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'''Negar Mottahedeh''' is a cultural critic and theorist specializing in interdisciplinary and feminist contributions to the fields of Middle Eastern Studies and Film and Media Studies. She has published five books on Iranian Cinema, the history of reform, revolution and the uses of various media in protest. She is also known for her work on [[Ta'ziya]]. In particular, she traces the range of political operations in which ta'ziyeh and [[Muharram]] rituals have been engaged both as a popular form that creates non-official public spaces, and as a state-sponsored form.
'''Negar Mottahedeh''' is a cultural critic and theorist specializing in interdisciplinary and feminist contributions to the fields of Middle Eastern Studies and Film and Media Studies. She has published five books on Iranian Cinema, the history of reform, revolution and the uses of various media in protest. She is also known for her work on [[Ta'ziya]]. In particular, she traces the range of political operations in which ta'ziyeh and [[Muharram]] rituals have been engaged both as a popular form that creates non-official public spaces, and as a state-sponsored form.
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==Education==
==Education==

Revision as of 11:49, 3 February 2020

Negar Mottahedeh is a cultural critic and theorist specializing in interdisciplinary and feminist contributions to the fields of Middle Eastern Studies and Film and Media Studies. She has published five books on Iranian Cinema, the history of reform, revolution and the uses of various media in protest. She is also known for her work on Ta'ziya. In particular, she traces the range of political operations in which ta'ziyeh and Muharram rituals have been engaged both as a popular form that creates non-official public spaces, and as a state-sponsored form.

Negar Mottahede

Education

  • Ph.D., University of Minnesota, Twin Cities 1998
  • M.A., University of Minnesota, Twin Cities 1994
  • B.A., Mount Holyoke College 1990

Selected Research and Publications

Article

Awards and Honors

  • Signature course "Hashtags Memes & Digital Tribes". Office of the Dean. January 01, 2016
  • Middle East Book Award for #iranelection. Washington Post. 2015
  • Arts and Sciences Annual Research Grant for “#iranelection”. Duke University. 2015
  • The Josiah Charles Trent Memorial Foundation for “BP Oil films”. Duke University. 2015
  • Humanities Writ Large Grant for “Muslim Publics”. Mellon Foundation. 2013
  • Partnership in a Global Age Grant for “Art of Democratic Revolution”. Mellon Foundation. 2013
  • Latifeh Yarshater Award for "Representing the Unrepresentable". Persian Heritage Foundation. August 2008
  • Persian Heritage Foundation Book Award for Displaced Allegories. Persian Heritage Foundation, Columbia University . 2008

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