Janet Afary

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Janet Afary
آفارى، ژانت
Born
Iran
NationalityUnited States
Other namesJanet Afary Anderson
Spouse(s)Kevin B. Anderson
AwardsBalzan Prize (2008–2009)
Academic background
Alma materUniversity of Tehran,
University of Michigan
ThesisGrassroots Democracy and Social Democracy in the Iranian Constitutional Revolution, 1906-1911 (Vol. I, II) (1991)
Academic work
Disciplinereligious studies, history
InstitutionsPurdue University,
University of California, Santa Barbara
Websitewww.janetafary.com

Janet Afary is an author, feminist activist and researcher of history, religious studies and women studies. She is a professor and the Mellichamp Chair in Global Religion and Modernity at the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB).

Career[]

She received her M.A. degree from University of Tehran.[citation needed] In 1991, she received her PhD in History and Near East studies from the University of Michigan, in Ann Arbor.[1] She was the recipient of the Horace H. Rackham Distinguished Dissertation Award from the University of Michigan.[citation needed]

Her research field includes politics of contemporary Iran and gender and sexuality in modern Middle East. She is known for her writings and research on the Iranian Constitutional Revolution.

Afary is a professor of Religious Studies at the University of California Santa Barbara.[2] She previously taught at in the History Department and Women's Studies at Purdue University.[3][4][5] In the 1980s, she served as the coordinator for the Iranian Jewish Association of California.[6]

Afary was awarded the Keddie/Balzan Fellowship by the International Balzan Prize Foundation for the 2008–2009 academic year to work at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).[7]

Afary is married to Kevin B. Anderson, a fellow professor at UCSB.

Bibliography[]

  • Afary, Janet (1996). The Iranian Constitutional Revolution: Grassroots Democracy, Social Democracy, and the Origins of Feminism. History and Society of the Modern Middle East Series. New York City, New York: Columbia University Press. ISBN 9780231103510.
  • Afary, Janet; Anderson, Kevin B. (2005). Foucault and the Iranian Revolution: Gender and the Seductions of Islamism. Chicago, Illinois: University of Chicago Press. ISBN 9780226007854.
  • Afary, Janet (2009). Sexual Politics in Modern Iran. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9781107394353.
  • Afary, Janet; Faust, Jesilyn (2021). Iranian Romance in the Digital Age: From Arranged Marriage to White Marriage. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 9780755618286.

See also[]

Sources[]

  1. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-08-30. Retrieved 2014-12-28.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ^ Mostaghim, Rahmin; Alpert, Emily (30 September 2012). "Iran Mulls Websites to Fix 'Marriage Crisis'". Newspapers.com. Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 2021-04-25.
  3. ^ "Forum: Is Iran Next?". Newspapers.com. Journal and Courier (Lafayette, Indiana). 19 September 2007. p. 13. Retrieved 2021-04-25.
  4. ^ Wrighthouse, Phil (21 September 2007). "Talk Examines Tensions Between United States, Iran". Newspapers.com. Journal and Courier (Lafayette, Indiana). p. 10. Retrieved 2021-04-25.
  5. ^ "Trustees Approve Faculty Member Promotions for 1997–1998". Newspapers.com. Journal and Courier (Lafayette, Indiana). 31 March 1997. p. 10. Retrieved 2021-04-25.
  6. ^ Lindsay, Robert (10 April 1980). "Exiles Who Fled Iran May Have No Place". Newspapers.com. Intelligencer Journal (Lancaster, Pennsylvania). p. 38. Retrieved 2021-04-25.
  7. ^ "Campus Notebook, Awards and Honors". Newspapers.com. Journal and Courier. 20 January 2008. p. 31. Retrieved 2021-04-25.

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