Janet Afary

Afary, Janet; Afary, Kamran (2021). "Mollā Nasreddin and the creative Cauldron of Transcaucasia" . British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies. 48 (4): 563–595. doi:10.1080/13530194.2019.1659130. ISSN   1353-0194. S2CID   203436235 . Retrieved September 7, 2022.

Afary, Janet (2020). "The Place Of Shi'I Clerics in the First Iranian Constitution" . I.B.Tauris. doi:10.5040/9780755608966.ch-003. ISBN   978-1-78453-134-8 . Retrieved October 26, 2022.

Afary, Janet (2019). "Iran: A Modern History" . Iranian Studies. 52 (3–4): 648–652. doi:10.1080/00210862.2019.1649005. ISSN   0021-0862. S2CID   203311254 . Retrieved September 7, 2022.

Afary, Janet; Friedland, Roger (2018). "Critical theory, authoritarianism, and the politics of lipstick from the Weimar Republic to the contemporary Middle East" . Critical Research on Religion. 6 (3): 243–268. doi:10.1177/2050303218800374. S2CID   155951849 . Retrieved October 26, 2022.

Afary, Janet (2011). "'Mahnaz Afkhami: A Memoir'". Journal of Middle East Women's Studies. 1 (1): 147–157. ISSN   1558-9579 . Retrieved September 7, 2022.

Afary, Janet; Schweickart, Patsy; Carroll, Bernice A (2006). "Feminism, Peace, and War". NWSA Journal. 18 (3): vii–x. ISSN   1527-1889 . Retrieved September 7, 2022.

Afary, Janet (2005). "Civil Liberties and the Making of Iran's First Constitution" . Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East. 25 (2): 341–359. doi:10.1215/1089201X-25-2-341. ISSN   1548-226X. S2CID   143198998 . Retrieved September 7, 2022.

Afary, Janet (2004). "Seeking a Feminist Politics for the Middle East after September 11" . Frontiers: A Journal of Women Studies. 25 (1): 128–137. doi:10.1353/fro.2004.0028. ISSN   0160-9009. JSTOR   3347261. S2CID   153364608 . Retrieved September 7, 2022.

Afary, Janet (2004). "The Human Rights of Middle Eastern &(and) Muslim Women: A Project for the 21st Century" . Human Rights Quarterly. 26 (1): 106–125. doi:10.1353/hrq.2004.0002. ISSN   0275-0392. S2CID   143868026 . Retrieved September 7, 2022.

Afary, Janet (1996). "Steering between Scylla and Charybdis: Shifting Gender Roles in Twentieth Century Iran". NWSA Journal. 8 (1): 28–49. ISSN   1040-0656. JSTOR   4316422 . Retrieved September 7, 2022.

Books

• Afary, Janet; Kamran, Afary (2022). Molla Nasreddin: The Making of a Modern Trickster, 1906-1911. Edinburgh University Press. p. 398. ISBN   9781474499507.
• Afary, Janet; Faust, Jesilyn (2021). Iranian Romance in the Digital Age: From Arranged Marriage to White Marriage. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN   9780755618286.
• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar; et al. (Janet Afary, John R. Perry) (2016). Charand-o Parand: Revolutionary Satire from Iran, 1907-1909. Translated by Afary, Janet. Yale University Press. p. 335. ISBN   9780300197990.
• Pregnancy and Miscarriage in Qatar: Women, Reproduction and the State (Sex, Family and Culture in the Middle East), 2020 (Contributor)
• Afary, Janet (2013). Agha, Najafī. Brill. ISBN   978-9-004-17678-2
• Afary, Janet (2011). Women in Iran. Routledge. ISBN   978-0-7656-8094-5.
• Afary, Janet (2010). Contesting Archives: Finding Women in the Sources. University of Illinois Press. p. 223. ISBN   978-0-252-07736-4.
• Afary, Janet (2009). Sexual Politics in Modern Iran. Cambridge University Press. ISBN   9781107394353. (Winner of the British Society for Middle East Studies Annual Book Prize)
• Afary, Janet (2009). Enghelab-e Mashrouteh-ye Iran انقلاب مشروطۀ ایران. p. 570. Retrieved February 1, 2023.
• Afary, Janet; Anderson, Kevin B. (2005). Foucault and the Iranian Revolution: Gender and the Seductions of Islamism. Chicago, Illinois: University of Chicago Press. ISBN   9780226007854. (Winner of the Latifeh Yarshater Book Award for Iranian Women's Studies, 2006)
• Afary, Janet (1997). The War against Feminism in the Name of the Almighty: Making Sense of Gender and Muslim Fundamentalism. New Left Review. Retrieved February 1, 2023.
• Afary, Janet (1997). Spoils of War: Women of Color, Cultures, and Revolutions. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. p. 198.
• Afary, Janet (1996). The Iranian Constitutional Revolution: Grassroots Democracy, Social Democracy, and the Origins of Feminism. History and Society of the Modern Middle East Series. New York City: Columbia University Press. ISBN   9780231103510.

See also

• Politics of Iran

Honours and awards

• She was the recipient of the Horace H. Rackham Distinguished Dissertation Award from the University of Michigan. ^[2]
• Afary was awarded the Keddie/Balzan Fellowship by the International Balzan Prize Foundation for the 2008–2009 academic year to work at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). ^[10]
• Dehkhoda Award for Distinguished Scholarship in Iranian Studies (Germany). ^[2]

Sources

1. "Janet Afary – Religious Studies, UC Santa Barbara". www.religion.ucsb.edu. Retrieved July 28, 2025.
2. "Janet Afary". University of California, Santa Barbara.
3. "Janet Afary | Department of Feminist Studies – UC Santa Barbara". Archived from the original on August 30, 2016. Retrieved December 28, 2014.
4. 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. Archived from the original on October 26, 2022. Retrieved June 20, 2022.
5. Mostaghim, Rahmin; Alpert, Emily (September 30, 2012). "Iran Mulls Websites to Fix 'Marriage Crisis'" . Newspapers.com. Chicago Tribune. Retrieved April 25, 2021.
6. "Forum: Is Iran Next?" . Newspapers.com. Journal and Courier (Lafayette, Indiana). September 19, 2007. p. 13. Retrieved April 25, 2021.
7. 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.
8. "Trustees Approve Faculty Member Promotions for 1997–1998" . Newspapers.com. Journal and Courier (Lafayette, Indiana). March 31, 1997. p. 10. Retrieved April 25, 2021.
9. 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.
10. "Campus Notebook, Awards and Honors" . Newspapers.com. Journal and Courier. January 20, 2008. p. 31. Retrieved April 25, 2021.

External links

• Contributors: Janet Afary, Britannica
• Official website
• Afary, Janet's profile at Edinburgh University
• Janet Afary at Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
• Contributor Profile: Janet Afary, Global Journal
• Janet Afary's publications, The University of Chicago Press
• Birds and Cages Amy Littlefield's review of Janet Afary, Sexual Politics in Modern Iran
• Afary, Janet (2022). Molla Nasreddin: The Making of a Modern Trickster, 1906-1911. Edinburgh University Press. p. 398. ISBN   978-1-474-49950-7.
• Janet Afary (Guest editor): Iranian Studies, Special issue: On gender a

Janet Afary
ژانت آفاری
Born	New York City
Nationality	American
Other names	Janet Afary Anderson
Spouse	Kevin B. Anderson
Awards	Balzan Prize (2008–2009)
Academic background
Alma mater	University of Tehran, University of Michigan
Thesis	Grassroots Democracy and Social Democracy in the Iranian Constitutional Revolution, 1906–1911 (Vol. I, II)  (1991)
Doctoral advisor	Ronald G. Suny, Kenneth Allin Luther
Other advisors	Juan Cole, Gernot L. Windfuhr

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