The 23rd Annual Conference of the

Center for Iranian Research and Analysis

Widener University,

Chester, Pennsylvania, USA

May 6^th – May 8^th, 2005

The Center for Iranian and Research Analysis (CIRA) will hold its 23rd annual meeting on May 6^th – May 8^th, 2005 at the Widener University in Chester Pennsylvania, USA.  The theme is: Post Khatami Iran. We invite papers, panels, and roundtable submissions from observers, commentators, and experts on broad theoretical, empirical, and normative aspects of Iranian society.  Specifically, we invite the participation of economists, historians, sociologists, psychologists, political scientists, legal analysts, healthcare experts, literary scholars, demographers, journalists, and graduate students. Although the focus of the conference is Iran, comparative papers on Central Asia, the Middle East, North Africa, and South Asia are welcome.