At a glance :
TODAY : “Politics in Contemporary Art and Literature in Iran”
"The Essential Needs of Iranian Woman Today"
2008-2009 ISAA's Board of Directors Election Results
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What : “Politics in Contemporary Art and Literature in Iran”
“Berkeley Lecture Series” in partnership with “Iranian Student Alliance in America – ISAA” presents :
A Talk by Mansour Koushan
Topic: Politics in Contemporary Art and Literature in Iran
MANSOUR KOUSHAN author, playwright, journalist, and director of films and plays is the artistic manager of the Sulberg Theatre in Stavanger, Norway. He has published poetry, short stories, several novels, hundreds of analytical essays and more than thirty plays.
Born in Isfahan, Iran, Mansour started his literary activities in 1968 by publishing a collection of his poetry and directing his play at Isfahan University. As a member of the Iranian Writers Association general assembly, he was on the organizing committee for the famous “134 Iranian writers declaration 1994”.
Mansour Koushan has been the editor in chief of four independent literary publications including "Takapoo" and “Adineh” between 1987 and 1997. He currently lives in Norway.
When: Sunday, June 8, 2008, 3:00 P.M.
Where: 110 Barrows Hall University of California, Berkeley
Lecture in Persian
Suggested Donation: $10.00
No donation expected from students
ASUC Sponsored.
Wheelchair Accessible.
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What: "The Essential Needs of Iranian Woman Today"
ISAA is proud to be a co-sponsor of The 19th International Women's Studies Foundation Conference in UC Berkeley.
Despite a myriad of social and legal setbacks in the last thirty years wherein Iranian women lost many of the rights they had attained in the past 100 years, they have continuously strived to improve their social and political status.
Consequently they have established their presence in different spheres of life, particularly that of civil society.
This conference will examine the socio-political needs of the Iranian woman in regards to ethnicity, gender, religion, class background, sexuality, and sexual orientation.
Where : Wheeler Auditorium, University of California, Berkeley
When : July 4 - 6 ( for complete hour by hour program please see http://www.iwsf. org/bk19/ program.html )
Paid registration is required for this event. For information on how to register and for different registration packages please visit http://www.iwsf.org/bk19/registration.html
ASUC sponsored
Wheelchair accessible.
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2008-2009 ISAA's Board of Directors Election Results and End of the year Thank you's
The votes have been tallied and the results are in! Farshid Faraji, Samira Ghasemi, and Linda Khamoushian will be joining the ISAA's Board of Directors on August 21st for the start of their term. Fren Khadivian has been re-elected to the board for another term. A hearty congratulations to each of them!
Before getting to detailed election result, we would like to recognize the outgoing Board of Directors and give them a special thanks for the outstanding job they did. We appreciate all the hard work and dedication they exhibited during their time as officers.
This year as the graduation season approaches, we will say goodbye to ISAA directors Navid R. Khadem, Golnaz Nouri and Shahrzad Rahbar.
End of this summer marks the 4th year that Shahrzad has been involved with ISAA. She had Molecular and Environmental Biology as her major and served for 2 years as the Finance Director/Officer , a year as the Publicity Director and also another year as a Board Member. She has spent countless hours of her time for ISAA over the past years and she will be missed.
Golnaz, a Molecular and Cell Biology major, joined the ISAA leadership team as the Resources Director last year. Her contributions to ISAA helped the organization a lot and she will be missed .
Navid, a Computer Science major and an Applied Math minor, became involved with ISAA as a Board Member 3 years ago during his first semester, and got assigned as the Communications Director/Officer the following semester. He has been serving as the president of ISAA during his last two years at UC Berkeley. We wish all our graduating officers all the best for their futures and want them to know that their generous contributions and hard work will always be remembered.
Running ISAA wouldn't have been possible without Jazzi Junge who served as last year's Finance Officer. Jazzi was our Resources Director the year before and we wish her the best and a great senior year at Berkeley.
We would like to also thank Amir Abadi and Keyan Keihani who have co-thought ISAA's popular Decal Course on Iran during last academic year. They have contributed greatly by raising awareness of Iran among the Iranians and the general Cal community.
We would like to thank ISAA's continuing board members ,directors, committees' chairs and advisors and recognize their support, extraordinary efforts and dedicated service for upholding the standards and ideals of the Iranian Student Alliance in America.
We would also like to thank all the wonderful people who generously contribute their personal funds, their time, services, and products to ISAA. Since ISAA's birth, your generous support has helped ISAA be one of the most respected and most successful organizations on Berkeley campus and among the Iranian community in the U.S.
Lastly, we would like to acknowledge all our members, new and old, and thank them for continuing to support our organization. We appreciate your comments and encourage your participation in keeping ISAA's events lively and informative.
By the end of this summer we will have held 25 events this year to further the goals stated in ISAA's mission statement. The new ISAA Website which will be lunched in late July will have an events page that will let you to see all the past events we have held during the past few years. All of these events wouldn't have been possible without your support.
So a big THANK YOU to you!
And finally here is the results for the ISAA election of 2008-2009. Congratulations to the new Board of Directors!
Fren Khadivian Co-President
Linda Khamoushian Co-President
Samira Ghasemi Communications Director
Farsheed Faraji Publicity Director
VACANT Finance Director
VACANT Resources Director
*The vacant officer positions will be filled as soon as possible through a democratic process open to ISAA's active members.
*The new Board of Directors will choose a maximum of 15 active members to be on the 2008-2009 ISAA’s board.
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