In Memory Of Amin Banani- A Life In Letters And Iranian Studies

February 25, 2014 Speaker: Sheila Banani, Firuz Kazemzadeh, Bahiyyih Nakhjavani, Wali Ahmadi, John Eilts, Bahram Beyzaie and Abbas Milani. Professor Amin Banani was one of the first Iranians to receive a Ph.D. in history from Stanford University. He went on to a sterling career in founding the Iranian Studies Program at UCLA, he remained an engaged Stanford Alumni and an avid supporter of the Iranian Studies Program at Stanford. He not only agreed to teach a seminar at Stanford, where he hoped to bring together the many strands of his research, but generously donated his books to Stanford. In memory of his long affiliation with Stanford, we are happy to announce the launch of the Amin Banani Memorial Fund, generously donated by the Taslimi Foundation. On February 25, 2014, Mrs Sheila Banani, Firuz Kazemzadeh, Professor Emeritus at Yale, Bahiyyih Nakhjavani, author and Professor, Wali Ahmadi, Associate Professor, University of California, Berkeley, John Eilts, Middle East Curator, Stanford Green Library, Bahram Beyzaie, playwright and visiting Professor, Stanford University, and Abbas Milani will discuss the life, writings and books of Amin Banani.