Eskandar Sadeghi-Boroujerdi

Eskandar Sadeghi-Boroujerdi @eskandar.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 14, 2024 at 18:43 UTC

I’ve included ToC, generous endorsements from Hamid Dabashi, Naghmeh Sohrabi & Afshin Matin-asgari, & first page of my 14K word intro. Hoping not only 2 introduce Halliday’s book 2 new gen of readers but mount challenge to revisionism & facile caricatures of left writing on Pahlavi era.

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Eskandar Sadeghi-Boroujerdi @eskandar.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 14, 2024 at 14:22 UTC

Will be speaking at this Roundtable on the History of Anticolonial Political Thought at King’s College London on 18th June, alongside some wonderful people.

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Eskandar Sadeghi-Boroujerdi @eskandar.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 14, 2024 at 11:11 UTC

Recently gave a talk in Oxford on how visions of “Third Worldism” and “anti-imperialism” were *essentially contested*, both in the lead up to and during the Iranian Revolution of 1979, building on many years of research, and had a great and lively discussion afterwards.

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Eskandar Sadeghi-Boroujerdi @eskandar.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 14, 2024 at 11:03 UTC

I’ve finally received hard copies of the new and expanded edition of Fred Halliday’s “Iran: Dictatorship and Development”, a labour of love, for which I’ve written an article length introduction #iran #newbooks #fredhalliday #modernhistory

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Eskandar Sadeghi-Boroujerdi @eskandar.bsky.social [ View ] Apr 08, 2024 at 20:51 UTC

Will be convening the MA in Contemporary History and International Politics next academic year, co-taught with our brilliant colleagues in the Department of Politics. Please feel free to reach out if you have any questions www.york.ac.uk/study/postgr...

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Eskandar Sadeghi-Boroujerdi @eskandar.bsky.social [ View ] Feb 15, 2024 at 14:02 UTC

We are hiring two permanent modern history lecturers (Assistant Professors) in the Department of History at the University of York. Please disseminate and share with colleagues you think might be interested. Many thanks.

jobs.ac.uk/job/DFZ123/lec…

jobs.ac.uk/job/DFZ139/lec 

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