Description: This collection of original chapters in honour of the distinguished historian Ervand Abrahamian addresses hitherto understudied topics in Iranian political, social, and cultural history from the early twentieth century to the present. The sixteen chapters fall into five categories - all areas of study to which Ervand Abrahamian made a significant contribution - which proceed from the global to the local: Part I looks at Iran's place in international politics in the early twentieth century; Part II considers key transitional periods in Iranian history; Part III focuses on national politics; Part IV examines intellectual history embedded in political change; and Part V explores social history, with an emphasis on cities. The book also includes an original interview with Ervand Abrahamian and a complete bibliography of Ervand Abrahamian's works.
Brief description: H. E. Chehabi is Professor of International Relations and History Emeritus at the Pardee School of Global Studies, Boston University. He is the author of Onomastic Reform: Family Names and State Building in Iran (2020), Culture Wars and Dual Society in Iran (2018), Distant Relations: Iran and Lebanon in the last 500 Years (2006) and Iranian Politics and Religious Modernism: The Liberation Movement of Iran under the Shah and Khomeini (1990).
Review Quotes: This is a splendid collection of rich and stimulating essays by some of the foremost scholars of modern Iran. A fitting tribute to Ervand Abrahamian, whose wide-ranging scholarship over the past six decades has profoundly enriched our understanding of twentieth century Iranian political, social and cultural history.--Robert Steele, Austrian Academy of Sciences