCLA (October 23, 2009) by QH

Dr. Nayereh Tohidi, Dr. Susan Slyomovics, Janet Afary - UCLA (October 23, 2009) by QH

Dr. Pardis Mahdavi - UCLA (October 23, 2009) by QH

Dr. Azadeh Kian - UCLA (October 23, 2009) by QH

Dr. Nayereh Tohidi, Dr. Pardis Mahdavi, Dr. Azadeh Kian - UCLA (October 23, 2009) by QH

Dr. Nikki Keddie - UCLA (October 23, 2009) by QH

Dr. Mary Elaine Hegland - UCLA (October 23, 2009) by QH

Dr. Erika Friedl - UCLA (October 23, 2009) by QH

Dr. Sondra Hale - UCLA (October 23, 2009) by QH

Dr. Janet Afary - UCLA (October 23, 2009) by QH

Panel One: The Urban Sexual Revolution
Nayereh Tohidi, CSUN, Chair
Azadeh Kian, University of Paris VII - Diderot
Impacts of Social Change on Marriage: From Religious Obligation to Free Choice
Pardis Mahdavi, Pomona College
Youth in Transition: The Transformation of Intimacy, Masculinity and Marriage in the Wake of Iran's Sexual Revolution
Nikki Keddie, UCLA, Discussant

Panel Two: Marriage in Rural Iran
Janet Afary, UCSB, Chair
Erika Friedl, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo
Constraints on Mating and Marriage in Rural Iran
Mary Elaine Hegland, Santa Clara University
Marriage Modifications: Challenges and Opportunities in an Iranian Village
Sondra Hale, UCLA, Discussant

Organized by Janet Afary (UCSB) and Nayereh Tohidi (CSUN)

Video

Interview with Dr. Azadeh Kian (4:31)

Interview with Dr. Mary Elaine Hegland (7:46)

Interview with Erika Friedl (2:54)

This seminar was part of the CNES's Bilingual Lecture Series on Iran