{"value"=>"<p>This series consists of course descriptions, lectures notes and feedback from students and professionals who participated in Esfandiary's courses, lectures, and professional seminars. The teaching files document Esfandiary's career as lecturer at the New School for Social Research and the UCLA Extension School in the 1970s and 1980s and his later seminars at the Florida International University in the 1990s. Esfandiary's career in education began in 1969 at the New School for Social Research. His course, 'Toward a New Concept of Man,' was first taught in the Sociology department and sought to develop a new visionary image of man free from the bogged down ideas of alienation, estrangement and identity crisis. This course was taught until Fall of 1975, but by that point was under the heading of futuristics. In addition to lecturing at educational institutions, Esfandiary maintained a busy schedule of professional seminars and workshops for industrial, government and professional groups. The files include correspondence and feedback from Esfandiary's consulting at California Department of Justice and Florida Department of Law Enforcement. Between 1981 and 1991, Esfandiary's seminars were held Lockheed Corporation, University of California Department of Plastic Surgery, American Institute of Architects, Group Psychotherapy Association of California, American Planning Association National University Extension Association, and California Society of Certified Public Accountants. These workshops focused on planning for the future and exegeses of the postindustrial economy. Ephemera from Esfandiary's press tours and speaking engagements from the 1970s is also included in the seminar files.</p>"}