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DESCRIPTION:\nWhen and Where: \nThursday, December 12, 2024 12:00 pm to 2
 :00 pm \n Online via Zoom \n\nSpeakers \nTouraj Atabaki (Senior Research F
 ellow, Leiden University) \n\nDescription: \nThe Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalal
 i Institute of Iranian Studies, University of Toronto, and the Invisible
  East Programme, the Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, Univer
 sity of Oxford jointly present 'Uncovered Untold Histories: Iranian Politi
 cal Activist and Migrant Workers Under Stalin’s Great Terror' on Thursday\
 , December 12, 2024, 12 p.m. Toronto/5 p.m. UK.Abstract: This talk offer
 s a modest contribution to the understanding of a lesser-known chapter in 
 Soviet and Iranian history, focusing on the experiences of Iranian politi
 cal activists and migrant labourers who were caught up in Stalin’s purges 
 during the Great Terror. Drawing on archival sources from repositories in 
 Russia, Iran, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and institu
 tions like the International Institute of Social History, it presents an 
 exploration of the lives of those affected.Utilizing a multilingual approa
 ch and adopting an interdisciplinary lens that incorporates history, poli
 tical science, and migration studies, the talk aims to shed light on the
  complex dynamics between political activism, labour migration, and stat
 e repression. While addressing a gap in the study of Iran-Soviet relations
  and the international communist movement, it takes a cautious step in co
 ntributing to the broader scholarship.By emphasizing personal stories alon
 gside historical data, this talk seeks to provide a balanced perspective 
 on how state repression during this period not only shaped political devel
 opments but also impacted the lives of individuals. Through this approach\
 , it offers a more personal understanding of the consequences of Stalin’s 
 policies on the Iranian victims of the Great Terror.Bio:

 Touraj Atabaki 
 is Senior Research Fellow at the International Institute of Social History
  and Professor Emeritus of Social History of the Middle East and Central A
 sia at Leiden University. Atabaki studied theoretical physics and later hi
 story at the University of London and Utrecht University. Following positi
 ons at Utrecht University and the University of Amsterdam, he joined Leid
 en University where he held the Chair of Social History of the Middle East
  and Central Asia. Atabaki’s research encompasses historiography, social 
 history of labour and subaltern studies in Twentieth century Iran, the Ot
 toman Empire and Turkey as well as the Caucasus and Central Asia. His fort
 hcoming publications are Toiling for Oil. A Social History of Petroleum in
  Iran (Cambridge University Press, 2025) and Fallen in the Whirlwind: The
  Odyssey and Destiny of Iranian Victims of Stalinist Great Repression in t
 he Soviet Union (Edinburg University Press). Atabaki’s major publications 
 and research projects can be found on: https://socialhistory.org/en/staff/
 touraj-atabakiZoom Meeting Registration: https://utoronto.zoom.us/meeting/
 register/tZItceqgpz8vHdbwWd0vl0tchhUgpJ... After registering, you will re
 ceive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meetin
 g. \n\nCategories \n SeminarsThe Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Institute of Ir
 anian Studies \n\nAudiences \n CommunityFacultyGraduate StudentsUndergradu
 ate Students
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SUMMARY:Rethinking History: Uncovered Untold Histories
URL;TYPE=URI:https://www.nmc.utoronto.ca/events/rethinking-history-uncovere
 d-untold-histories
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