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1396 اسفند 13 هعمج - 1437 هرامش / 24 لان
DRS FEREIDOUN AND KATHARINE MIRHADY
E N D O W E D L E C T U R E I N I R ANIA N S T U D I E S
The Politics of Nationalism
In touch with Iranian diversity
in Modern Iran
Ali Ansari is Professor of History at the
You are invited to attend the 15th annual Drs University of St. Andrews. His research
interests include the development of the
Fereidoun and Katharine Mirhady Endowed State in Iran in the modern era, with a
Lecture in Iranian Studies. particular focus on nationalism, mythol-
ogy and the use (and abuse) of history.
Speaker: Ali Ansari He is also interested in the politics and
history of the Islamic Republic and the
University of St. Andrews broader relations of Britain and the
United States with Iran. He is the author of Iran: A Very Short
Introduction (2014), The Politics of Nationalism in Modern Iran
Friday, 24 March 2017, 7 PM (2012), Crisis of Authority: Iran's 2009 Presidential Election (2010),
Iran Under Ahmadinejad (2008), and The History of Modern Iran
Fletcher Challenge Theatre, Room 1900 Since 1921: the Pahlavis & After (2003). Ansari is currently investi-
Vol. 24 / No. 1437 - Friday, Mar. 3, 2017 This lecture is free and open to the public. society, as well as the way in which Iranian historians have sought
Simon Fraser University, Vancouver Campus
gating the historiography of modern Iran, both the way in which
515 West Hastings Street, Vancouver
historians have interpreted the development of Iranian state and
to construct a distinctly Iranian identity both in terms of their own
history but also in relation to regional and international powers,
most obviously the West.
As seating is limited, reservations are recommended.
Please register online at
"This [The Politics of Nationalism in Modern Iran] excellent work asks
these basic questions: what is an Iranian; and how has Iranian
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identity been shaped over the past 100 years? ... an insightful
discussion of issues of nationalism in modern Iran."
37 Grant Farr (Middle East Media and Book Reviews)
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