Nationality United States Name Janet Afary | Role Author Fields History | |
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Institutions University of California, Santa Barbara People also search for Kevin Anderson, Afsaneh Najmabadi, Nikki Keddie Education University of Michigan, University of Tehran Books Sexual Politics in Modern Ir, Foucault and the Iranian R, The Iranian Constitutional Revolutio | ||
Janet afary drs fereidoun and katharine mirhady endowed lecture in iranian studies
Janet Afary is an Iranian author, feminist activist and researcher in history, religious studies and women studies. She now lives in the United States of America, and teaches at the University of California, Santa Barbara.
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Her research field includes politics of contemporary Iran and gender and sexuality in modern Middle East. She is known for her writings and research on the Iranian Constitutional Revolution.
Afary is a professor of Religious Studies at the University of California Santa Barbara. She received her M.A. from University of Tehran. In 1991, she received her Ph.D in History and Near East studies from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. She was the recipient of the Horace H. Rackham Distinguished Dissertation Award from the University of Michigan.
Afary is married to Kevin B. Anderson, Professor of Sociology, Political Science, and Feminist Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara. They have a daughter Lena T. Afary and a granddaughter Leila Afary Lucas.