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State of the Field: The History of Masculinities
History, Volume 111, Issue 394, Page 5-29, January 2026.Abstract This State of the Field article discusses how, when and why the history of masculinities has emerged since the 1980s, and why it continues to be an important research field today. The article begins with the field's multiple origin stories and then discusses its expansion in chronology, geography and theme, as well as newer directions for ...
ERICA L. FRASER
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More Than a Game: Football and Ethnic Contestation in Contemporary Iran
Digest of Middle East Studies, Volume 34, Issue 4, Fall 2025.ABSTRACT This study examines a particular form of ethnic resentment, namely the use of sport as a medium for expressing repressed ethnic feelings. It focuses on how a sports club, going beyond mere entertainment and athletics, becomes a center for disseminating ethnic sentiments. Specifically, it explores the role of Tractor, a football club founded in
Ehsan Kashfi
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The Politics of Zoroastrian Philanthropy and the Case of Qasr-e Firuzeh [PDF]
, 2011 In Iran and India religious philanthropy has been a feature of Zoroastrian piety as well as providing the means by which both communities have prospered throughout their respective histories.
Stewart, Sarah
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The Typology of Historic Houses of the Qajar Period in Naraq
مسکن و محیط روستا, 2019 For a long time, Naraq plain has been accommodating different types of habitation, such as residential fields to mastery houses. Based on some evidences, Naraq’s primary core is located in the western half of the town and in the Lower (Paien) neighborhood.
Jayhani, Hamidreza +3 more
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Learning from the past in today's architectural design case study: architecture in hot and arid zone of Yazd in central Iran [PDF]
, 2017 Statement of the Problem – Inquadramento del problema Al giorno d’oggi si discute molto nella comunità scientifica mondiale circa le questioni riguardanti lo sviluppo sostenibile, la salvaguardia delle energie non rinnovabili e l’architettura sostenibile.
Bolouhari, Saghi
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Provincialising Early Feminism: A View from the Middle East
Gender &History, Volume 37, Issue 2, Page 591-605, July 2025.Abstract ‘Provincializing Europe’, derived from Dipesh Chakrabarty's work of that name, argued that an imagined ‘Europe’ was a founding myth for modernity. While not mentioning feminism, this analysis is a valuable starting point for tracing the path of the term ‘féminism’ from France to Britain to the Ottoman Empire and from the USA to the Arab world –
Ruth Roded
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Text, time, and travel: temporal pathways of postsocialism and Islam
Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, Volume 31, Issue 1, Page 217-239, March 2025.Abstract As the concept of postsocialism faces increased scrutiny, there is a call to expand its spatiotemporal scope beyond socialist contexts in order to reclaim its analytical capacity. In Azerbaijan, the quiet resurgence of tezkirahs – biographical anthologies rooted in both the Islamic and Soviet traditions – presents an opportunity to explore how
Serkan Yolaçan
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The Effect of Social and Cultural Evolutions in Safavid and Qajar Dynasties on Women's Portraiture and Iconography [PDF]
زن در فرهنگ و هنر, 2019 In the Safavid and Qajar dynasties, due to the relationship of Iran with the West, the desire of the court to experience the modern world and the desire of the Western world to recognize the East, shaped a kind of traditional and modern dichotomy in many
Marzieh Rashidi, Alireza Taheri
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The past and future of the study of Islamic esotericism
Religion Compass, Volume 18, Issue 7, July 2024.Abstract The study of Islamic esotericism, particularly the concept of al‐bāṭiniyya, remains fragmented. While often studied under various labels like “mysticism” and “occultism,” it is widely equated to Sufism. Scholars still hesitate to use the term al‐bāṭiniyya due to its historical pejorative connotations, linking it to extremist adherence to ...
Liana Saif
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A comprehensive review of HVS‐I mitochondrial DNA variation of 19 Iranian populations
Annals of Human Genetics, Volume 88, Issue 3, Page 259-277, May 2024.Abstract Iran is located along the Central Asian corridor, a natural artery that has served as a cross‐continental route since the first anatomically modern human populations migrated out of Africa. We compiled and reanalyzed the HVS‐I (hypervariable segment‐I) of 3840 mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) sequences from 19 Iranian populations and from 26 groups ...
Motahareh Amjadi +4 more
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