# New Books in Iranian Studies

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Episodes: 120

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## Episodes
- [Homa Katouzian, "Iran and the Revolution: A History" (Yale UP, 2026)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-iranian-studies-6707694/homa-katouzian-iran-and-the-revolution-a-history-yale-up-2026) — 2026-06-04T08:00:00+00:00
- [Radio ReOrient 14.1: State of the Ummah: “A War Against the Islamic Republic?”, hosted by Shehla Khan, with Mona Makinejadbanadaki and S. Sayyid.](https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-iranian-studies-6707694/radio-reorient-14-1-state-of-the-ummah-a-war-against-the-islamic-republic-hosted-by-shehla-khan-with-mona-makinejadbanadaki-and-s-sayyid) — 2026-04-10T08:00:00+00:00
- [Gijs Kruijtzer, "Justifying Transgression:  Muslims, Christians, and the Law - 1200 to 1700" (de Gruyter, 2023)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-iranian-studies-6707694/gijs-kruijtzer-justifying-transgression-muslims-christians-and-the-law-1200-to-1700-de-gruyter-2023) — 2026-03-25T08:00:00+00:00
- [Understanding Iran Under Attack: A Discussion with Author Vali Nasr](https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-iranian-studies-6707694/understanding-iran-under-attack-a-discussion-with-author-vali-nasr) — 2026-03-12T08:00:00+00:00
- [Donna Stein, "The Empress and I: How an Ancient Empire Collected, Rejected and Rediscovered Modern Art" (Skira, 2020)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-iranian-studies-6707694/donna-stein-the-empress-and-i-how-an-ancient-empire-collected-rejected-and-rediscovered-modern-art-skira-2020) — 2026-01-26T09:00:00+00:00
- [Aria Fani, "Reading Across Borders: Afghans, Iranians, and Literary Nationalism" (U Texas Press, 2024)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-iranian-studies-6707694/aria-fani-reading-across-borders-afghans-iranians-and-literary-nationalism-u-texas-press-2024) — 2025-10-31T08:00:00+00:00
- [Amir Moosavi, "Dust That Never Settles: Literary Afterlives of the Iran-Iraq War" (Stanford UP, 2025)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-iranian-studies-6707694/amir-moosavi-dust-that-never-settles-literary-afterlives-of-the-iran-iraq-war-stanford-up-2025) — 2025-09-14T08:00:00+00:00
- [Isabel Toral and Beatrice Gruendler, "An Unruly Classic: Kalīla and Dimna and Its Syriac, Arabic, and Early Persian Versions" (Brill, 2024)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-iranian-studies-6707694/isabel-toral-and-beatrice-gruendler-an-unruly-classic-kal-la-and-dimna-and-its-syriac-arabic-and-early-persian-versions-brill-2024) — 2025-08-03T08:00:00+00:00
- [Agathe Demarais, "Backfire: How Sanctions Reshape the World Against U.S. Interests" (Columbia UP, 2022)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-iranian-studies-6707694/agathe-demarais-backfire-how-sanctions-reshape-the-world-against-u-s-interests-columbia-up-2022) — 2025-07-25T08:00:00+00:00
- [What We Get Wrong About Iran, with Vali Nasr](https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-iranian-studies-6707694/what-we-get-wrong-about-iran-with-vali-nasr) — 2025-07-16T08:00:00+00:00
- [Pamela Karimi, "Women, Art, Freedom: Artists and Street Politics in Iran" (Leuven UP, 2024)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-iranian-studies-6707694/pamela-karimi-women-art-freedom-artists-and-street-politics-in-iran-leuven-up-2024) — 2025-07-04T08:00:00+00:00
- [Vali Nasr, "Iran’s Grand Strategy: A Political History" (Princeton UP, 2025)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-iranian-studies-6707694/vali-nasr-iran-s-grand-strategy-a-political-history-princeton-up-2025) — 2025-06-25T08:00:00+00:00
- [Gohar Homayounpour, "Persian Blues, Psychoanalysis and Mourning" (Routledge, 2022)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-iranian-studies-6707694/gohar-homayounpour-persian-blues-psychoanalysis-and-mourning-routledge-2022) — 2025-04-21T08:00:00+00:00
- [Sinem Arcak Casale, "Gifts in the Age of Empire: Ottoman-Safavid Cultural Exchange, 1500–1639" (U Chicago Press, 2023)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-iranian-studies-6707694/sinem-arcak-casale-gifts-in-the-age-of-empire-ottoman-safavid-cultural-exchange-1500-1639-u-chicago-press-2023) — 2025-03-31T08:00:00+00:00
- [Parisa Vaziri, "Racial Blackness and Indian Ocean Slavery: Iran's Cinematic Archive" (U Minnesota Press, 2023)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-iranian-studies-6707694/parisa-vaziri-racial-blackness-and-indian-ocean-slavery-iran-s-cinematic-archive-u-minnesota-press-2023) — 2025-02-09T09:00:00+00:00
- [Jorge Flores, "Empire of Contingency: How Portugal Entered the Indo-Persian World" (U Pennsylvania Press, 2024)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-iranian-studies-6707694/jorge-flores-empire-of-contingency-how-portugal-entered-the-indo-persian-world-u-pennsylvania-press-2024) — 2025-01-29T09:00:00+00:00
- [Samuel Hodgkin, "Persianate Verse and the Poetics of Eastern Internationalism" (Cambridge UP, 2023)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-iranian-studies-6707694/samuel-hodgkin-persianate-verse-and-the-poetics-of-eastern-internationalism-cambridge-up-2023) — 2024-12-12T09:00:00+00:00
- [Tristan A. Volpe, "Leveraging Latency: How the Weak Compel the Strong with Nuclear Technology" (Oxford UP, 2023)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-iranian-studies-6707694/tristan-a-volpe-leveraging-latency-how-the-weak-compel-the-strong-with-nuclear-technology-oxford-up-2023) — 2024-12-08T09:00:00+00:00
- [Arash Azizi, "What Iranians Want: Women, Life, Freedom" (Oneworld, 2024)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-iranian-studies-6707694/arash-azizi-what-iranians-want-women-life-freedom-oneworld-2024) — 2024-10-23T08:00:00+00:00
- [Emrah Yildiz, "Zainab's Traffic: Moving Saints, Selves, and Others Across Borders" (U California Press, 2024)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-iranian-studies-6707694/emrah-yildiz-zainab-s-traffic-moving-saints-selves-and-others-across-borders-u-california-press-2024) — 2024-10-22T08:00:00+00:00
- [Julia Caterina Hartley, "Iran and French Orientalism: Persia in the Literary Culture of Nineteenth-Century France" (Bloomsbury. 2023)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-iranian-studies-6707694/julia-caterina-hartley-iran-and-french-orientalism-persia-in-the-literary-culture-of-nineteenth-century-france-bloomsbury-2023) — 2024-10-02T08:00:00+00:00
- [Cyrus Ali Zargar, "Religion of Love: Sufism and Self-Transformation in the Poetic Imagination of ʿaṭṭār" (SUNY Press, 2024)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-iranian-studies-6707694/cyrus-ali-zargar-religion-of-love-sufism-and-self-transformation-in-the-poetic-imagination-of-a-r-suny-press-2024) — 2024-08-21T08:00:00+00:00
- [Farshid Emami, "Isfahan: Architecture and Urban Experience in Early Modern Iran" (Penn State UP, 2024)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-iranian-studies-6707694/farshid-emami-isfahan-architecture-and-urban-experience-in-early-modern-iran-penn-state-up-2024) — 2024-08-17T08:00:00+00:00
- [Ibrahim Fraihat, "Iran and Saudi Arabia: Taming a Chaotic Conflict" (Edinburgh UP, 2020)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-iranian-studies-6707694/ibrahim-fraihat-iran-and-saudi-arabia-taming-a-chaotic-conflict-edinburgh-up-2020) — 2024-06-09T08:00:00+00:00
- [Seyed Ali Alavi, "Iran and Palestine: Past, Present, and Future" (Routledge, 2019)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-iranian-studies-6707694/seyed-ali-alavi-iran-and-palestine-past-present-and-future-routledge-2019) — 2024-05-27T08:00:00+00:00

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