Conferences - Annual MESA Conference, 1999

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At the annual conference, held this year in November in Washington, DC. November 1999, ILEX Foundation sposored a panel entitled "Current Trends in Contemporary Iranian Culture."

Select Papers Presented at the Conference

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Hossain Mir Abedini, scholar and novelist
"The Iranian Novel: Trodden Paths and Behaviors"
Complete paper. File size: 728 K

Kambiz Haji Ghassemi, Senior Lecturer of Architectural History, Shahid Beheshti University, Faculty of Architecture amd Urban Planning
"Searching for Meaning in Persian Islamic Architecture"
Complete paper. File size: 1.4 MB
Pages 1-8. File size: 864 K
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Shams Langaroudi
"The State of Persian Poetry After the Revolution of 1978"
Complete paper. File size: 492 K

Kambiz Roshanravan, Professor of Music, IRIB University, Chairman Iranian National Music Commision for UNESCO
"Twenty Years of Development in Persian Music"
Complete paper. File size: 376 K

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