SRRT's International Responsibilities Task Force (IRTF) has a total of 14 members subscribed on ALA Connect, not including ALA staff admins. Our co-chairs are Mark Rosenzweig and Mark Hudson.
On March 11 the IRTF and SRRT Programming Committee co-sponsored Introduction to Iran, An Informational Webinar with three panelists: Frieda Afary, SRRT member and socialist-feminist scholar; Lily Alavi, scholar of Persian literature and language; and Amir Soltani, writer, activist, filmmaker, and author of Zahra's Paradise.
The webinar was organized and moderated by IRTF member Polly Parkinson. It's a beautiful and informative conversation that illuminates many facets of Iranian society, culture, politics and history. The webinar video is available for viewing on the SRRT Events page at https://www.ala.org/srrt/events.
Also available on the SRRT Events page is a resource list created by IRTF members Mark Rosenzweig and Polly Parkinson to support librarians, educators, and program organizers seeking historically grounded, politically literate, and culturally informed materials on Iran. It includes ideas for book groups.
IRTF looks forward to creating more webinars, resource lists and other educational resources in the coming months and years.
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Mark Hudson
Co-chair, SRRT International Responsibilities Task Force (IRTF)
Pittsburgh, PA, US
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