- Norma Claire MoruzziWomen in Place: The Politics of Gender Segregation in Iran, by Nazanin Shahrokni
Is there such a thing as a universal policy for women’s empowerment (or disempowerment)? Can there be a fixed response among gender advocates to any specific policy? The long international history of state and society involvement in women’s dress and behavior, including both the formal segregation of some otherwise public spaces and the mandatory wearing… - Aidin TorkamehThe Built Environment and the Making of the Industrial Working Class, by Kaveh Ehsani
In the absence of explicitly spatial historiographies of Iran, we definitely should celebrate the publication of Ehsani’s pioneering work in Persian which fills a vital gap in the literature. His work is a social history of labor in the Iranian oil industry, with a specific focus on space/geography… - Editorial
The 1979 Iranian revolution has garnered significant academic attention worldwide, leading to substantial publications in the social sciences both within and outside Iran. This inaugural edition of the GlobIS Review is devoted to an in-depth discussion of the 1979 revolution…
- Azam Khatam
The Iranian 1979 revolution has been a central focus of academic research at universities across the globe and a key topic of political science publications inside Iran. The Islamic revolution was an unexpected occurrence for many since, in the late 1970s,
- Behrang SadighiReturn to the Horizon of the Revolution, by Mohammad Javad Gholamreza Kashi
The title of the book Return to the Horizon of the Revolution is based on a transliteration of a one-day workshop in Iran held by the author in 2015. The book comprises five chapters: Society and Language, Different Levels of Language-Politics Connections… - Hamidreza YousefiCinema Hell: Six Reports on Human Incineration at Cinema Rex, by Karim Nikunazar
More than four decades have passed since the Cinema Rex tragedy in Abadan, on August 19, 1978, brought the Pahlavi regime closer to the brink of downfall. Yet many questions remain unanswered… - Fatemeh SadeghiFoucault in Iran: Islamic Revolution after the Enlightenment, by Behrooz Ghamari Tabrizi
- Navid FoziDays of Revolution: Political Unrest in an Iranian Village, by Mary Elaine Hegland
- Peyman JafariIran’s Quiet Revolution: The Downfall of the Pahlavi State, by Ali Mirsepassi
- Naghmeh SohrabiGhosts of Revolution: Rekindled Memories of Imprisonment in Iran, by Shahla Talebi