Bilingual Lecture Series: Ali Gheissari
10383 Bunche Hall 11282 Portola Plaza, Los AngelesHasan Pirnia and Constitutional Experience: Articulation of Public Law and the Prospects of Modern State in Iran, 1905-1925 Ali Gheissari University of San Diego Monday, January 26, 2026 Lecture in English Bunche Hall 10383, 11:00am Zoom link for hybrid online viewing both days: https://ucla.zoom.us/j/92182697630 The topic of this presentation will be an assessment of the role of Hasan Pirnia (Moshir al-Dowleh) in the Iranian Constitutional Revolution and his contribution to articulating a theory of public law and the institutional requisites of the modern state in Iran. Given the limitations of time—and setting aside biographical details and the extensive accounts of...