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Survey Zoroastrians: Online Religious Identification in the Islamic Republic of Iran
Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, Volume 62, Issue 4, Page 823-844, December 2023., 2023 Abstract This article contributes to the internationalization of survey methodology by discussing a case from a totalitarian state, the Islamic Republic of Iran. In 2020, GAMAAN (The Group for Measuring and Analyzing Attitudes in Iran) conducted an online survey on religion.
Michael Stausberg +2 more
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A Conceptual History of “Muhandis” in the Qajar Period [PDF]
Sofeh Journal, 2019 While in contemporary Iran, educated architects are titled muhandis (engineer) or muhandis-i mi’mār (architectural engineer), in Europe where is the origin of modern Iranian architectural education, it is not common to title architects as such at all.
Mehrdad Qayyoomi Bidhendi, Zahra Golshan
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Water Resources Research, Volume 59, Issue 9, September 2023., 2023 Abstract Accurate prediction of physical alterations in carbonate reservoirs under dissolution is critical for development of subsurface energy technologies. The impact of mineral dissolution on flow characteristics depends on the connectivity and tortuosity of the pore network.
E. P. Thompson, B. R. Ellis
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The politics of street names: Reconstructing Iran’s collective identity
Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism, Volume 23, Issue 2, Page 122-143, September 2023., 2023 Abstract With the radical political change in 1979, Iran's revolutionary state assumed the responsibility of re‐rewriting the past history to forge a new sense of belonging, a particularly collective religious (Shia) identity. It launched a complex process of forgetting and remembering to first eliminate the national (Persian), non‐religious memories ...
Ehsan Kashfi
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The Kurdish Janus: The intersocietal construction of nations
Nations and Nationalism, Volume 29, Issue 2, Page 718-733, April 2023., 2023 Abstract Existing accounts of Kurdish nationalism can be mapped onto the main theories of nationalism, that is, primordialism, ethnosymbolism and modernism. These theories, however, suffer, respectively, from essentialism, circularity and aporia, manifest in their common inability to digest the Janus‐like character of nations, that is, their display of
Kamran Matin, Jahangir Mahmoudi
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Influences of Painting Basics and Cultural Factors in Type of Background's and Foreground's Composition in Photography of Qajar Era[1] [PDF]
Jilvah-i hunar, 2016 Qajar Era[1] Photography entered Iran with a time difference of three years after its invention in Europe, at the time of Qajar dynasty (1842 A.D. / 1258 A.H.) and grew with the growth of this dynasty. Photography needed a proper context at the beginning
R. Afhami Afhami Afhami +1 more
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Recognising Decorative Elements Taken from the West in Qajar Period Façades Using Close-Range Photogrammetric Technology: the Case of Window-Pediments in the Ahmad Shahi Pavilion [PDF]
صفه, 2023 The ornaments of the Qajar period reflect how Iranians adopted their approach to modernism from the West, and the way in which the architecture of this period was influenced by different architectural styles of the 18th - and 19th- century Europe ...
Elham Andaroodi +2 more
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People and Nature, Volume 4, Issue 6, Page 1536-1546, December 2022., 2022 Abstract The Caucasian grouse Lyrurus mlokosiewiczi, one of the most poorly known species of grouse, is experiencing population declines associated with multiple threats. Evaluating species' population status in relation to different local human activities is important to inform conservation and identify suitable management methods, but determining ...
Sajad Ghanbari, Samuel T. Turvey
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Study of the Expansion and Diversity Fields in the Art of Gilding in the Qajar Period [PDF]
نگره, 2023 Book decoration, from Persian miniature and gilding to bookbinding, has been one of the arts considered by artists during the Islamic period. Many authors and scholars are not interested to study the art of the Qajar period, especially gilding, and the ...
Atefeh Shafiee, Alireza Sheikhi
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Area, Volume 54, Issue 4, Page 638-645, December 2022., 2022 Abstract The deterioration of bilateral relations between the US and China heralds a new chapter in geopolitics increasingly characterised by competition and confrontation. We introduce insights from contemporary Cold War historiography, which we suggest can help deepen our understanding of the present.
Seth Schindler, Jessica DiCarlo
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