International Conference on Contemporary Iranian Studies – Summer 2027
Next conference Change of date for the International Conference on Contemporary Iranian Studies (ICCI) – Summer 2027
The next round of the ICCI conference will be held in the summer of 2027.
Details regarding the exact date, venue, and call for scientific participation will be announced in 2026.
As always, Iran Academia is eager to host scholars, researchers, and students interested in the field of interdisciplinary studies and contemporary Iranian studies.
The Status of the Media in Iran in the New Global Structural Transformation
A summary of Mohammad Reza Nikfar’s speech at the round table “Persian Media: Challenges and Prospects” during the third International Conference on Contemporary Iranian Studies – ICCI 2024 at Goethe University Frankfurt organized by Iran Academia University.
The Role of Persian Media in Iran’s Crises and Future: From Criticism to Solution
A summary of Behrouz Afaq’s speech at the round table “Persian Media: Challenges and Prospects” during the third International Conference on Contemporary Iranian Studies – ICCI 2024 at Goethe University Frankfurt organized by Iran Academia University.
Sexual Harassment in the University and the “Woman, Life, Freedom” Movement
Sexual Harassment in the University and the “Woman, Life, Freedom” Movement
Standalone Presentations by researchers in the International Conference on Contemporary Iranian Studies 2024
Goethe University – Frankfurt, Germany
Organized and hosted by Iran Academia
Speaker: Nasser Taghavian
Moderator: Saeed Paivandi
Report – Iran Academia Conference in Frankfurt from the Perspective of a Participant
Republishing a report by Ali Porsan in the “Iran Today” website about the Iran Academia Conference in Frankfurt, which was held on August 22 and 23, 2024, at Goethe University in Frankfurt by Iran Academia University. Read this report.
VOA Coverage of Iran Academia Conference in Frankfurt
VOA Coverage of Iran Academia Conference in Frankfurt
From the VOA Farsi Youtube Channel
“Two-day international conference on Contemporary Iranian Studies in Frankfurt hosted by the Iran Academia University”
The Reception of Iranian Philosophers of Subjectivity in Modern Era in Iran
The Reception of Iranian Philosophers of Subjectivity in Modern Era in Iran
Panel – International Conference on Contemporary Iranian Studies 2024
Goethe University – Frankfurt, Germany
Organized and hosted by Iran Academia
Speaker: Razieh Taherkhani
Moderator: Iqan Shahidi
Leftists and Democracy (Panel)
Panel – International Conference on Contemporary Iranian Studies 2024
Goethe University – Frankfurt, Germany
Organized and hosted by Iran Academia
Speaker: Alireza Behtoui
New Dynamics in Iranian Women’s Activism (Panel)
New Dynamics in Iranian Women’s Activism
Panel – International Conference on Contemporary Iranian Studies 2024
Goethe University – Frankfurt, Germany
Organized and hosted by Iran Academia
Speakers: Maryam Foumani and Motahareh Fouladi
Moderator: Samaneh Khademi
Fallen in the Whirlwind. The Odyssey and Destiny of Iranian Victims of Stalinist Great Repression in the Soviet Union
Fallen in the Whirlwind. The Odyssey and Destiny of Iranian Victims of Stalinist Great Repression in the Soviet Union
Panel – International Conference on Contemporary Iranian Studies 2024
Goethe University – Frankfurt, Germany
Organized and hosted by Iran Academia
Speaker: Touraj Atabaki
The Pathology and Evolution of Recent Social Movements in Iran (Panel)
Standalone Presentations by researchers in the International Conference on Contemporary Iranian Studies 2024
Goethe University – Frankfurt, Germany
Organized and hosted by Iran Academia
Speaker: Heyman Rahimi, Keyvan Mohtadi, and Anisha Asadollahi (presented by Morteza Samanpour)
Moderator: Touraj Atabaki
Persian Standalone Presentations 5
Standalone Presentations by researchers in the International Conference on Contemporary Iranian Studies 2024
Goethe University – Frankfurt, Germany
Organized and hosted by Iran Academia
Speakers: Mostafa Kazemian and Sara Shadabi
Moderator: Emmanuel Shokrian
The Role of Engineers and Students in the Early Years of Iran’s 1979 Revolution
The Role of Engineers and Students in the Early Years of Iran’s 1979 Revolution
Standalone Presentations by researchers in the International Conference on Contemporary Iranian Studies 2024
Goethe University – Frankfurt, Germany
Organized and hosted by Iran Academia
Speakers: Mohammad Hosseini Sohi and Reyhaneh Gholami
Moderator: Kiaa (Kiarash) Aalipour
Modernization, Secularization, and the Subject of Dissociation and Division in Iranian Society
Modernization, Secularization, and the Subject of Dissociation and Division in Iranian Society
Standalone Presentations by researchers at the International Conference of Contemporary Iranian Studies 2024
Goethe University – Frankfurt, Germany
Organized and hosted by Iran Academia University
Speakers: Mohammad Reza Nikfar
Moderator: Navid Gorgin
Leftists and Democracy / Intellectual Currents in Baluchistan
Leftists and Democracy / Intellectual Currents in Baluchistan
Standalone Presentations by researchers in International Conference on Contemporary Iranian Studies 2024
Goethe University – Frankfurt, Germany
Organized and hosted by Iran Academia
Speakers: Mohammad Rigi Derakhshan and Alireza Behtoui
Moderator: Emmanuel Shokrian
Inclusion and Gender Equality among Unaccompanied Adolescents in Sweden
Standalone Presentations by researchers in the International Conference on Contemporary Iranian Studies 2024
Goethe University – Frankfurt, Germany
Organized and hosted by Iran Academia
Speaker: Mehrdad Darvishour
Moderator: Saeed Paivandi
English Standalone Presentations
English Standalone Presentations
Standalone Presentations of researchers in the International Conference on Contemporary Iranian Studies
Organizer: Iran Academia University
Date: August 22 and 23, 2024
Venue: Goethe University – Frankfurt, Germany
Speakers: Behdad Bordbar and Soheil Rezanejad
Critical Review of a Play Depicting the Mozaffar Ad-Din Shah Qajar Era
Standalone Presentations by researchers in the International Conference on Contemporary Iranian Studies 2024
Goethe University – Frankfurt, Germany
Organized and hosted by Iran Academia
Speakers: Mohammad Rigi Derakhshan and Emmanuel Shokrian
Moderator: Touraj Atabaki
Tortured Confessions and Three Decades of Political Ignominy
Tortured Confessions and Three Decades of Political Ignominy
Standalone Presentations by researchers in the International Conference on Contemporary Iranian Studies 2024
Goethe University – Frankfurt, Germany
Organized and hosted by Iran Academia
Speaker: Mazdak Daneshvar
Moderator: Raha Sabet Sarvestany
Sociolinguistic Situation in Xalxāl
Standalone Presentations by researchers in the International Conference on Contemporary Iranian Studies 2024
Goethe University – Frankfurt, Germany
Organized and hosted by Iran Academia
Speakers: Mazdak Daneshvar and Anahita Soltantouyeh
Moderator: Pardis Gharehbeglou
The Transformation of the Concept of Ashura and the Pursuit of Hegemony: Two Independent Analyses of Post-Revolutionary Iran
From Ashura to Authoritarianism: The Interplay of Tradition and Power in Post-Revolutionary Iran
Standalone Presentations by researchers in the International Conference on Contemporary Iranian Studies 2024
Goethe University – Frankfurt, Germany
Organized and hosted by Iran Academia
Speakers: Azadeh Fathi and Anahita Hosseini
Moderator: Ali Banuazizi
Command Economy in Contemporary Iran (Panel)
Panel – International Conference on Contemporary Iranian Studies 2024
Goethe University – Frankfurt, Germany
Organized and hosted by Iran Academia
Speakers: Mehrdad Vahabi and Mohammad Maljoo
Moderator: Mazdak Daneshvar
The Significance of a New Social Contract for a Democratic Transition (Panel)
Panel – International Conference on Contemporary Iranian Studies 2024
Goethe University – Frankfurt, Germany
Organized and hosted by Iran Academia
Speakers: Pooyan Aslani, Rojin Mukriyan, and Susan Rakhsh
Moderator: Saeed Paivandi
Gender Discrimination in Iranian Textbooks (Panel)
Gender Discrimination in Iranian Textbooks (Panel)
Panel – International Conference on Contemporary Iranian Studies 2024
Goethe University – Frankfurt, Germany
Organized and hosted by Iran Academia
Speakers: Saeed Paivandi, Maryam Mirza, and Elham Ghafarzadeh
Moderator: Maryam Mirza
Persian Media: Challenges and Prospects (Roundtable)
Persian Media: Challenges and Prospects
International Conference on Contemporary Iranian Studies 2024
Goethe University – Frankfurt, Germany
Organized and hosted by Iran Academia
Speakers: Behrouz Afagh, Mohammad Reza Nikfar, and Negin Shiraghaei
Moderator: Maryam Foumani
Imprisonment and Human Rights in Iran (Panel)
Imprisonment and Human Rights in Iran (Panel)
Panel – International Conference on Contemporary Iranian Studies 2024
Goethe University – Frankfurt, Germany
Organized and hosted by Iran Academia
Speakers: Marzieh Mohebi, Saeid Dehghan, and Fatemeh Hosseinzadeh
Moderator: Afrooz Maghzi
Transitional Justice (Panel)
Transitional Justice
Panel – International Conference on Contemporary Iranian Studies 2024
Goethe University – Frankfurt, Germany
Organized and hosted by Iran Academia
Speakers: Shadi Manesh, Reza Khabook, and Raha Bahreini
The Motherhood in Social and Justice-Seeking Movements (Panel)
The Motherhood in Social and Justice-Seeking Movements (Panel)
Panel – International Conference on Contemporary Iranian Studies 2024
Goethe University – Frankfurt, Germany
Organized and hosted by Iran Academia
Speakers: Soma Negahdarinia and Asefeh Rezai
Moderator: Mansoureh Shojaee
Manifestations of Otherness (Panel)
Manifestations of Otherness (Panel)
Panel – International Conference on Contemporary Iranian Studies 2024
Goethe University – Frankfurt, Germany
Organized and hosted by Iran Academia
Speakers: Nasir Safari, Sadegh Abdi, and Farzaneh Barzegar
Moderator: Anita Karimi
Exploring the History of Iranian Architecture and Modern Visual Arts (Panel)
Exploring the History of Iranian Architecture and Modern Visual Arts (Panel)
Panel – International Conference on Contemporary Iranian Studies 2024
Goethe University – Frankfurt, Germany
Organized and hosted by Iran Academia
Speakers: Kheyzaran Esmaeilzadeh and Marzieh Sabet Eghlidi
Moderator: Negin Shiraghaei