This paper focuses on examining the online activities of a group of diasporic Iranians who exhibit Israeli proxy nationalism online ...
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People inside Iran been demonstrating against their government for the past two weeks, taking tremendous risks and losing their lives ...
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This is a short version of the talk I gave for the seminar called "Embodied Dignity: Worthy bodies: incarnated moralities" ...
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Abstract: This paper examines the historical relationship between Shi’i jurisprudence and the Islamic Republic of Iran’s reproductive biopolitics. Using archival ...
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Abstract: This introductory article examines the relationship between gender, sexuality, and state violence through a transnational, historical, and intersectional lens ...
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Abstract: In this paper, we explore queer temporalities in relation to queer women and non-binary people’s sexuality later in life ...
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Abstract: This article focuses on the questions of academic freedom, scholar activism, public science, and social engagement. The five authors ...
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Abstract: Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, an Iranian-British dual citizen, was detained by the Iranian state from April 2016 to March 2022 and ...
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Abstract: This article examines the challenges and precarity faced by diasporic women scholars researching Iranian politics during and after the ...
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Abstract: This essay consists of a set of digital (post-)pandemic email correspondence held between a political sociologist and an interdisciplinary ...
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Abstract: In this article, I trace Safavid paintings depicting women's imagery online and explore the possibility of digitally mapping Safavid ...
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Abstract: On the fifth of February 2022, a man gruesomely murdered his seventeen-year-old wife, Mona Heydari, in a city in ...
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Abstract: This roundtable paper is part of the project ‘Digitized Love and Intimacy on Hinge.’ It aims to investigate how ...
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Abstract: This paper looks into ageist and generationalist assumptions that penetrate queer spatio-temporal imageries and explore how to resist oppressive ...
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Abstract: The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in an influx of misinformation surrounding the virus and its origins. This paper examines the ...
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Abstract: Women’s lower participation in sports in Iran is perceived to be caused by broadly held patriarchal-cultural norms as well ...
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Abstract: The Iranian state is notorious for its heteronormativity and policing regime in online and offline spaces. The question of ...
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Abstract: The phenomenon of faking orgasms has been the subject of extensive feminist inquiry, but in contemporary Iran, where sex ...
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Abstract: Gender, sexuality and embodiment in digital spheres have been increasingly studied from various critical perspectives: From research highlighting the ...
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Abstract: In the contemporary legal system in Iran, child registration is closely tied to Islamic marriage. The Civil Registration Law ...
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Abstract: Saba Mahmood was een invloedrijke feministische denker wier werk belangrijke bijdragen leverde aan sociologische discussies over agency, macht, secularisme ...
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Abstract: In Iran, motherhood continues to be considered an important and essential part of women’s social life. However, nonmotherhood is ...
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Abstract: During the past two decades or so, the emergence and ever-accelerating development of digital media have sparked scholarly interest, ...
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Abstract: Social support and social network members have been identified as an important factor in mitigatingthe effects of sexual and ...
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Abstract: The Safavid society’s approach to sexuality and gender has made it a reference for the“pre-modern” discourse, in which gender ...
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Abstract: Iran accepts temporary marriage to facilitate and sanctify sexual relationships. The concession of temporary marriage has, however, been the ...
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Abstract: In Iran, the politically sanctioned discourses of embodiment and body management are based on binary notions of gender and ...
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Abstract: My entry to Belgium at the end of November 2015 went more straightforward than I expected. While visa processes ...
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Abstract: In Islamic law, kinship is defined by consanguineal and affinal relationships. Birth and Islamic marriage are important events that ...
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Abstract: In the autumn of 2014 in the city of Isfahan, a series of acid attacks targeted women who were ...
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Abstract: In Flanders-Belgium, a Belgo-Iranian politician has gained nation-wide attention for her critique of Islam. Safai's political discourses are built ...
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Abstract: There is a general silence in research when it comes to the embodied experiences of older women. Older women ...
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Abstract: Religion can be a source of both pressure and empowerment for mothers. It is sometimes speculated that Muslims have ...
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Abstract: Women’s position, identity, and value in Islam have been affected by androcentric interpretations of the Qur’an and hadith throughout ...
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Abstract: This article explores perceptions of Iranian academics of the relationship between women’s physical appearance and academic achievements. The research ...
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Abstract: The Safavid dynasty ruled Persia between the sixteenth and eighteenth centuries and is known as a turning period in ...
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I am often asked about Iran and the lives of Iranian women, especially why they are overeducated when compared to ...
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In the past few days, there have been massive demonstrations and protests in Iran (incl. my hometown(s)) that have been ...
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I had discussed elsewhere that in contemporary Iranian society, sexuality is regulated by traditional cultural restrictions, prohibitions, taboos, and indirect ...
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Beauty and body management are important aspects of women's everyday life in Iran (as I imagine in many other contexts) ...
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I have enjoyed every minute of the Star Trek: Discovery thanks to the great storyline, multiplicity of narratives, and complex ...
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When I first came across the original article published by Babe magazine, I found it painful and difficult to read ...
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Femininity is not merely a psychologically or biologically defined attribute. Despite the significance of biological and psychological mechanisms in the ...
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This study investigated Iranian female amateur riders’ experiences and perceptions of horse riding in a sport arena largely appropriated by ...
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This article addresses Iranian women in higher education and their contemporary position in academia in Iran. By systematically reviewing available ...
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The phenomenon of street children is a common aspect of a few big Iranian cities, especially the capital city. They ...
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In contemporary Iranian society, sexuality is regulated by traditional cultural restrictions, prohibitions, taboos, and indirect regulations due to the country's ...
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Um dos temas caros para o Circuito Acadêmico é a produção e circulação desiguais do conhecimento científico no mundo. No ...
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The right to the city - conceptualized by Henry Lefebvre - consists of two-component: the right to appropriate spaces and ...
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Iranian sociological streams and trends are, as in some other eastern countries, deeply affected and dominated by western scholars’ thoughts ...
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Violence against women is still happening around the world, generating physical and psychological pain and disability for many of its ...
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Sexual violence and victimization continue to be a significant problem worldwide. The patriarchal value system is helping the continuation of ...
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Months ago, in a class of my doctorate program, a male classmate and the professor started a discussion about educated ...
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Many young women in Iran experience sexual disturbance and molestation in urban public spaces. Still, they usually do not refer ...
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The right to the city is a concept introduced by Henry Lefebvre in the 1960s and further developed by David ...
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Women have never achieved an equal status as men in the history of scientific work. Historical study of women's roles ...
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The difference between death and Martyrdom in Iranian-Islamic culture is an irrefutable fact. Death is considered to be an inevitable ...
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Violence against women is still happening around the world, generating physical and psychological pain and disability for many of its ...
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