The Democracy Movement in Iran Now

Please join us in Auerbach 320 or online this Wednesday, Nov, 16, from 1-2 p.m. for our next meeting of the University of Hartford Philosophy Club as Kazem Kazerounian discusses the present democracy movement in Iran in the context of past movements and future possibilities.

Or, join the meeting online.  

If you have trouble joining, call Brian Skelly at 413-273-2273.

“Iran’s streets have been the scene of inspiring portraits created by women and young girls chanting 'women, life, freedom' over the past six weeks. Starting as a reaction to the death of 22-year-old Zhina (Mahsa) Amini, who was killed by the so-called 'morality police' for wearing her hijab improperly, the protests have now turned into a cross-class, women-led movement for democracy and rule of law. Building upon the experience and the collective consciousness of the preceding movements for democracy in the country, this movement is unique in terms of duration, density, and cross-class nature….”  

(The words of Farnaz Dezfouli Asl in PRIF Blog.) 

Kazem Kazerounian is professor and dean of the School of Engineering at the University of Connecticut. He joined the Mechanical Engineering Department there in 1984 after receiving his B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Illinois at Chicago in 1980, 1981 and 1984, respectively. Kazerounian’s expertise is in analytical and computational kinematics and dynamics applied in diverse application fields, such as protein based nano-scale mechanical devices, optimization of mechanisms and gear systems, robotics, and human motion analysis.

An ongoing weekly tradition at the University since 2001, the University of Hartford Philosophy Club is a place where students, professors, and people from the community at large meet as peers. Sometimes presentations are given, followed by discussion. Other times, topics are hashed out by the whole group.  

Presenters may be students, professors, or people from the community. Anyone can offer to present a topic. The mode of presentation may be as formal or informal as the presenter chooses. 

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