Events
Baskerville Institute’s Conversation Series 2021-2022
2023 – 2024 Programs

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)
Persis Karim: “What Makes Us Iranian? An Exploration of the Iranian Diaspora Forty Years On“
April 11, 2022 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.
Baskerville Institute’s Lecture Series Webinars 2020-2021
September 28, 2020 12:00 – 1:30 pm
Iran in the Early 20th Century
Houchang Chehabi
Professor of History and International Relations, Boston University
November 16, 2020 12:00 -1:30 pm
America in the Early 20th Century:
Politics, Society and Religion in Howard C. Baskerville’s America (1885-1909)
President, Foundation for Religious Diplomacy
January 4, 2021 12:00 -1:30 pm
American Connections with Iran / Iranian Connections with America
Associate Professor of History, Emory & Henry College
February 22, 2021 12:00-1:30 pm
“Saving Persia from International Intrigue and Financial Disaster: The Story of W Morgan Shuster.”
Associate Professor of History, Florida Atlantic University
March 22, 2021 12:00-1:30 pm
“America’s Connection to Iran: American Presbyterian Missionaries in the late 19th & the Early 20th Century Iran.”
Emeritus Professor of History, Boise State University
April 19, 2021 12:00-1:30 pm
The American Lafayette of Iran: The Story of Howard C. Baskerville
Bahman Baktiari
Executive Director
The Baskerville Institute
The American Lafayette of Iran: The Story of Howard C. Baskerville
Reza Aslan
4/23/2021
The Story Of Morgan Shuster In Persia 1911
Professor Kelly J. Shannon
2/22/2021