All times BST (British Standard Time). Please add one hour for Central European Time (CET) and 3.30 hours for Tehran time.
Monday
29 March 2021
Keynote: The Tudeh Party in the 1940s as a Social Movement
Ervand Abrahamian (followed by a panel discussion featuring Touraj Atabaki, Stephanie Cronin, Afshin Matin-Asgari, Nasser Mohajer)
Chair: Ali Ansari
18:00-20:00 BST
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Tuesday
30 March 2021
The Women’s Organisations of the Tudeh Party: 1941-1953
Mahnaz Matine The Women’s Organisation of the Tudeh Party, 1943-1949 (* – Delivered in Persian)
Elaheh Habibi The Women’s Association of the Tudeh Party of Iran, 1949- 1953: The National and Transnational Struggles of a Left Feminist Group
Saideh Torab The Tudeh Party and the Revival of the Social-Political Life of Women in 1320s (1941-1951) (* – Delivered in Persian)
Chair: Shahrzad Mojab
15:00-17:00 BST
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The Transnational Dimensions of the Tudeh Party
Farhad Fardjad A Witness Account of Tudeh Activism in Western Europe (*)
Emily Jane O’Dell Czech Mates: The Relationship between Iranian and Czechoslovak Communists
William Figueroa The Tudeh Party of Iran and the Chinese Communist Party: Propaganda and Party Politics
Leonard Michael Between Accra, Leipzig, and Saigon: The Exiled Tudeh Party of Iran and Global Decolonisation, 1957-1967
Chair: Bianca Devos
18:00-20:30 BST
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Wednesday
31 March 2021
The Impact of the Tudeh Party in the Literary Sphere
Asgar Asgari Hasanaklou The Image of the Tudeh Party in the Novels of Simin Daneshvar (*)
Kulthum Miriasl An Analysis of the Political Leanings of Mehdi Akhavan Sales (*)
Reza Najafzadeh Critique of Mass Society in Iranian Modern Fiction: Tabari`s Jackal King
Arezou Shahbazi The Tudeh Party’s Ideology in the Works of Ahmad Mahmoud (*)
Chair: Saeed Talajooy
15:00-17:30 BST
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The Tudeh Party’s Early Years: 1940-1949
Rowena Abdul Razak The Tudeh Party in British Policy, 1941 – 1949
Abbas Shahrabi The Tudeh (Masses) Party and the Failed Massification of the Labour Militancy in 1940s
Reza Sehhatmanesh Convergence and Divergence of the Social Forces with the Tudeh Party in the South Oilfield Regions in the 1320s (*)
Chair: Oliver Bast
18:00-20:00 BST
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Thursday
1 April 2021
Disputed Heroes: The Tudeh Party & Its Officers’ Organisation
Pirooz Vakili Major Jafar Vakili and the Tudeh Party
Nasser Mohajer The Khosrow Ruzbeh Dossier: New Findings
Siavush Randjbar-Daemi From Khosrow Ruzbeh to Hafizullah Amin: The Tudeh Party of Iran and the Partito Comunista Italiano, 1976-79.
Chair: Stephanie Cronin
15:00-17:00 BST
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The Tudeh Party Before and After the Revolution
Peyman Vahabzadeh Disowning the Past: a Micro-history and on the Communique of People’s Fadai Guerrillas Regarding the Tudeh Party
Kamran Geshnizjani The Tudeh Party’s Position on the Leading Role of the Combatant Clerics in the Iranian Revolution
Denis V. Volkov The USSR and the Tudeh Party after the Islamic Revolution of 1979: Ideological Cohesion and Operative Controversies
Chair: Afshin Matin-Asgari
18:00-20:30 BST
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* Presentations will be given in Persian