Webinars
Baskerville Institute’s Conversation Series
2024 – 2025 Programs
Authoritarianism and its Discontents – Iran
BYU Lecture with Baskerville Executive Director
March 13, 2024
US – Iran Science Diplomacy: The Legacy of Dr. Glenn Schweitzer
March 5, 2024 1 PM (MT)
2023 Programs
Grapping with Elimination:
How the Power of Sport United and Saved Olympic Wrestling
November 7, 2023 12 PM (MT)
Building Bridges Through Education: The Institutional Challenges of Collaboration Between American and Iranian Universities
October 11, 2023 1 PM (MDT)
Lady of the Land of Horses:
The Story of Louise Firouz, the American who Discovered the Caspian Horse in Iran
January 27, 2023 3 PM (MST) / 5 PM (EST)
Previous Programs 2021-2022
Susan Stein: “Seizing a Crown: How the Murder of a US Vice Consul led to the Creation of the Pahlavi Dynasty”
Sep 19, 2022 2:00 PM (EDT)
Roundtable Reflections: Turning Experience Into Learning
April 21, 2022 2 PM (MT) / 4 PM (ET)
Persis Karim: “What Makes Us Iranian? An Exploration of the Iranian Diaspora Forty Years On“
April 11, 2022 12:00 – 1:30 PM (MST)
James Goode Book Talk: “Living, Loving Iran: A Memoir”
December 13, 2021 12:00 – 1:30 PM (MST)
Peace Corps Iran Association Virtual Conference
October 2, 2021
Sponsored by the Peace Corps Iran Association
Joan Gaughan Book Talk: “The Shuster Mission to Iran: Leaving Something Worthwhile Behind”
October 11, 2021 12:00 PM (MST)
This event coincides with the 60th anniversary of the founding of the United States Peace Corp in 1961. Since its founding sixty years ago, more than 240,000 Americans have served as Peace Corps volunteers in scores of countries. In Iran, more than 2,000 Peace Corps volunteers served in the country between 1961-1976.
“Meet Mayoral Candidate Abdullah Hammoud: Civic Engagement, Elections, and Friendship”
August 23, 2021 2:00 PM (MST)