The Emergence of Iranian Nationalism (Farsi) background
Aidin Torkameh
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Organizing at Universities and Unfolding Revolution in Iran background
Azam Khatam
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This article provides an overview of the available materials on the Iran’s National Organization of University Professors (NOUP) and a summary of my interviews with three founders and members of the organization...
"What to Do with Universities?" A Defence through a Positivist Lens background
Behrang Sadighi
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University and Revolution is a compilation of Sadegh Zibakalam's works from 1993 to 2000 that examine the state of humanities and social sciences in Iran. Beyond newspaper articles, speeches, and interviews...
Cultural Revolution in Iran and Targeting the Political Rivals background
Mehrak Kamali
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Mehrak Kamali, who has firsthand experience of the Cultural Revolution in Iran and, about two decades after its onset, contributed to the first independent report on this event in the Lowh Monthly, shared his experiences and perspectives on this matter in an interview with GlobIS Review.
Why haven’t We Claimed Academic Freedom? background
Homa Hoodfar
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In her interview with the GlobIS Review, Homa Hoodfar discussed her forthcoming book on academic freedom in the Middle East and Iran. While highlighting efforts to develop related international conventions, she delved into the varying historical conceptions and functions of universities in the region in this context.
Cultural Revolution: It is Time to Balance the Books! background
Saeed Paivandi
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Saeid Paivandi, who has published several articles on Iran's educational system, shared his personal experiences and insights on the Cultural Revolution and the Islamization of social sciences and humanities in Iran in an interview with GlobIS Review.
The Iranian Sociological Association: First Steps in Defence of Academic Freedom background
Leila Araghi
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On fall 2023, the Iranian Sociological Association (ISA) website published a collection of 13 interviews and short essays about the independence of university and academic freedom in Iran...
Science, Politics, and Gender in the Cultural Revolution background
Habib Moghimi
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Ata Heshmati’s master’s dissertation (University of British Columbia, 2021) explores the aftermath of the 1980 Cultural Revolution in Iranian universities. Heshmati explains that the closure of all universities in Iran for three years led to the formation of two important administrative bodies...
Cultural Revolution from China to Iran (Farsi) background
Behrang Sadighi
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New Threats to Academic Freedom in Asia (Farsi) background
Shaun O’Dwyer
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Why Students Must Shout to Be Heard? (Farsi) background
Gabriel Winant
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Forbidden Knowledge (Farsi) background
Felix Hoffmann
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Reflections on Exile and Academic Precarity (Farsi) background
Asli Vatansever
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A Glimpse into the 1980 Cultural Revolution Dairy (Farsi) background
Editorial
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Editorial Note: Why Academic Freedom? background
Editorial
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The 2nd issue of the GlobIS Review examines recent scholarship on Iranian universities through the lens of academic freedom. Under President Ebrahim Raisi (2021-2024), universities faced intensified political and ideological attacks...
Gender Segregation Politics in Iran background
Norma Claire Moruzzi
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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...
Local History of Oil Capitalism background
Aidin Torkameh
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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...
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Editorial
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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...
Rereading the 1979 Revolution over Time background
Azam Khatam
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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,
A Passionate Return to the Islamic Revolution background
Behrang Sadighi
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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...
Hell in the Cinema background
Hamidreza Yousefi
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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...
The Loss of a Faraway Dream (Farsi) background
Fatemeh Sadeghi
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Revolution in the Village (Farsi) background
Navid Fozi
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Iran’s Quiet Revolution (Farsi) background
Peyman Jafari
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Ghosts of Revolution (Farsi) background
Naghmeh Sohrabi
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Revolution without Revolutionaries (Farsi) background
Gianni Del Panta
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A Discussion on Arab Uprising, 2011 (Farsi) background
Shamiran Mako, Valentine Moghadam, & Jamie Allinson
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Anatomies of Revolution (Farsi) background
Sidney Tarrow
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Drugs & Politics in Iran (Farsi) background
Mahdokht Ghorbani
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Prozak Diaries (Farsi) background
Arezoo Osanloo
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