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Robert Steele

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Historian at the Institute of Iranian Studies, Austrian Academy of Sciences.

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Institute for Iranian Studies @iranianstudies.bsky.social · 29d

We have an open position for a pre-doctoral researcher in Dr. Ariane Sadjed's "Persian Jews – History, Community, Memory" team, looking at the Jewish communities of central Asia.

See here for job profile and other details: applications must be in by October 1st.
www.oeaw.ac.at/jobs?jh=pp87...

Offene Stellen an der ÖAW

Aktuelle Stellenausschreibungen aus den Instituten und der zentralen Verwaltung der ÖAW

www.oeaw.ac.at

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Χοδαδαδίος Ρεζαχανίδης, PhD, KRT, Duc de Téhéran @sasanianshah.bsky.social · Jun 14

Being in contact w people in Iran; the general mood:

1- No sympathy for the dead commanders: “got what they deserved”

2- Lots of anger, but little fear, abt Israel hitting cities & residential areas.

3- Amusement at how incompetent IRI forces are. Zero support.

4- Fascinated by Israeli tech.

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Stanford University Press @stanfordpress.bsky.social · Jun 10

Dust That Never Settles by @amir-moosavi.bsky.social considers how Iraqi and Iranian writers have wrestled with representing the Iran-Iraq War and its legacy, from wartime to the present.

#ReadUP

www.sup.org/books/middle...

Book cover for Dust That Never Settles: Literary Afterlives of the Iran-Iraq War by Amir Moosavi

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Amir Moosavi @amir-moosavi.bsky.social · May 12

My book, Dust That Never Settles: Literary Afterlives of the Iran-Iraq War is now available for purchase. Please encourage your university or local library to get a copy. You can get a 20% discount from the publisher, Stanford University Press: shorturl.at/ZRGyw. The code is on the attached flyer.

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Robert Steele @robsteele.bsky.social · May 7

Call for papers for the fifth Symposia Iranica, to be held at the University of St Andrews, 10-12 April 2026.

iranian.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/symposia-ira...

SYMPOSIA IRANICA V – CALL FOR PAPERS – Institute of Iranian Studies

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Timothy Nunan @timothynunan.bsky.social · Apr 5

For those not familiar, @wilsoncenter.org's Digital Archive is *the* leading resource on the international history of the Cold War, comprising thousands of documents collected by historians, curated by Wilson Center staff + essential for teachers and students. digitalarchive.wilsoncenter.org

Home Page | Wilson Center Digital Archive

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Arash Zeini @arashzeini.com · Mar 13

The Bible in its Ancient Iranian Context

An international conference convened by: Rahim Shayegan, William Schniedewind, & Catherine Bonesho

March 13-14, 2025 (in-person and online)

www.biblioiranica.info/the-bible-in...

The Bible in its Ancient Iranian Context

An international conference convened by:M. Rahim Shayegan, UCLAWilliam Schniedewind, UCLACatherine Bonesho, UCLA March 13-14, 2025 | 306 & 314 Royce HallUCLA Co-sponsored by:The Pourdavoud Inst…

www.biblioiranica.info

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Rachel Bridgewater @rachelbridgewater.bsky.social · Feb 28

📖Hot off the press!: a new history of Iranian oil nationalisation from below, by @mattinbiglari.bsky.social 📖

edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-nationa...
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Nationalising Oil and Knowledge in Iran

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Timothy Nunan @timothynunan.bsky.social · Jan 31

I'm hiring a post-doc working on 🇦🇿🇰🇬🇹🇷🇮🇷🇷🇺 for our new @dfg.de-AHRC project at @uniregensburg.bsky.social @universityofleeds.bsky.social @lcsleeds.bsky.social "Transitions: Examining Changing Regimes of Sexuality in Post-Soviet Muslim Republics." More information here: www.hsozkult.de/job/id/job-1...

0,5 Wiss. Mitarb. (m/w/d) "Transitions: Examining Changing Regimes of Sexuality in Post-Soviet Muslim Republics“ (Univ. Regensburg)

Eine Stelle als wiss. Mitarbeiter:in (m/w/d) (Postdoc) im von der DFG und AHRC geförderten Projekt "Transitions: Examining Changing Regimes of Sexuality in Post-Soviet Muslim Republics" am Department ...

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Institute for Iranian Studies @iranianstudies.bsky.social · Jan 29

Upcoming event! International guest lecture by Goli Akbar Kashani, about Fathollah Khan Akbar, Prime Minister of Iran before the 1921 coup. Opening address by Nobel laureate Anton Zeilinger.

26 February 2025, 6pm, Sonnenfelsgasse 19 Theatersaal. Programme & details:
www.oeaw.ac.at/ifi/veransta...

A PROFILE OF AN IRANIAN STATESMAN: SEPAHDAR RASHTI’S ROLE IN THE TWO KEY EVENTS THAT HELPED SHAPE MODERN IRAN

IFI International Guest lecture

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Institute for Iranian Studies @iranianstudies.bsky.social · Jan 8

Hello and welcome to our new profile on Bluesky! We're the Institute for Iranian Studies at the Austrian Academy of Sciences - a key centre internationally for understanding the languages, cultures and history of the wider Iranian-influenced world, from the Caucasus through to central Asia.

Several old books, two of them open, with Persian script visible on the pages.

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David Motadel @davidmotadel.bsky.social · Dec 30

Absolutely delighted about the publication of UNCONQUERED STATES (Oxford University Press), which looks at the global history of non-European powers in the imperial age.

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Robert Steele @robsteele.bsky.social · Dec 12

Published today: the first complete English translation of Towards the Great Civilization, the Shah's penultimate book. Based on the manuscript of the English translation commissioned by the Pahlavi Library in 1978, with forewords by Ali Ansari and myself.
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/towards-t...

Towards the Great Civilization

The first English-language translation of former Shah of Iran Mohammad Reza Pahlavi's penultimate book, published in Persian on the eve of the revolution that b…

www.bloomsbury.com

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Christoph Kalter @christophkalter.bsky.social · Nov 29

💥Call for Papers: 💥 "African Voices in Global Intellectual History" - Authors' workshop organized by Martin Rempe, Konstanz. "Applications from the African continent and early career researchers are particularly welcome." Please share widely.

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Robert Steele @robsteele.bsky.social · Nov 27

On my way to Marburg University for what promises to be a fascinating workshop, organised by Professor Bianca Devos, on the cultural history of late Pahlavi Iran. www.uni-marburg.de/de/cnms/iran...

International Workshop 27-29 November

This workshop seeks to explore the interactions between state ideology and the socio-cultural sphere from an interdisciplinary perspective.

www.uni-marburg.de

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Robert Steele @robsteele.bsky.social · Nov 18

Honoured to be giving the annual Ann Lambton memorial lecture at the British Academy in London this Thursday on Iran's relations with Africa in the 1950s, 60s and 70s. The event will also be streamed live. www.bips.ac.uk/event/politi...

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Richard Hammond @rjhammond215.bsky.social · Oct 25

The call for papers for the 2025 Second World War Research Group UK conference ('The Second World War: 80 Years On') is now out! It takes place on 12-13 June 2025 at Bush House, King's College London. See the attached image for details:
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Call for Papers for a conference run by the Second World War Research Group on 12-13 June 2025.

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