Browsing DĀNESH: The OU Undergraduate Journal of Iranian Studies by Title
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Ideology and Reality: Afghans in Iran Undergraduate
(2018)The Islamic Republic of Iran is a revolutionary state which derives its legitimacy on the basis of revolutionary pan-Islamism. Despite this, as the memory of the revolution recedes into the past, Iranian nationalism and ... -
Iran's Others through Cinema: Ethnicity and the Politics of Representation in Contemporary Iran Undergraduate
(2018)With all the politically issues and social animosity surrounding Iran today, the Islamic Republic has become a focus for international attention and critique, especially if one might watch Fox News on any given evening — ... -
Lingering Effects: U.S. Media and the Case for Nationalism in the Iran Hostage Crisis Undergraduate
(2019-05)In his article on legitimacy and the Iran hostage crisis, R. K. Ramazani makes the claim that the hostility at play in foreign relations between Iran and the U.S. comes as a result of the Iran hostage crisis and the events ... -
Marco Polo in Iran : cultural encounters in medieval history Undergraduate
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Operation Eagle Claw : the ramifications of political divisions in U.S. decision-making during the Iranian hostage crisis of 1979-1981 Undergraduate
(2016)The taking of the U.S. Embassy in Tehran in the fall of 1979 began a long, complicated 444 days of negotiations and frustrations in insuring the return home of the hostages. In early April 1980, President Jimmy Carter came ... -
Painful desires : the creation of the Iran-Contra affair Undergraduate
(2016)The Iran-Contra affair was one of the most significant scandals in 20th century U.S. history. Although the name, Iran-Contra, appears to mainly involve the Islamic Republic and the Nicaraguan rebels, the affair heavily ... -
Post-Revolutionary Iranian Cinema: Unveiling the Reality of Iranian Women under the Islamic Republic Undergraduate
(2019-02)In post-revolutionary Iran, cinema became a medium for social critique of the prevailing issues in modern Iranian society. The problems of women under the Islamic Republic became a major focal point in these post-revolutionary ... -
Queer Theology: Theological, Theocratic, and Secular Influences on Iran's Relationship with Transgender Bodies Undergraduate
(2019-06)On November 13, 2005, the Iranian daily newspaper Kayhan published a story about the public execution of two young men named Mokhtar and Ali. The charge that brought them to the gallows of Shahid Bahonar Square, alleges ... -
Reworking Westoxification: Jalal Al-e Ahmad’s Original Conception of Westoxification and its Post-Revolutionary Reinvention Undergraduate
(2019-03)On October 19th, 2016, the Islamic Republic of Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Khamenei, posted an image on Instagram that depicts Uncle Sam standing in front of what appears to be a club-like entrance blocked off by red ... -
Ritual Impurity and the Decline of the Safavid Dynasty Undergraduate
(2018)The sixteenth and seventeenth centuries saw the rise of the Safavid dynasty and the establishment of Iran as a stronghold of Shi'a Islam. The body of research on these two centuries of Persian history provides us with a ... -
The Alternating Allegiances of the Ulama: Clerical Participation in the Iranian Constitutional Revolution of 1905-11 Undergraduate
(2019-09)In the summer of 1906, a group of theology students and other constitutionalists gathered in Tehran for what was expected to be a peaceful protest in favor of government reforms, a continuation of the nascent Constitutional ... -
The Evolution of Gender Equality in Modern Iran Undergraduate
(2018)Earlier this fall in Iran, there was a bit of uproar as the Iranian football team faced Syria in Iran. While women were initially able to purchase tickets, they were barred from entering the game and left outside to watch ... -
The Politics of Fashion in the Islamic Republic of Iran Undergraduate
(2018)In the Islamic Republic of Iran, the world's only existing theocracy, the relationship between the state and society cannot exist mutually exclusive of one another, considering that the regime's legitimacy is contingent ... -
The Question of Women's Agency in Iranian Cinema Undergraduate
(2018)Trying to pinpoint individual acts of agency within cinema can be difficult. This is especially true within Iranian cinema because agency takes different forms than viewers would assume. The term agency itself is ambiguous. ... -
The Value of Virtue: Depictions of Class and Morals in Iranian Cinema Undergraduate
(2018)The government of the Islamic Republic of Iran is no stranger to cinema's ability to encourage values and moral standards in a society. Since its inception, the Islamic Republic has recognized the power of cinema and, in ...