State, Elites and Sovereignty in Modern Iran
Free Conference
Saturday, July 22, 2023 – 8:30 am
Innis Town Hall Theatre
Victoria Tahmasebi-Birgani is an Associate Professor of Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies, in the Department of Historical Studies at the University of Toronto Mississauga and Women and Gender Studies Institute at the University of Toronto.
Dr. Tahmasebi is an interdisciplinary scholar whose areas of specialization encompass feminist theories in relation to continental and transnational contexts; critical theories of women’s movements in the Middle East; digital activism; gender and ethics of non-violence; contemporary history of social and political thought. She holds an Honours B.A. in Sociology and Women’s Studies from the University of Toronto, and M.A. and Ph.D. in Social and Political Thought from York University, Toronto, Canada.