Publications

Public Scholarships
Public Scholarship: Invited Commentaries, Web-based Projects, Interviews, and Essays
September 18, 2024

“When mercy doesn't season justice: Rights versus humanitarian relief”

Forum on Religion and Violence, The Immanent Frame.

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July 18, 2024

“ICC: Recovering the Rule of Law amidst the Rubble of Gaza”

Present Tense Forum, American Anthropological Association.

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December 2023

“Iran, In Her Name: Women Rise, State Violence, and the Future of Iran”

Americans for Middle East Understanding, The Link, Vol. 56(2): 3-14.

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June 29, 2023

“Rights in an Age of Benevolence: Women's Revolutionary Uprisings in Iran”

Hot Spots, Field Sights, Society for Cultural Anthropology.

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May 2023

“Challenging Benevolence: What's Revolutionary about Iranian Women's Uprisings?”

Rethinking Iran, Feminist Futures, Johns Hopkins University.

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Humanitarianisms: Migrations and Care through the Global South

Webinar series, pedagogical resources, and scholarly resources.

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May 26, 2019

“Improving the Status of Women: An Interview with Arzoo Osanloo”

Tarikh Irani (Iranian History) Journal.

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March 2018

“Methods as Politics and the Anthropology of Change in Iran”

American Anthropologist, Vol.120(1): 150-51.

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February 2, 2017
Advisory on the

“Presidential Executive Order 13769: Protecting the Nation From Foreign Terrorist Entry Into the United States”

Middle East Center, University of Washington.

October 2016

“Forbearance Advocacy and Criminal Sanctioning in Iran”

The Foreign Policy Centre, Iran Human Rights Review, Women and Human Rights.

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June 2015

“Postscript to ‘When Blood Has Spilled: Gender, Honor, and Compensation in Iranian Criminal Sanctioning’”

Political and Legal Anthropology Review Online.

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December 14, 2014

“Interview with Arzoo Osanloo about ‘The Measure of Mercy.’”

Curated Collections, Cultural Anthropology Online.

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March 2013
Guest Editor

Zannegaar

Zannegaar Online Journal, Issue 11, "Law, Culture, and Gender," (in English and Persian).

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Podcasts
July 26, 2023

“The Politics of Women’s Rights in Iran”

Haqq Podcast, Ergo Studios.

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October 20, 2022

“The Woman Question”

Throughline, National Public Radio.

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A mother signing forbearance agreement forgoing retributive punishment for her son's murder.
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