SEMINARS AND CONFERENCES ORGANIZED AND DIRECTED

Annual Conference of the Professors of English, University of Guilan, Iran, 1899.  (President)

Annual Conference of the Professors of English, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran, 1990.  (President)

Annual Conference of Professors of English, University of Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran, 2001.  (President)

Field Trip to New York for International Graduate Teaching Assistants Training Program, Summer 2006.

First Annual Rutgers-Persian Cultural Foundation Award Ceremony for the Best Papers on Persian Culture and Literature, Rutgers University, October 2, 2006.

Field Trip to New York for International Teaching Assistants, Summer  2007.

Orientations for the PALS New Students, Rutgers University, August 29, 2007.

International Potluck Dinner for Program in American Language Studies/ESL (PALS), Rutgers University, October 17, 2007.

Orientation for PALS New Students,  Rutgers University, October 29, 2007.

Second Annual Rutgers-Persian Cultural foundation Awards Ceremony for the Best Papers on Persian Culture and Literature, Rutgers University, November 12, 2007.

Professional Development Seminar, Rutgers University, November 14, 2007.

Movie Night for PALS Students (With Professor Jessica Wilson).  Rutgers University, November 20, 2007.

Professional Development Seminar. Rutgers University, December 5, 2007.

Professional Development Seminar.  Rutgers University,  February 7, 2008.

A Documentary Film on the Artistic Life and Achievement of Master Bijan Taraghi, an Iranian Lyricist and Poet.  Rutgers University, February 20, 2007.

Professional Development Seminar.  Rutgers University,  March 5, 2008.

Iran’s Most Revered Mystic Poet:  Mowlana Jallaledin Rumi.  Rutgers University, March 12, 2008.

Professional Development Seminar.  Rutgers University, April 9, 2008.

Saadi:  The Medieval Persian Sufi Poet.  Rutgers University, April 14, 2008.

The Thirty Fifth Anniversary of the Encyclopedia Iranica.  Rutgers University, May 7, 2008.

Third Annual Rutgers-Persian Cultural Awards Ceremony for the Best Papers on Persian Culture and Literature, Rutgers University, November 12, 2008.

Norooz Celebration, Rutgers-Newark, March 23, 2009.

Professional Development Seminar, Rutgers University, September 18, 2008.

Professional Development Seminar, Rutgers University, November 13, 2008.

Professional Development Seminar, Rutgers University, December 4, 2009.

Professional Development Seminar, Rutgers University, March 5, 2009.

Professional Development Seminar, Rutgers University, April 22, 2009.

Fourth Annual Rutgers-Persian Cultural Awards Ceremony, Rutgers University, November 4, 2009.