The Incarcerated Modern: Prisons and Public Life in Iran - a discussion with author Golnar Nikpour
Event description
- Academic events
Book Series | “Mass Violence, Displacement and Resiliency: Perspectives on Human Geography of Eastern Anatolia, Iran, and North Caucasus”
The Incarcerated Modern: Prisons and Public Life in Iran
"Iran's prison system is a foundational institution of Iranian political modernity. The Incarcerated Modern traces the transformation of Iran from a decentralized empire with few imprisoned persons at the turn of the twentieth century into a modern nation-state with over a quarter million prisoners today. In policing the line between 'bad criminal' and 'good citizen,' the carceral system has shaped and reshaped Iranian understandings of citizenship, freedom, and political belonging."
"Prisons that purport to isolate from public view nevertheless have a public life, Golnar Nikpour contends in this revelatory study. The Incarcerated Modern's depiction of transnational solidarity and human rights movements attempting to confront carcerality worldwide is acute and indispensable."―Samuel Moyn, Yale University
Golnar Nikpour is an Assistant Professor of History at Dartmouth College. She is a scholar of modern Iranian political and intellectual history, with a particular interest in the history of law, incarceration, revolution, and rights. She teaches on an interdisciplinary set of topics including modern Middle Eastern and North African history, Iranian history, political theory, Islamic studies, critical prison studies, colonialism and decolonization, and women and gender studies.
Discussion moderator: Shahla Talebi, Associate Head of Graduate Studies & Associate Professor, ASU School of Historical, Philosophical and Religious Studies
This event is co-sponsored by the:
* ASU School of Politics and Global Studies and the
* ASU Melikian Center: Russian, Eurasian, and East European Studies
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Photo by Neeku Shamekh of the Museum of the Qasr Prison