CV APPENDIX II. LECTURES, CONFERENCES
AND SEMINARS

 

Lecture, "The Fetish of Identity: Communication Revolutions and Fundamentalist Revivals," World Media Conference, New York, October 1979; Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, March 1980; Center for International Studies, MIT, January 1981; The World Communications Conference Annenberg School of Communications, University of Pennsylvania, April 1980; Eighth Annual Telecommunications Policy Conference, Annapolis, April 1980.

Seminar, "Ideology and Modernization in Iran," Middle East Center, St. Antony's College, Oxford University, Michaelmas Term 1979.

UNESCO Staff Member, African Communication Policies Conference, Yaounde, Cameroon, July 1980.

Lecture, "OPEC and the New World Disorder," Tuck School of Business Administration, Dartmouth College, November 1980.

Lecture, "The Curse of Modernity: The Dialectics of Communication and Modernization," UNESCO

Conference on Cultural Industries, Burgos, Spain, July 1979; Annenberg School of Communications, University of Pennsylvania, March 1981; New England Political Science Association, University of New Hampshire, April 1981.

Paper, "International Communication: A Dialogue of the Deaf," Stanford University, November

1980; Society for the Study of Social Problems Conference, Toronto, August 1981.

Chair, panel on "The Middle East: Modernization, Fragmentation and Revolution," Society for the Study of Social Problems Conference, Toronto, August 1981.

Prison Program, University of Massachusetts at Boston, course on "Communication and Public Opinion," Bay State Correctional Center, Walpole, Massachusetts, Second Semester 1980-81.

Lecture, "Communication and Revolution in the Middle East, " University of Texas at Austin, June 1981.

Paper, "Islam, Socialism and Capitalism: Economic Ideology and Revolutionary Legitimacy," Middle East Studies Association of North America, Seattle, Washington, November 1981.

Lecture, "The Tragedy of Modernity," Faculty Development Seminar, East West Communication Institute, July 1981.

Lecture, "Dependency and Dialogue: The Political Economy of Communication and International Development," Social Science Colloquia Series, University of Hawaii at Manoa, October 1981.

Papers, "Islam and the West" and "The Iranian Hostage Crisis," Conference on the Role of News Media in National and International Conflict, East West Communication Institute, Honolulu, September 1981.

Faculty Member, Salzburg Seminar, Session on "Communication, Development and Social Change," Salzburg, Austria, September 1979 and March 1982.

Keynote Speaker on "Islam and the West: Revolution and Response," conference of world media leaders, the Rockefeller Foundation's Bellagio Study and Conference Center, Lake Como, Italy, May 1981.

Faculty Member, Policy Workshop on Social Development, Institute of Social Studies, The Hague, Netherlands, May 1982.

Plenary Speaker, "Development Theory and Messianic ideologies: Dependency, Communication and Democracy in the Third World," 25th Annual Meeting of International Association for Mass Communication Research, Paris, September 1982; International Communication Association, Dallas, May 1983.

Paper, "Events, Pseudo-Events, Media Events: Image Politics and the Future of International Diplomacy," International Political Science Association, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, August 1982.

Chair, panel on "The Uses and Social Impact of the New Communications Technologies," Pacific Telecommunications Conference, Honolulu, January 1983.

Lecture, "The Age of Information: The Dialectics of Technology and Mythology," Annual Communication Seminar of East West Communication Institute, July 1982; International Communication Association,

Dallas, Texas, May 1983.

Keynote Speaker, "The Age of Information: Technology As If People Mattered," Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, Corvallis, Oregon, August 1983; lecture series on "The Crisis of Reductionism," University of Hawaii at Manoa, February 1983.

Speaker, "International Terrorism and the Mass Media," Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, Corvallis, Oregon, August 1983.

Lecture, "Democracy at Bay: Communication and Participation in the Electronic Age," Annual Communication Seminar, East West Communication Institute, July 1983; World Media Conference, Cartagena, Colombia, September 1983.

Speaker, "Print and Broadcast Media in Oral and Traditional Societies," International Conference on Publishing in Hawaii and the Pacific Islands, Honolulu, Nov. 18-19, 1983.

Paper, "Telecommunications and Participatory Democracy: Some Problems and Prospects," Pacific Telecommunications Conference, January 1984.

Keynote Speaker, "Communications and Development Planning," Worldview International Foundation's Annual Conference, March 9-12, 1984, Katmandu, Nepal.

Panel, "Communications and the Democratic Revolutions: a Historical Perspective," International Communication Association, May 23-27, 1984, San Francisco, CA.

Faculty, Salzburg Seminar, Session 231, "Communications, Development and Society in an Information Age," June 3-16, 1984, Salzburg, Austria.

Chair, Workshop on Peace and Development, US Institute of Peace Symposium, November 9-10, 1984, University of Hawaii at Manoa.

Participant, Workshop on Theories of Religion and Politics in the Middle East, Middle East Studies of Association of North America, November 27- December 1, 1984, San Francisco.

Chair, Panel on "Overviews of Telecommunication Development in Selected Countries," Pacific

Telecommunications Conference, Honolulu, January 13-16, 1985.

Chair, Workshop on "World Communications Review," Pacific Telecommunications Conference,

Honolulu, January 13-16, 1985.

Paper, "The Dialectics of Education and Catastrophe: Communication, Democracy and World Development," UN University Symposium on Global Learning, April 28-May 1, 1985, Toronto, Canada.

Chair, Masters' Workshop on "Paradigms Lost: In Search of New Perspectives on Communications

and International Development," International Communication Association, May 23-27, 1985, Honolulu.

Co-Chair, Panel on "Hawaii: Communication and Social Change in a Peripheral State," International Communication Association, May 23-27, 1985, Honolulu.

Co-Coordinator of Country and Regional Panels, International Communication Association, May 23-27, 1985, Honolulu.

Lecture, "Power and Purity: Communication and Modernization in the Middle East," University of California at Los Angeles and Annenberg School of Communication, University of Southern California, November 7, 1985.

Panel, "Problems of Peace in the Middle East," Consortium for Peace Education, Research and Development, University of California at Berkeley, November 8, 1985.

Lecture, "The Islamic World," Central Union Church, Honolulu, November 17, 1985.

Panel, "Communication and Democratization," International Communication Association, May 22- 26, 1986, Chicago, Illinois.

Lecture, "Information Technologies and Democratic Prospects," Tide 2000 Conference, Institute of Culture and Communication, June 12-14, 1986; The Institute of Social Sciences, Seoul National University, June 12-14, 1986; Gannett Center for Media Studies, Columbia University, November 1986.

Co-Director, Pacific Peace Seminar, University of Hawaii at Manoa, July-August 1987.

Keynote Speaker, "Information Technologies and World Development," Fourth World Communication Forum, Co- Sponsored by the Japan Society for Communication and Information Research an United Nations University, Tokyo, Japan, November 25-26, 1987.

Chair, Session 3.5, Telecommunication Systems, Pacific Telecommunication Conference, Honolulu, Hawaii, February 15-18, 1988.

Lecture, "The Phantom of Islam: Deconstructing Islamic Fundamentalism," Jefferson Fellows, East West Center, April 1, 1988.

Lecture, "Japan: the Future of a Super-State," Jefferson Fellows, East West Center, April 11, 1988.

Lecture, "Deconstructing the Iran-Iraqi War," International Communication Association, New Orleans, May 31, 1988.

Paper, "Communication, Peace and Development: A Communitarian Perspective," International Communication Association, New Orleans, May 30, 1988.

Lecture, "Technologies of Power: Information Machines and Democratic Prospects," Menlo Park College, Simon Fraser University, University of Calgary, Michigan State University, State University of New York at Buffalo, Emerson College, Annenberg School of Communications, University of Southern California, Fall 1988.

Lecture, "Communication and Revolution in the Middle East," University of Washington at Seattle, September 28, 1988.

Lecture, "Is a Graduate Degree Worth It," Graduate Students Association, University of Calgary, Oct. 21, 1988.

Lecture, "The Future of Communications as a Field of Study," Faculty Seminar, University of Calgary, Oct. 14, 1988.

Lecture, "Development Communication Issues in the Pacific Rim: Public Policy Aspects," Public Colloquium, University of Calgary, Oct. 12, 1988.

Lecture, "Development Communication: History, Theory, Policy," University of Calgary, Oct. 5, 12, 19, 1988.

Fact-Finding Tour of USSR (Leningrad, Kiev and Moscow), including 60 world opinion leaders, World Media Association, November 10-20, 1988.

Lecture, "Revolutionary Movements in the lslamic World," Jefferson Fellows, East West Center, April 17, 1989.

Conference Theme Session Chair, Asia, International Communication Association Annual Conference, San Francisco, May 25-29, 1989.

Chair, Panel on "Comparative Perspectives on News Flows in the Asia-Pacific Region," International Communication Association, May 25-29, 1989.

Co-Chair, Comparative Theory Workshop, International Communication Association, May 25-29, 1989.

Discussant, Panel on "Communication Policy Formation in the Asia-Pacific," International Communication Association, May 25-29, 1989.

Co-Chair, Panel on "Communication Studies in North America: A Historiography of Ideas," International Communication Association, May 25-29, 1989.

Panelist, Concluding Plenary on the Conference Theme "Comparatively Speaking," International Communication Association, May 25-29, 1989.

Resource Scholar, Conference on "The People of the Book in the Global Village-- Media and Messages through Space Time," James J. Shasha Institute for International Seminars, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel, June 18-24, 1989.

Paper, "Communication and Revolution in the Islamic World: An Essay in Interpretation," Fundamentalism Project Conference, University of Chicago, Oct. 30-Nov. 1, 1989

Chair, Working Group on Telecommunication Policy for Pacific Community, PTC, Honolulu, Jan. 16, 1990.

Lectures, "Political Economy of Development Communication: A Comparative Perspective," Universiti Sains Malaysia, March 29, 1990; Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, March 31, 1990; Seminar on Development and Communication in the 1990's: What Needs to Be Don?" Asian Mass Communication Research and Information Centre & International Development Research, Singapore, April 2-6, 1990.

Papers, "Communication Theory and Social Change," & "Communication and Revolution in Asia," International Communication Association, Dublin, Ireland, June 27-30, 1990; International Peace Research Association, Groningen, Holland, July 3-7, 1990.

Keynote Speaker, Global Seminar, "Communication and International Relations," United Nations University, Hakone, Japan, September 10-14, 1990.

Discussant, "Cultural and Political Regulations of International Telecommunications," the First Annual National Telecommunication Forum, The University of Colorado at Boulder, November 29-December 1, 1990.

Chair, Panel on Social and Cultural Impact of Telecommunication, Pacific Telecommunication Conf, Jan. 16, 1991.

Lectures and Discussions on the Gulf Crisis and Interviews on RTV shows, including Hemenway Forum, UHM, Aug. 31, 1990; Manoa Lions Club, Sep. 25, 1990; Windward Community College, Sep. 27, 1990; Matsunaga Weekend, UHM, Sep. 29, 1990; Geography of War and Peace, UHM, Oct. , 1990; Teach-In, UH Hilo, Oct. 3, 1990; Radio 03, Nov. 17, 1990; Hawaii Coalition for Global Affairs Conf., Dec. 27, 1990; Town Meeting with Hawaii Congressional Delegation, Dec. 28, 1990; Unitarian Church, Dec. 30, 1990; Town Meeting with Congressman Niel Abercrombie, Jan. 15, 1991; Dialogue, KHET TV, Feb. 1, 1991; Lutheran Church, Feb. 3 & 10, 1991; Perspectives on the Gulf Crisis, AIMES, Feb. 2, 1991; HITS, Feb. 8, 1991; St. Andrews Church, Feb. 19, 1991; UH Hilo, Feb. 11; Maui Community College, 21st Century Club, Feb. 20, 1991; Program in Conflict Resolution, UHM, Mar. 14, 1991; Waikiki Rotary Club, Mar. 20, 1991; HITS, Mar. 21, 1991; Iolani School, Apr. 8, English Speaking Union, Apr. 27 1991; Amnesty International, May 11, 1991; New Intensive English Program, UHM, May 17, 1991; Summer Session, May 22, 1991; Hawaii Community Foundation, June 21, 1991.

Moderator, Ethnic Peace Forum Series, UHM, Feb. 7, 14, 21, 28, Mar. 7, 14, 21, 1991

Lecture, "It is Possible to Live in Peace," Uncovering of Gandhi's Statue, Honolulu, Oct. 27, 1990

Introductory Remarks on a Peace Core Course, UH President's Breakfast Meeting, Apr. 23, 1991

Chair, International Conference on Restructuring for Peace" Challenges for 21st Century," co-sponsored by United Nations University, Matsunaga Peace Foundation, Institute of Culture and Communication, UH president, and Matsunaga Institute for Peace, June 2-5, 1991, UHM, Honolulu.

Lecture and Panel, "Communication and Intervention in the Gulf War," Conference on Communication and Intervention in Conflicts, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, June 13-15, 1991.

Panel, "Problems on Building Transformational Politics in the U. S.," American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Aug. 29-Sep. 1, 1991, Washington, DC.

Keynote Address, "Creating Spaces for Peace," International Conference on Pacific Link for Sustainable Peace: The New East Asian Regional Order," Cheju International Council, Cheju City, S. Korea, October 24-26, 1991.

Lecture, "Telecommunication Policy and Discourse Analysis," Workshop on Telecommunication Policy Research Methods," Pacific Telecommunication Conference, Honolulu, Jan. 12, 1992; Victoria & Waikato Universities, Wellington & Hamilton, New Zealand, Jan. 30 & Feb. 4, 1992.

Keynote Address, "Restructuring for World Peace in the Post-Cold War Era," Asia-Pacific Peace Research Association, Christchurch, New Zealand, Jan. 31- Feb. 4, 1992.

Co-Chair & Organizer, International Consultation Meeting on Zones of Peace and Development, New York, May 15-17, 1992.

Chair & Organizer, International Conference on Restructuring for Ethnic Peace: Comparative Perspectives, East West Center and University of Hawaii. June 1-3, 1992.

Keynote Address, "Ethnic Discourse and the New World Dysorder," Conference on Ethics and Global Communication, sponsored by the National Council of Churches of Christ in the USA and the World Association for Christian Communication, New York, June 21-23, 1992.

Paper, "Ethnic Conflict and the New World Order," International Peace Research Association Conference, Kyoto, Japan, July 27-31, 1992.

Lecture, "Global Learning and the New World Order," Soka University, Tokyo, July 22, 1992.

Lecture, "Prospects for Peace and Development in the New Asia Pacific Hemisphere," Center for Peace and Development Studies, Beijing, August 3, 1992.

Lecture, "Prospects for Cultural Cooperation between Tajikistan and Iran," Dushanbe, Tajikistan, August 15, 1992.

Lecture, "Pre-Conditions for Energy Cooperation in Central Asia and the Caucuses," Conference on Energy Cooperation in Central Asia and the Caucuses, Tehran, September 1, 1992.

Panel, "Regional Conflicts: Communication and the Role of the Media," United Nations/NGO Conference on Regional Conflicts, New York City, September 9-11, 1992.

Paper, "Communication and Revolution in Comparative Perspective," Media and Revolution Conference, University of Kentucky, October 15-17, 1992.

Lecture, "Communication and Revolution in 20th Century Iran," Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Harvard University, October 26, 1992.

Lecture, "The New Asian Orders: Trends and Tensions," Department of Political Science, UHM, December 4, 1992.

Lecture, "Communication and the New World Order," Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts, Sep. 20, 1993

Lecture, "What Is Creativity," Boston Research Center for 21st Century, Oct. 26, 1993.

Lecture, "Is Non-Violence Possible in a Violent World," Boston Research Center for 21st Century, Nov. 19, 1993

Paper, "Where Is the New World Order: From End of History to Clash of Civilizations," 6th MacBride Roundtable Symposium, January 21, 1994; Institute for Peace Conference, Honolulu, May 21, 1994.

Keynote Address, "World With/out Wars: Moral Spaces and the Ethics of Transnational Communication," Conference on Religio-Ethnic Conflict and Communication, Piran, Slovenia, April 7-10, 1994.

Lectures, "Communications and Modernization," Center for Strategic Studies, Imam Sadeq University, and Center for Radio and TV Research, Summer 1994, Tehran, Iran

Lectures, "Where is the New World Order?" Harvard University, Tufts University, Boston Research Center for the 21st Century, Fall 1994.

Chair and Organizer, Seminar Series on Global Communication and International Relations, Program on Information Resources Policy & Center for International Affairs, Harvard University, Sep 1994-April 1996

TV Interviews, Haynes Forum, Emerson College, Boston, MA, October 26, 1994

Paper, "Constitutionalism and Its Discontents," Third COVICO Conference, Honolulu, Hawaii, Jan. 5-8, 1995

Paper, "World With/Out Wars: Moral Spaces and the Ethics of Transnational Communication," PTC, Jan. 1995

Panel Participant, East West Philosophers Conference, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Jan. 12, 1995

Panels, "Vision 20:20," EPIIC Conference, Tufts University, March 4-5, 1995

Lecture, "Globalism and Its Discontents," Notre Dame University, April 5; Ohio State University, April 7, 1995

Panel, "Iran in the 21st Century," Center for Iranian Research Conference, Ohio State University, April 8, 1995

Paper, "That Recurrent Suspicion: Democratization in a Global Perspective," Seminar on Religion, Values and International Relations, Harvard University, April 11, 1995.

Respondent, Symposium on "The Multicultural State," by Charles Taylor, et al, Harvard University, Apr. 21, 1995.

Participant, Annual Conference of the International Society for Panetics, Washington, DC, April 27-29, 1995.

Lecture, "Communication and Cultural Transformation in Iran," The World Bank Iranian Club, Apr. 27, 1995; Iranian Cultural Society, Washington, DC, May 1, 1995

TV Interview, Iranian Television, Washington, DC, April 29, 1995

Chair, Panel, Annual Conference on US-Iran Relations, Washington, Dc, April 28, 1995

Lecture, "Whither Communication Studies?" Dept. of Com., University of Hawaii, August 24, 1995

Radio Interview, Hawaii Public Radio, Second Glance, September 2, 1995

Panelist, Conference on the Future of Media Studies, MIT, October 14, 1995

Panelist, Information Revolution and Its Impact on International Affairs, Harvard, November 17, 1995

Participant, International Conference on the Future Generations, Honolulu, Hawaii, January 10-12,1996

Paper, Global Communication and International Relations, GII Conference, Jan 19-20, 1996

Lecture, Where Is the New World Dis/Order?, Shorenstein Center, Harvard University, March 4, 1996

Chair, Panel & Workshop, Religion and Modernity, EPIIC, Tufts University, April 19-21, 1996

Paper, Communication and Development in Greater Central Asia, Conference on Communication and Empowerment, University of Southern California, Apr. 11-14, 1996

Convenor, Communication and Peace Commission, International Peace Research Association, Brisbane, Australia, July 8-12, 1996

Paper, Global Communication and North-South Conflicts, Peace Symposium, Hiroshima, Sep. 17-18, 1996

Lecture, Communication and Cultural Transformation in the 20th Century Iran, Middle East Studies Association, Washington, DC, Dec. 8, 1995; Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Harvard University, April 1, l996

TV Interview, Iranian Television, Washington, DC, December 9, 1995

Lecture, Communication and Modernization in Central Asia, Committee on Central Asian Studies, Harvard University, December 13, 1995

Paper, Local Ethics and Global Technologies in Central Asia, PTC, January 14, 1996

Lecture, What Iranian Identity?, in Persian, Iranian Club of Boston, February 4, 1996

Radio Interviews on Current Affairs, Iran Radio, 1995-present.

Paper, "Global Communication and International Relations," International Peace Research Association Conference, Brisbane, Australia, June 1996

Inaugural Lectures, Toda Institute for Global Peace and Policy, Tokyo & Okinawa, July 1996

Lecture, "Nuclear Proliferation in Central and West Asia," Hiroshima Symposium: Fifty Years of Nuclear Weapons," Hiroshima, September 16-17, 1996

Paper, "Global Communication and International Peace," International Studies Association Conference, Mukahari, Japan, S September 19-21, 1996

Participant, Conference on "The Third Industrial Revolution in the Islamic World," Oxford Center for Islamic Studies, Ditchley, Park, UK, October 4-5, 1996

Lecture, "Globalism and Its Discontents: International Communication in a Fragmented World," Lund University, Sweden, October 8, 1996

Chair, Workshop on Human Security and Global Governance, Toda Institute, Honolulu, November 2, 1996

Rapporteur, Amar-Unesco Conference on Islamic-European Dialogue, Paris, March 3-5, 1997

Participant, First International Congress on Infoethics, Unesco, Monaco, March 10-12, 1997

Paper, "Globalism, Localism, and Islamism: Migration, Identity, and World System Development," International Studies Association, Toronto, March 18-23. 1997

Organizer, Conference on Human Security and Governance in Hawaii, Toda Institute, Honolulu, April 5, 1997

Paper, "The Anglo-Iranian Oil Dispute," Conference on Fifty Years of the International Court of Justice, University of Denver, April 17-18, 1997

Organizer, Conference on Human Security and Governance in the Asia-Pacific, Toda Institute, Honolulu, June 6-8, 1997

Keynote Speaker, "Dialogue of Civilizations for Peace," 9th International Conference on Systems Research, Informatics, and Cybernetics, Baden-Baden, Germany, August 18-23, 1997

Co-Organizer, Conference on Human Security and Global Governance: Non-Nuclear Prerequisites for Nuclear Disarmament, Toda Institute and Norwegian Institute of International Studies, London, September 26-28, 1997

Paper, "Informatic Imperialism and Global Apartheid," 9th MacBride Roundtable on Communication, University of Colorado at Boulder, October 1-2, 1997

Lecture, "Pancapitalism: Human Security and Global Governance," Peace Institute Lecture Series, November 4, 1997

Lecture Series on International Communication, University of Lima, Peru, November 15-30, 1997

Lecture on U. S. Foreign Policy, University of Lima, Peru, November 28, 1997

Lecture on the Persian Gulf, Australian National University, Canberra, March 30, 1998.

Co-Organizer, Workshop on UN Reform, University of Melbourne, Australia, March 23-24, 1998

Lecture on Whither Iran?, Rand Corporation, Los Angeles, May 12, 1998.

Keynote Speaker, UNESCO Conference on Dialogue of Civilizations for Peace, Kishinev, Moldova, May 15-19, 1998.

Telelecture on Globalization and Education for students at Victoria University, Wellington, New Zealand, May 27, 1998.

Organizer, Workshop on the Persian Gulf Security, Conference of Society for Iranian Studies, Bethesda, Maryland, May 22-24, 1998.

Co-Organizer, Workshop on Cultural Security and Global Governance, Honolulu, June 1-3, 1998

Organizer, Conference on Food Security and Governance in Africa, Toda Institute, Durban, South Africa, June 19- 21, 1998.

Plenary Speaker, Conference of the International Peace Research Association, Durban, South Africa, June 23-26, 1998.

Panelist, "Is there a Future for International Development Communication?," Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, Baltimore, Maryland, August 5-8, 1998.

Lecture, "Whither Iran?" Conference on the Middle East 2000, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia, September 17-20, 1998.

Participant, State of the World Conference, San Francisco, October 27-November 1, 1998.

Co-Organizer, Conference on Globalization, Employment, and Quality of Life, Sydney University, November 28-30, 1998.

 



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