Gender and Society in Post-Revolution Iran: A 45-Year Perspective

We will gather around Dr Elaheh Rostami-Povey on Iran, 45 years after the revolution, focusing on women's and gender issues.
Dr Rostami-Povey is a retired academic from SOAS, University of London, whose research has focused on women's and gender issues in Iran, Afghanistan, and the Middle East.
Her publications include Women, Power and Politics in 21st Century Iran (Routledge, 2012) and Iran's Influence: A Religious-Political State and Society in its Region (Bloomsbury, 2010).
She has also written extensively on feminism in Iran, women and civil society organizations in Iran,
as well as on women, war, conflict, and the Afghan diaspora in journals such as Feminist Review Collective,
Journal of Development Studies, Journal of Iranian Studies, and Journal of Development and Practice.

【Date and Time】 Friday 24th Aplil 2026

【Venue】301 Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA),Tokyo University of Foreign Studies (TUFS)

【Language】English

【Admission】Free

【Registration】
Due to the small scale of the event, the number of participants is limited.
If you wish to attend, please contact us in advance at the address below.
ogatas[at]aa.tufs.ac.jp

【Program】
　16:00 - 16:05    Opening Remarks    Shirabe Ogata （ILCAA）
　16:05 - 16:35    Keynote Speach    Elaheh Rostami-Povey （No affiliation）
　16:35 - 16:50    Discussion 1    Emi Goto （ILCAA）
　16:50 - 17:05    Discussion 2    Mostafa Khalili （ILCAA）
　17:05 - 17:20    Discussion 3    Kenichi Tani （National Museum of Ethnology）
　17:20 - 17:30    Floor Session    

【Co-hosted by】
ILCAA Core Project Anthropological Inquiry of Sociality: Dynamics of Tolerance/ Intolerance in Transcultural Contexts,
ILCAA Core Project Field Archiving of Memory: Dynamics of Cooperation within the Islamic Society

【Contact】
ogatas[at]aa.tufs.ac.jp
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