07.04.2026 International Workshop „Iran under Reza Shah” in Vienna, 14-16 April 2026

Iran under Reza Shah: Politics, Culture and State Building in the Early Pahlavi Period (1925-1941)

Convened by Robert Steele and Florian Schwarz, Institute of Iranian Studies, Austrian Academy of Sciences (ÖAW)

From 14 to 16 April 2026, several colleagues from our Department of Iranian Studies will attend the workshop hosted by the ÖAW in Vienna, where they will present a series of engaging papers.

Bianca Devos - The Republican Debate in Iran’s Newspapers and Literary Circles
Elyas Pirasteh - Reading Order: Police, Pedagogy, and Ideology in Reza Shah’s Iran
Behzad Zerehdaran - Ahmad Kasravi and the Triad of Authority: God, King, and Homeland in the Early Pahlavi Context
Anna Heller -  The Opera Mādar-e Vatan: Performing the Politics of Nationhood under Reza Shah

The complete workshop programme can be accessed through the ÖAW’s website: Iran under Reza Shah