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Janet Afary

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Janet Afary
ژانت آفاری
Born
Iran
NationalityAmerican
Other namesJanet Afary Anderson
SpouseKevin 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).

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She received her M.A. degree from University of Tehran.[1] In 1991, she received her PhD in History and Near East studies from the University of Michigan, in Ann Arbor.[2] Afary is married to Kevin B. Anderson, a fellow professor at UCSB.

Her research fields includes politics of contemporary Iran and gender, sexuality in modern Middle East, constitutionalism, civil liberties, the public sphere in the Middle East, cinema and popular culture of the Middle East, global feminism, feminist theory, modern Transcaucasia & Central Asia: art and folklore. She is known for her writings and research on the Iranian Constitutional Revolution. Her articles have appeared in The Nation, the Guardian, and numerous scholarly journals and edited collections.[1][3]

Afary is a professor of religious studies at the University of California Santa Barbara.[4] She previously taught at in the History Department and Women's Studies at Purdue University.[5][6][7] In the 1980s, she served as the coordinator for the Iranian Jewish Association of California.[8] She has served as president of the International Society for Iranian Studies (ISIS-MESA), the Association for Middle East Women's Studies (AMEWS-MESA), and the Coordinating Council for Women in History of the American Historical Association (CCWH-AHA).[1]

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  1. ^ a b c d e "Janet Afary". University of California, Santa Barbara.
  2. ^ "Janet Afary | Department of Feminist Studies – UC Santa Barbara". Archived from the original on August 30, 2016. Retrieved December 28, 2014.
  3. ^ Mishra, P (2005). "No God but God: The Origins, Evolution, and Future of Islam by Reza Aslan Foucault and the Iranian Revolution: Gender and the Seductions of Islamism by Janet Afary and Kevin B. Anderson". NEW YORK REVIEW OF BOOKS. United States: N Y R E V, INC. Retrieved June 20, 2022.
  4. ^ Mostaghim, Rahmin; Alpert, Emily (September 30, 2012). "Iran Mulls Websites to Fix 'Marriage Crisis'". Newspapers.com. Chicago Tribune. Retrieved April 25, 2021.
  5. ^ "Forum: Is Iran Next?". Newspapers.com. Journal and Courier (Lafayette, Indiana). September 19, 2007. p. 13. Retrieved April 25, 2021.
  6. ^ Wrighthouse, Phil (September 21, 2007). "Talk Examines Tensions Between United States, Iran". Newspapers.com. Journal and Courier (Lafayette, Indiana). p. 10. Retrieved April 25, 2021.
  7. ^ "Trustees Approve Faculty Member Promotions for 1997–1998". Newspapers.com. Journal and Courier (Lafayette, Indiana). March 31, 1997. p. 10. Retrieved April 25, 2021.
  8. ^ Lindsay, Robert (April 10, 1980). "Exiles Who Fled Iran May Have No Place". Newspapers.com. Intelligencer Journal (Lancaster, Pennsylvania). p. 38. Retrieved April 25, 2021.
  9. ^ "Campus Notebook, Awards and Honors". Newspapers.com. Journal and Courier. January 20, 2008. p. 31. Retrieved April 25, 2021.
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