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Janet Afary

Professor of Religious Studies Feminist Studies

University of California, Santa Barbara

Affiliations

College of Letters & Science

Feminist Studies, Department of

Middle East Studies

Religious Studies

Janet Afary is currently serving as a College Of Letters & Science Professor of Religious Studies Feminist Studies at University of California, Santa Barbara.

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Janet Afary

University of California, Santa Barbara

Professor of Religious Studies Feminist Studies

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middle eastern studies social sciences culture social media cultural studies contemporary islam communication feminist perspectives feminist research religious studies critical theory stigma political history mass communication intercultural studies women's studies feminist studies intercultural communication feminist identity feminist inquiry muslim world middle east facebook world popular culture sociology of religion psychology of religion religious research narrative social science research peasant studies social anthropology strategic studies asian studies global networks online information islamic thought digital culture personal relationships comparative religion intimate relationships critical thinking gender theory international sociology political theory regime analysis international politics marriage constitutions feminist methods orientalism online communities social medium data rumor spreading women's empowerment islamic studies online love digital romance charand-o parand creative cauldron north africa gender beliefs muslim facebook users south asia caspian region peasant rebellions iranian constitutional revolution weimar republic contemporary middle east gender identity gendered sexuality civilizations feminist theory gender studies central asia

Notable Scholarly Works

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Afghan Women’s Resistance - Forty Years of Struggle Against Gender Apartheid. Feminist Dissent (2024)

Janet AfaryKevin Anderson

feminist perspectivespolitical scienceeast asian studiesstrategic studieswomen's studiesfeminist theorygender apartheidgender studiesforty yearsafghan womencontemporary islamfeminist researchmiddle eastern studies

The Practice of Informal Marriages in the Muslim World: A Comparative Portrait. British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies (2023)

Janet AfaryRoger Friedland

informal marriagesstigmasociologyeast asian studiessocial anthropologycomparative portraitanthropologymarriagemuslim worldcultural studiesmiddle eastern studies

Complicating Patriarchy: Gender Beliefs of Muslim Facebook Users in the Middle East, North Africa, and South Asia. Gender & Society (2022)

Maria CharlesRoger FriedlandJanet AfaryRujun Yang

ideologysocial science researchsocial mediademographysociologygender theorynorth africafeminist theoryinternational sociologycontemporary islamgender studiesintercultural studiesmiddle eastgender beliefssocial sciencesmuslim facebook userspolitical sociologysouth asia

From Bedrooms to Streets: The Rise of a New Generation of Independent Iranian Women. Freedom of Thought Journal (2022)

Janet Afary

feminist perspectivesfeminist researchfeminist identityintersectionalityindependent iranian womenwomen's studiesfeminist theoryculturefeminist philosophyfeminist studiesgender studieswomen's empowermentsocial sciencescultural studiesfeminist inquirygender inequality

Review of Awake: A Moslem Woman’s Rare Memoir of Her Life and Partnership With the Editor of Molla Nasreddin, the Most Influential Satirical Journal of the Caucasus and Iran, 1907-1931 by Hamideh KhāNum Javānshir. Feminist Dissent (2022)

Janet Afary

feminist perspectivesfeminist researchfeminist identityfeminist theoryculturefeminist philosophyfeminist studiesgender studieshamideh khanum javanshirmoslem womanmolla nasreddinfeminist methodscontemporary islamcultural studiesfeminist inquiryrare memoir

IRAN: A Modern History, Abbas Amanat, New Haven, Ct: Yale University Press, 2017, Isbn 9780300112542 (Hbk), 979 Pp.. Iranian Studies (2019)

Janet Afary

east asian studiescultural historyasian studiesorientalismhistory

Mollā Nasreddin and the Creative Cauldron of Transcaucasia. British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies (2019)

Janet AfaryKamran Afary

creative cauldroneast asian studiescultureanthropologymiddle eastern studies

Performance of Justice in Qajar Society. Deleted Journal (2019)

Janet Afary

performance studiessocial justice

Critical Theory, Authoritarianism, and the Politics of Lipstick From the Weimar Republic to the Contemporary Middle East. Critical Research on Religion (2018)

Janet AfaryRoger Friedland

intellectual historyweimar republicpolitical theorypolitical sciencecontemporary middle eastreligious studiesinternational relationsregime analysissocial sciencesinternational politicspolitical historycritical theory

Iran’s 1907 Constitution and Its Sources: A Critical Comparison. British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies (2018)

Eric MassieJanet Afary

east asian studiesconstitutionscritical comparisonhistoriographyjournalismhistorymiddle eastern studies

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Janet Afary

Professor of Religious Studies Feminist Studies

University of California, Santa Barbara

Affiliations

College of Letters & Science

Feminist Studies, Department of

Middle East Studies

Religious Studies

Janet Afary is currently serving as a College Of Letters & Science Professor of Religious Studies Feminist Studies at University of California, Santa Barbara.

Honors

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Experiences

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Janet Afary

University of California, Santa Barbara

Professor of Religious Studies Feminist Studies

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Notable Scholarly Works

Notable Federal Grants

Collaborators

Afghan Women’s Resistance - Forty Years of Struggle Against Gender Apartheid. Feminist Dissent (2024)

Janet AfaryKevin Anderson

The Practice of Informal Marriages in the Muslim World: A Comparative Portrait. British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies (2023)

Janet AfaryRoger Friedland

informal marriagesstigmasociologyeast asian studiessocial anthropologycomparative portraitanthropologymarriagemuslim worldcultural studiesmiddle eastern studies

Complicating Patriarchy: Gender Beliefs of Muslim Facebook Users in the Middle East, North Africa, and South Asia. Gender & Society (2022)

Maria CharlesRoger FriedlandJanet AfaryRujun Yang

From Bedrooms to Streets: The Rise of a New Generation of Independent Iranian Women. Freedom of Thought Journal (2022)

Janet Afary

IRAN: A Modern History, Abbas Amanat, New Haven, Ct: Yale University Press, 2017, Isbn 9780300112542 (Hbk), 979 Pp.. Iranian Studies (2019)

Janet Afary

east asian studiescultural historyasian studiesorientalismhistory

Mollā Nasreddin and the Creative Cauldron of Transcaucasia. British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies (2019)

Janet AfaryKamran Afary

creative cauldroneast asian studiescultureanthropologymiddle eastern studies

Performance of Justice in Qajar Society. Deleted Journal (2019)

Janet Afary

performance studiessocial justice

Critical Theory, Authoritarianism, and the Politics of Lipstick From the Weimar Republic to the Contemporary Middle East. Critical Research on Religion (2018)

Janet AfaryRoger Friedland

Iran’s 1907 Constitution and Its Sources: A Critical Comparison. British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies (2018)

Eric MassieJanet Afary

east asian studiesconstitutionscritical comparisonhistoriographyjournalismhistorymiddle eastern studies

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