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Program
 

Thursday, 18 November 2004

10:10 a.m.
Introduction
MICHAEL MARRUS, Former Dean of Graduate Studies, the University of Toronto

10:20 -11:00 a.m.
KENNETH TAYLOR, Former Canadian Ambassador to Iran
“Canada and the Iran Hostage Crisis”

11:00-11:45 a.m.
Film: “Escape From Iran: The Hollywood Option”
Producer: Nova Herman; Executive Producer: Ron Goetz; Director: Chris Triffo

11:45-12:30 p.m.
Discussion with KENNETH TAYLOR and NOVA HERMAN

12:30-2:00 p.m.
Lunch

2:00-3:00 p.m.
BRUCE LAINGEN, U.S. Hostage in Iran; U.S. Ambassador to Malta; President of the American Academy of Diplomacy
“Being Held Hostage in Iran”

3:00-4:00
JOHN LIMBERT, U.S. hostage in Iran; U.S. Ambassador to Mauritania; President of American Foreign Service Association (AFSA)
“Fourteen months of Iranian Hospitality: Reflections 25 Years Later”

4:00-4:30
Refreshments

4:30-5:30
BILL BERKELEY, former reporter for The New York Times
“The Hostage Crisis: Roots of Reform?"


Friday, 19 November 2004


10:00-11:00 a.m.
MOHSEN MILANI, University of South Florida
“The Hostage Crisis and the Consolidation of the Revolution in Iran”

11:00-12:00
RUHI RAMAZANI, University of Virginia;
“The Hostage Crisis and Iran's International Legitimacy”

12-2:00
Lunch

2:00-3:00
GARY SICK, Acting Director of Middle East Institute at Columbia University
“Foreign Policy as Domestic Policy: The Hostage Crisis in U.S.-Iran Relations”

3:00-4:00
MANSOUR FARHANG, Revolutionary Iran’s first ambassador to the United Nations
“The Hostage Crisis and Domestic Policy in Iran and the United States”

4:00-4:30
Refreshments

4:30-5:30
DAVID FARBER, Temple University
“America's First Encounter with Radical Islam”

5:30-6:30
Open Discussion