Iranian Videos

Women’s Fiction Literature in the Context of Socio-Political Developments in Afghanistan This presentation will provide a historical overview of women’s fiction from its inception in the twentieth century to the…

Rethinking Gender, Ethnicity and Religion in Iran Rethinking Gender, Ethnicity and Religion in Iran: An Intersectional Approach to National Identity by Azadeh Kian examines the crucial shifts that affected Sunnite…

Being Woman: Diverse Voices of Women from Afghanistan and Iran About the speakers: (labels in parenthesis represent the topic each speaker was asked to speak about) Haifa Asadi: (Youth Generation…

A Historical Perspective on Violence and Urban Unrest in Modern Iran During the Qajar era, urban riots were often popular uprisings rooted in social grievances such as famines and grain…

Nonviolence and the Revolution of Values in Iran In 2009, the world watched in admiration the peaceful protests of young Iranians in the aftermath of Iran’s fraudulent presidential elections that…

Mohammad Mossadegh, the Capitulations, and the “Standard of Civilization” In the Age of Empire, Iran was one of the few non-European states to retain its sovereignty. The price it had…

Aspects of Everyday Life in Iran: Between Religion, State, and the Lure of the West Iran is one of very few non-Western countries that were never formally colonized. The presence…

Aspects of Everyday Life in Iran: Between Religion, State, and the Lure of the West Iran is one of very few non-Western countries that were never formally colonized. The presence…

Aspects of Everyday Life in Iran: Between Religion, State, and the Lure of the West Iran is one of very few non-Western countries that were never formally colonized. The presence…

Aspects of Everyday Life in Iran: Between Religion, State, and the Lure of the West Iran is one of very few non-Western countries that were never formally colonized. The presence…