GDC director Yasuyuki Matsunaga took part in panels at the 2026 BRISMES conference, held at SOAS in June, and AIS conference, held at Utrecht University in August, and made following presentations.
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BRISMES (British Society for Middle Eastern Studies)
Panel: Contested Memories of War and Oppression: Intifada in 1991 and Anfar in 1988 (organized by Keiko Sakai with participants Alaa Alameri, Amir Taha, Yasuyuki Matsunaga, and Fanar Haddad [chair])
Paper: Reconciling Different Historiographies of the Iran-Iraq War: Narrative Constructions regarding the March 1988 Halabja Attack
June 23, 2026 (SOAS, University of London)
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AUS (Association for Iranian Studies)
The 15th Biennial Iranian Studies Conference
Panel: Dimensions of the Iran-Iraq War and Its Extensions: Bottom-up Perspectives on Unintended Consequences of Strategic Decisions and Encounters (organized by Yasuyuki Matsunaga with participants Mateo Mohammad Farzaneh and Amir Taha)
Paper: Revisiting the 1988 Halabja Attack: How the Activities of the Qarargah Ramazan Inadvertently Helped to Cause It
August 6, 2026 (Utrecht University)
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