Newsletters
The Baskerville Institute releases newsletters to update our audience on upcoming events, projects we are involved in, recommended reading lists, and more!
Reza Aslan’s
An American Martyr in Persia:
The Epic Life and Tragic Death of Howard Baskerville
Newsletters 2024
Winter 2024 Newsletter
STUDENT FORUM The Baskerville Institute invites submissions for its Undergraduate Student Forum titled "Building a Better Future: Learning to Build Peace Through Dialogue and Understanding," scheduled for February 22, 2025, in Salt Lake City, Utah. This forum will...
Spring 2024 Newsletter
GUEST ARTICLE: STEPHEN BASKERVILLE Following in the footsteps of his ancestor, Howard Baskerville, Stephen Baskerville contributed this article to the Baskerville Institute, exploring the complexities of the Iran-US relationship. Dr. Stephen Baskerville “Hostility...
Newsletters 2023
Fall 2023 Newsletter
RECENT WEBINAR Grappling with Elimination: How the Power of Sport United and Saved Olympic Wrestling November 7, 2023 12 PM (MDT) In February 2013, the IOC decided to drop wrestling from the Olympics. But by September 8, after global support, they reversed the...
Summer 2023 Newsletter
MESSAGE IN A MATCHBOX: MEMORIES OF A CHILDHOOD IN TEHRAN Order Your Copy NowThe Baskerville Institute is pleased to share with everyone Message in a Matchbox: Memories of a Childhood in Tehran by Sara Fashandi. Follow young Mohsen as he comes to age in this series of...
March/April 2023 Newsletter
BASKERVILLE INSTITUTE TRANSLATION BELIEVERS: LOVE AND DEATH IN TEHRAN It is with great pleasure that we present to you the Persian translation of the novel Believers: Love and Death in Tehran, written by Marc Grossman and John Limbert. Interested readers can access...
December/January 2023 Newsletter
INTRODUCING FREEDOM OF THOUGHT JOURNAL (FTJ) Introducing Freedom of Thought Journal: a bilingual publication, in Persian and English, published by Iran Academia University Press in The Netherlands. We are pleased to introduce the Freedom of Thought Journal, an...
Newsletters 2020 – 2021
What Trump has in common with Ayatollah Khomeini
Op-Ed by Board member John W. Limbert, Los Angeles Times, January 10, 2021, "What Trump has in common with Ayatollah Khomeini."
Howard C Baskerville – Martyr of Constitutionalism
The Constitutional Revolution in Iran (1905-1911) is one of the most prominent events in the history of Iran and Asia and had a great impact on the emergence of movements in other Asian countries1 . Many freedom fighters from other countries were encouraged by the...
Dr. Samuel M. Jordan’s letter to Reza Shah
His Excellency. The Honorable Sardar Sepah The Prime Minister The Esteemed Members of the Supreme Council Your Honor, With all due respect, I want to bring to your attention the following topic. Most likely you are aware of how prevalence of unemployment and...