'Ashura as Submission and Rebellion: An Ethnography on Shia Rituals in Contemporary Iran'
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6:00 pm to 7:30 pm
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- Seminar
About this event
Ashura as Submission and Rebellion examines Shiʿa rituals in contemporary Iran through ethnographic studies of urban religious gatherings, pilgrimage, and self-flagellation.
The book explores how state regulation, religious authority, and everyday practice intersect, while showing how rituals can exceed the political and religious frameworks intended to govern them.
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About the speaker
Kenichi Tani is a JSPS Research Fellow at the National Museum of Ethnology, Japan. He received his PhD in social anthropology from Hitotsubashi University and works on Shiʿa Islam and religious practices in Iran and the wider Azerbaijani-speaking world.
Chair
Ali Alavi (Co-Director, SOAS Centre for Iranian Studies).
