Safavid Era

Down the (digital) rabbit hole: Mapping and decolonizing Safavid women’s imagery in digital museums

Abstract: In this article, I trace Safavid paintings depicting women’s imagery online and explore the possibility of digitally mapping Safavid (1501–1736) paintings featuring women on publicly accessible platforms. Along with the practice of online mapping that led me to digital museums, I investigated the descriptions presented on three digitized paintings on different platforms to address […]

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Gendered and Ethnic Captivity and Slavery in Safavid Persia: A Literature Review

Abstract: The Safavid society’s approach to sexuality and gender has made it a reference for the“pre-modern” discourse, in which gender and sexuality manifest—in contemporary terminology—queerness and fluidity. While it is important not to romanticize the image of the Orient as a queerheaven, it is possible to consider Safavid society as an important site of inquiry […]

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