New Summer Course HRST/INTS252 Modern Iran—Not by the Book

Don’t believe everything you hear about Iran.  Explore “Hidden” Iran and the Persianate world through the lens of ‘social media’ and social movements in collaboration with cross-cultural peers from the region.  

New Summer Session Course HRST/INTS 252 Modern Iran—Not by the Book.  As an introduction to Iranian society, culture, and politics, this course examines the historical trajectory of contemporary struggles for human rights and democracy across Iran, Afghanistan, and Uzbekistan, from the legacy of the Cyrus Cylinder to current street protests—using pedagogies of intercultural collaboration for decolonizing or reframing knowledge production. Trinity College and Afghan students will engage together in media and cultural analysis through the unconventional lens of diverse forms of social media/social communication, which have shaped Persianate cultural consciousness and socio-political processes—from 17th-century Shahnameh storytelling to today’s digital activism. By exploring the contrast between Persianate media perspectives and Western media portrayals, students will also critically re-evaluate the historical and contemporary complexities of Iranian-Persianate-US relations.   Second Session, M-TR, 12-1:50 pm.  Bauer