Author will discuss contemporary Iran

A Washington University professor will give two presentations Monday, October 15, about women in Iran during a visit sponsored by several university departments.

Fatemeh Keshavarz, professor of Persian and comparative literature and chair of the Department of Asian and Near Eastern Languages and Literatures, will discuss her new book, Jasmine and Stars , at 9 a.m. in the Kirkhof Center, rooms 215-216; and contemporary Iran at 3 p.m. in the Kirkhof Center, Grand River Room.

In Jasmine and Stars , Keshavarz contends that Iranian women are vibrant and live not in fear but in hope. Her visit is sponsored by the Padnos International Center, Middle East Studies, English Department, Women and Gender Studies, and the College of Interdisciplinary Studies.