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Afsaneh Najmabadi

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Afs¿neh Najm¿b¿di (born 1946) is an Iranian-American historian and gender theorist. She is professor of History and of Studies of Women, Gender, and Sexuality at Harvard University. At present she chairs the Committee on Degrees in Studies of Women, Gender, and Sexuality. She is further Associate Editor of Encyclopaedia of Women and Islamic Cultures, in six volumes. Afsaneh Najmabadi moved as student from University of Tehran to Radcliffe College in 1966. She obtained her BA in physics in 1968 from Radcliffe College, Harvard University, and her MA in physics in 1970 from Harvard University. Following this, she pursued social studies, combining academic interests with engagement in social activism, first in the United States of America and later in Iran. She obtained her PhD in sociology in 1984 from University of Manchester, United Kingdom. Professor Najmabadi has been Nemazee Fellow at the Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Harvard University (1984-1985), Fellow at Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women, Brown University (1988-1989).

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Familial Undercurrents

“Afsaneh Najmabadi’s creative mÉlange of history and memoir makes a compelling case for microhistory and even more specifically for personal history as a living document and an archive to be explored in uncovering Iranian social history. I greatly appreciate how Najmabadi has brought history to life.” - Firoozeh Kashani-Sabet, author of (Conceiving Citizens: Women and the Politics of Motherhood in Iran) “Few scholars elevate the personal to the theoretical with the economy and elegance of Afsaneh Najmabadi. She translates a claim that her father had a secret second family into a journey of research, producing exquisite reflections on urban/space transformations that facilitated familial change. Stories are not just stories, as Najmabadi interrogates them to extract and advance their enduring theoretical significance. She sweeps into history and history making.” - Suad Joseph, general editor of the (Encyclopedia of Women and Islamic Cultures) “This well-written book is both informative and entertaining. Recommended. General readers through faculty; professionals.” - G. M. Farr (Choice) "This unusual and eye-opening monograph is part family history, part traditional history, part ethnography, and part exploration of historical methodology, all successfully integrated into a streamlined volume. . . . This accessible and slim monograph is a rich resource for both undergraduates and scholars." - Sarah Leila Safarkhan Moazeni (Resources for Gender and Women's Studies)

1. Afsaneh Najmabadi

Familial Undercurrents

“Afsaneh Najmabadi’s creative mÉlange of history and memoir makes a compelling case for microhistory and even more specifically for personal history as a living document and an archive to be explored in uncovering Iranian social history. I greatly appreciate how Najmabadi has brought history to life.” - Firoozeh Kashani-Sabet, author of (Conceiving Citizens: Women and the Politics of Motherhood in Iran) “Few scholars elevate the personal to the theoretical with the economy and elegance of Afsaneh Najmabadi. She translates a claim that her father had a secret second family into a journey of research, producing exquisite reflections on urban/space transformations that facilitated familial change. Stories are not just stories, as Najmabadi interrogates them to extract and advance their enduring theoretical significance. She sweeps into history and history making.” - Suad Joseph, general editor of the (Encyclopedia of Women and Islamic Cultures) “This well-written book is both informative and entertaining. Recommended. General readers through faculty; professionals.” - G. M. Farr (Choice) "This unusual and eye-opening monograph is part family history, part traditional history, part ethnography, and part exploration of historical methodology, all successfully integrated into a streamlined volume. . . . This accessible and slim monograph is a rich resource for both undergraduates and scholars." - Sarah Leila Safarkhan Moazeni (Resources for Gender and Women's Studies)

Remaking Women

Focuses on the 'woman question' in the Middle East, when gender became a highly charged nationalist issue tied up in complex ways with the West. This book is a radical challenge to any easy equation of modernity with progress, emancipation, and the empowerment of women.