Webinar: American Connections with Iran / Iranian Connections with America
07/22/20
Description
Professor Shannon will discuss the connections between the United States and
Iran during the twentieth century. The lecture pays special attention to
American educational influence in Iran and Iranian students in the United
States. On the one hand, American missionaries opened schools and other
educational institutions in Iran during the Qajar and Pahlavi periods. On the
other hand, Iranian students traveled to the United States in unprecedented
numbers during the reign of the last shah. These connections cut in both
directions, making both the United States and Iran sites of interaction between