The Iran-Iraq War (1980-1988)

May 4-5, 2022. Università degli Studi di Bari Aldo Moro, Italy. International Conference Programme

May 4, 2022

h: 15.00 – 19.00 Aula Starace

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The Iran-Iraq War (1980-1988)

May 4-5, 2022
Università degli Studi di Bari Aldo Moro, Italy.

International Conference Programme

Stefano Bronzini (Rector of the University of Bari)
Giuseppe Moro (Head of the Political Science Department of the University of Bari) Luciano Monzali (Università degli Studi di Bari Aldo Moro)

Session One – The Iran-Iraq War and the Global Context Chair: Leopoldo Nuti (Università degli Studi di Roma Tre)

1. Luca Riccardi (Università degli Studi di Cassino e del Lazio Meridionale) Italian Foreign Policy in the Middle East at the end of the 1980s
2. Federico Scarano (Università degli Studi della Campania Luigi Vanvitelli) The Federal Republic of Germany and the Iran-Iraq War
3. Paolo Soave (Università di Bologna Alma Mater Studiorum) The United States and the Iran-Iraq War
4. Fabio Bettanin (Università di Napoli L’Orientale) The Soviet Union and the Iran-Iraq War
5. Angela Villani (Università degli Studi di Messina) The United Nations and the Iran-Iraq War

Keynote: Shabnam Holliday (University of Plymouth)

Legacy of the Iran-Iraq War in Iranian Foreign Policy: Legitimacy, Sovereignty and World Order

Panel of Discussants

May 5, 2022

h: 9.00 – 13.00 Aula Starace

Session Two – The Iran-Iraq War in the Middle Eastern Context Chair: Antonello Sacchetti (Journalist, www.diruz.it)

1. Siavush Randjbar-Daemi (University of St. Andrews) The Iran-Iraq War through the Diaries of Hashemi Rafsanjani
2. Giuliano Garavini (Università degli Studi Roma Tre) OPEC and the Iran-Iraq War
3. Matteo Gerlini (Università degli Studi di Siena) Historiography of nuclear weapon programs in the Iran-Iraq war
4. Paolo Wulzer (Università di Napoli L’Orientale) The Iran-Iraq War and its impact on the U.S.-Saudi relations
5. Giordana Pulcini (Università degli Studi di Roma Tre) Fallout from the raid: the 1981 airstrike at Osirak and the Iran-Iraq War

Keynote: Ali Ansari (University of St. Andrews)

The Myth of the Iran-Iraq War

Panel of Discussants

Lunch Break

h: 15.00 – 19.00 Aula Starace

Session Three – The Iran-Iraq War and the Non-Aligned, Middle Eastern and Asiatic Countries Chair: Shabnam Holliday (University of Plymouth)

1. Bogdan Zivkovic (Institute for Balkan Studies, Belgrade) Yugoslavia, the Non-Aligned Countries, and the Iran-Iraq War
2. Chiara d’Auria (Università degli Studi di Salerno) Communist China and the Iran-Iraq War
3. Giuseppe Spagnulo (Università degli Studi di Bari Aldo Moro) India, Pakistan, and the Iran-Iraq War
4. Federico Imperato (Università degli Studi di Bari Aldo Moro) Turkey and the Iran-Iraq War
5. Rosario Milano (Università degli Studi di Bari Aldo Moro) The Operation Earnest Will and the Italian involvement

Scientific Committee: Giuseppe Spagnulo, Rosario Milano, Siavush Randjbar-Daemi, Federico Imperato
Organising Committee: Marco di Sapia, Irene Paolino, Federico Imperato, Antonella Fiorio, Giuseppe Spagnulo, Rosario Milano, Siavush Randjbar-Daemi