So much of our understanding of Iran is filtered through the lens of political binaries formed in the twentieth century. After many years of reading, learning, and thinking about Iran’s modern history, I wanted to write a book that captures the myriad, multiple..
Afshin Marashi
Afshin Marashi is Farzaneh Family Professor of Modern Iranian History at the University of Oklahoma. He is the author of Nationalizing Iran: Culture, Power, and the State, 1870-1940 (University of Washington Press, 2008), and co-editor (with Kamran Aghaie) of Rethinking Iranian Nationalism and Modernity (University of Texas, 2014).