N. Sohrabi

My dissertation, Signs taken for Wonder: Nineteenth Century Persian Travel Literature to Europe is a re-examination of the significance of Persian travel narratives to Europe for Qajar Iran (1796-1925). Through textual and contextual analysis of Qajar travel accounts to Europe, …

This dissertation is a comparative analysis of political upheavals in the Middle East with partial comparisons to Russia. In chapter One, I compare successful state takeovers in Iran and the Ottoman Empire with a failed instance in 1905 Russia. Here revolutions are historicized …