Rethinking History: Returning to Archives and Documents: Afsaneh Najmabadi

When and Where

Thursday, April 20, 2023 12:00 pm to 3:00 pm
Online via Zoom

Speakers

Afsaneh Najmabadi

Description

Women’s Worlds in Qajar Iran

The Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Institute of Iranian Studies and Invisible East Programme, Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, University of Oxford present virtual seminar series on Rethinking History: Returning to Archives and Documents on Thursday, April 20, 2023, at 12 PM (Toronto Time).

Speaker: 
Afsaneh Najmabadi, Harvard University

Afsaneh Najmabadi is the Francis Lee Higginson Professor of History and of Studies of Women, Gender, and Sexuality at Harvard University.

Conveners:
Arezou Azad & Mohamad Tavakoli-Targhi

In this lecture, Professor Najmabadi explains the inspirations and challenges that informed the launching of “Women’s Worlds in Qajar Iran,” a unique and impressive digital archive of thousands of personal papers, manuscripts, photographs, publications, everyday objects, works of art and audio materials.

Registration Link
https://utoronto.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIocuuhpz8iEtZ-L4819TcSD47Uh7mRt8tK
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* See the event poster: PDF iconEOMI Rethinking History Seminar Series-April 20