Setting aside the scattered early research efforts of the beginning of the 20th century, sociology in Iran has a seventy-year history during which many of its scholars have sought to create a space for articulating and explaining social…
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Underground: The Secret Life of Videocassettes in Iran (2021) offers an insightful exploration of the role videocassettes played in shaping the cultural and media landscape of post-revolutionary Iran. Spanning the years between the 1983 ban…
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Volume 2, Issue 1 | June 2025 | Migration and the Iranian Diaspora
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Around the turn of the twentieth century, small yet diverse Iranian emigrant communities had established themselves primarily in neighboring regions. These included individuals who migrated for trade or employment–such as to India or the…
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This article introduces and examines three distinct works that explore the experiences of Iranian migrants, each approaching the subject from a different angle. One is a narrative-driven novel, another a critical travelogue, and the third a…
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In his book, Longing to Leave: Migration in the Iranian Intersubjectivity, Mehrdad Arabestani explores migration as it is experienced mentally and culturally within Iranian society. He seeks to problematize the ways Iranians comprehend the…
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