Global Knowledge Conference on Afghan/Iranian Diaspora Culture/Communities in Bay Area Scholarly program
including presentations, discussions, film screening, art exhibition, poetry
and dance performance Oct. 22-24, 2009 California State University, East Bay,
25800 Carlos Bee Blvd., Hayward, 94542,
http://class.csueastbay.edu/Global_Knowledge.php.


Conference culminates a year-long focus on the nations of Afghanistan and Iran as they mark the 30th anniversary of the Iranian Revolution and the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan through a variety of programs and presentations held in various Bay Area locations in concert with a consortium comprised of the San Francisco Asian Art Museum, the University of California, Berkeley, and California State University, Fresno.

$35 through Oct. 15; $50 at the door (space permitting)

Presented by the CSUEB College of Letters, Arts, and Social Sciences, The Afghan Coalition, College of Arts and Humanities, California State University, Fresno; Zale Video and Film, and Balkh Bakery and Deli.