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In recent years heat waves, droughts, sandstorms, toxic pollution, and more have made the lives of people living in…

In this conversation, Azam Khatam speaks with Kaveh Ehsani (Associate professor of international studies, DePaul…

This interview explores the evolving landscape of Gulf Studies, highlighting the work of a scholar whose research…

Crude Oil and the Mirage of Development draws on Roya Khoshnevis’s doctoral dissertation, defended in 2021 at the…

The Persian Gulf has always been simpler to conquer than to define; empires found taking possession far easier than…

There has been a renewed interest in revisiting Ebrahim Golestan’s early documentary films about oil. This is in…

If we set aside the long and tumultuous history that Kharg has endured, the island acquired a distinct status…

The seventeen-volume collection Military Geography of Iran, published in Tehran between 1941 and 1946 and…

The establishment of the field of “Persian Gulf Studies” and the creation of universities and research institutes…

In recent decades, the study of migration in eastern Arabia and the Persian Gulf has become one of the most dynamic…

My dissertation investigates how struggles over land and labor in date agriculture and oil extraction around the…

Since 2020, I’ve been conducting ethnographic and historical research about property at sea in the lower Persian…

My dissertation, Indigenous Refusal, is an ethnographic and historical study of Arab communities in Khuzestan, a…

This dissertation traces how citizenship and migration shaped the politics of the midcentury Persian Gulf, with a…

In the absence of explicitly spatial historiographies of Iran, we definitely should celebrate the publication…

The Persian Gulf Studies Quarterly (PGSQ) is one of the few Iranian periodicals dedicated exclusively to the study…

Sinews of War and Trade: Shipping and Capitalism in the Arabian Peninsula Laleh Khalili Verso Books, 2021…

In recent years, the sociological exploration of Shi'ism has received more attention in Iran. The book Topics in…

Setting aside the scattered early research efforts of the beginning of the 20th century, sociology in Iran has a…

Underground: The Secret Life of Videocassettes in Iran (2021) offers an insightful exploration of the role…

Around the turn of the twentieth century, small yet diverse Iranian emigrant communities had established themselves…

This article introduces and examines three distinct works that explore the experiences of Iranian migrants, each…

In his book, Longing to Leave: Migration in the Iranian Intersubjectivity, Mehrdad Arabestani explores migration as…

Migration studies in Iran have predominantly focused on outmigration and the desires of those seeking to leave,…

Although migration has been a significant phenomenon in Iran for a long time, it has become a central factor in…

In the introduction to a field-defining 2011 special issue about Iranian Diaspora Studies, Babak Elahi and Persis…

I had always thought my confusion about my own racial identity had more to do with the light skin and blue eyes I…

It’s nearly impossible to attend an Iranian celebration—whether a wedding, party, or Nowruz gathering—anywhere in…

This conversation between Iranian-American scholars Dr. Amy Malek and Dr. Persis Karim in July 2025, reflects on…

Iran’s Migration Observatory had a short lifespan. Launched in 2017 at Sharif University in Tehran, it was…

In recent years, the notion of home has become a central concern in diaspora and migration studies–not merely as a…

Conditional Belonging: The Racialization of Iranians in the Wake of Anti-Muslim Politics in Europe Sahar Sadeghi…

The Woman, Life, Freedom (WLF) movement, which emerged in September 2022, has garnered significant interest among…

The book Spring of the Women's Movement: A Narrative of Tears and Smiles, as its title suggests, is a personal…

Shahla Lahiji (1942-2023) was one of the four female publishers in Iran, founding publishing house in the early…

During and after the Jina Uprising, many articles were written about this uprising by various experts and social…

This is the 50th issue of Zanan-e Emrooz—a significant milestone for a journal we have dedicated ourselves to for…

Woman, Art, Freedom: Artists and Street Politics in Iran, by Pamela Karimi is a significant contribution to the…

When scholars, essayists, and journalists discuss Iran and its politics, writing in English, they often incorporate…

Revolt Against Theocracy is the latest book by Farhad Khosrokhavar, a sociologist and university professor in…

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The adoption of an institutional model for environmental policymaking during the second Pahlavi era, which…

This article provides an overview of the available materials on the Iran’s National Organization of University…

Mehrak Kamali, who has firsthand experience of the Cultural Revolution in Iran and, about two decades after its…

In her interview with the GlobIS Review, Homa Hoodfar discussed her forthcoming book on academic freedom in the…

Saeid Paivandi, who has published several articles on Iran's educational system, shared his personal experiences…

On fall 2023, the Iranian Sociological Association (ISA) website published a collection of 13 interviews and short…

Ata Heshmati’s master’s dissertation (University of British Columbia, 2021) explores the aftermath of the 1980…

The 2nd issue of the GlobIS Review examines recent scholarship on Iranian universities through the lens of academic…

Is there such a thing as a universal policy for women’s empowerment (or disempowerment)? Can there be a fixed…

The 1979 Iranian revolution has garnered significant academic attention worldwide, leading to substantial…

The Iranian 1979 revolution has been a central focus of academic research at universities across the globe and a…

More than four decades have passed since the Cinema Rex tragedy in Abadan, on August 19, 1978, brought the…