CALL FOR PROPOSALS

THEME OF THE 2014 CONFERENCE

IRANIANS AND OTHER MIDDLE EASTERN IMMIGRANTS: THEIR

CONTRIBUTIONS TO AMERICAN SOCIETY

CO-SPONSORED BY DANESH INSTITUE AND THE UNIVERSITY OF

CHICAGO CENTER FOR MIDDLE EASTERN STUDIES

Friday & Saturday, October 17-18, 2014

University of Chicago

The 2014 conference, co-sponsored by DANESH Institute and the University of Chicago Center for Middle Eastern Studies, will, focus on a variety of topics related to the recent history of immigration from Iran and other Middle Eastern countries to the United States, psychosocial and economic adjustment of such immigrants, cultural and social implications, immigrants' contributions, their success stories, and other related topics. The Conference Planning Committee invites submission of proposals for papers and panels. Papers may be empirical or conceptual studies, and panels may focus on a particular theme. Paper and panel proposals should include the following information:

1. Name, institutional affiliation, postal address, e-mail address, and phone number(s) of the paper's author(s) or panel chair;

2. A brief biography of the paper's author(s) or panel chair; 3. The title and an abstract of the paper; or 4. The title and an abstract of the panel.

The deadline for submission is August 15, 2014. Proposals should be sent to Dr. Yahya

Kamalipour, via kamaliyr@purduecal.edu, or via U.S. mail to: Dr. Yahya Kamalipour,

Department of Communication and Creative Arts, 2200 169th

Street, Purdue University Calumet,

Hammond, IN 46323.

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