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European Architectural Effects in Qajar Architecture (19th century in Iran) [PDF]
, 2022 Durant el govern de la dinastia Qajar, a causa de la confrontació de l'Iran amb Occident i el desig dels cortesans d'experimentar el món modern, així com el desig occidental de conèixer el món oriental, va propiciar una trobada entre els conceptes de ...
Hatampour Ghiasi, Zahra
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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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CFP: International Qajar Studies Association Conference
, 2013 Call for Papers for International Qajar Studies Association Conference Hosted by Otto-Friedrich-Universität Bamberg, the International Qajar Studies Association (IQSA) will hold its 14th annual conference on Friday May 30th and Saturday May 31st 2014 in ...
Augustin Jomier
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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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Manuchehr Moshtagh Khorasani [Review of: M.M. Khorasani (2006) Arms and armor from Iran: The Bronze Age to the end of the Qajar period] [PDF]
, 2008 Item does not contain fulltextArms and Armor from Iran: The Bronze Age to the end of the Qajar period Tübingen:Legat verlag ,2006 978 ...
Rezvani, B.
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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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Digest of Middle East Studies, Volume 33, Issue 2, Page 184-203, Spring 2024.Abstract This article gives an interesting picture of how the Soviets viewed the propaganda war in Iran during the second half of the 1940s. It is mainly based on documents from the USSR's Ministry of Interior, the use of which is considered an innovation in the existing literature on the subject.
Soli Shahvar
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An Analysis of the Visual Qualities of Two Narrative Curtains of Qajar Era (With an Emphasis on Similarities & Differences) [PDF]
Jilvah-i hunar, 2019 Curtain design is one of the common forms of textile design during the Qajar era. Knitting methods, types of dying designs, application of specific mediums for decoration, crochet works, the type of stories to be narrated and the place where the curtains
M. Mounesi Sorkheh +1 more
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Iranian classical dance as a subject for empirical research: An elusive genre
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, Volume 1533, Issue 1, Page 51-72, March 2024.Iranian classical dance is a rich resource for academic research, both for humanities scholarship and for the empirical disciplines (e.g., empirical aesthetics, experimental psychology, affective neuroscience). To support such research, this paper (a) describes the aesthetics, characteristics, and history of Iranian classical dance; (b) outlines issues
Julia F. Christensen +2 more
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