Reminder: econVue Panel 👥 Iran Update

NEW PANELISTS ANNOUNCED: Mon Jan 19 @ 10:00 am CST

🗓 Mon, Jan 19 at 10 am CST

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Iran Update

As war looms and events unfold in the Middle East, join us on Martin Luther King Jr Day to discuss prospects for war and peace in the region. We’ve assembled a panel of Chicago-based economists, commentators, and social scientists for a very special beyond-the beltway analysis of the current crisis in Iran.

Economist Karim Pakravan, a native of Iran, will lead a discussion with key experts to do a deep dive into events on the ground in Iran, what US involvement in the conflict entails, and what political changes in Iran could mean for the global economy and energy markets. Will meaningful regime change actually take place?

Join the Audience Discussion

Media coverage of Iran is extensive but often difficult to navigate. econVue’s mission is to elucidate complex issues by providing context, expertise, and informed dialogue.

↳ Time

• Mon, Jan 19 at 10 am CDT

• Please register early—space is limited to encourage active participation.

Introductory remarks by our speakers will be recorded, but the Q&A session will be off the record.

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Guest Moderator

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↳ Panelists

Narimon Safavi is an Iranian-American entrepreneur, commentator, and cultural advocate based in Chicago. A frequent analyst on WBEZ’s Worldview, NPR, PBS, BBC, and Telecinco, he contributes insights on global issues, including Iran and cultural diplomacy. A guest contributor to econVue, he is currently developing COSMOPOLIS, an incubator for global cultural entrepreneurship.

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Ahmad Sadri is the Gorter Professor of Islamic Studies and Professor of Sociology at Lake Forest College. He specializes in the sociology of intellectuals, sociology of religion and the politics of Iran and the Middle East. He holds a PhD from the New School of Social Research.

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Kaveh Ehsani is an Associate Professor of International Relations at DePaul University, and an expert in the societal impact of oil, urban process and spatial change in Middle Eastern cities, and the political economy and geopolitics of post-revolution Iran. He is a contributing editor to the journals Goftogu (Dialogue) in Tehran, Middle East Report (Merip), and Iranian Studies. He has served as consultant for the UNDP, Johns Hopkins Institute for Policy Studies, the World Bank , FEMA, and the University of Tehran’s Institute of Social Research. He holds a PhD in Social History from Leiden University

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Kaveh Mirani is a Chicago-based entrepreneur and a close observer of past and current events in Iran, which he visits on a regular basis. He attended the University of Tehran, served in the Imperial Iranian Armed Forces, and was in Iran during the uprising of 1978/79. He holds a Ph.D in economics from the University of Chicago

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