Heritage in West Asia
Heritage in West AsiaHeritage in West Asia
This website presents a range of research projects and related activities in which I have been involved. It serves as both a personal academic site and a broader thematic platform, bringing together work that spans research, writing, and engagement across various fields.
The projects featured here are situated within the geographical expanse broadly recognised as the Iranian Plateau, encompassing parts of West and Central Asia.
To date, these initiatives are focused particularly in West Asia. The term "West Asia" is employed strategically to minimize the value-laden connotations often associated with labels like the Middle East or Persianate. This designation facilitates a nuanced acknowledgment of the historical and contemporary influences exerted by Turkic, Persian, Arabic, and Russian (European) civilizations on the region’s cultural dynamics.
These projects examine historical imaginations in this region and investigate how these imaginations are used to reshape regional and sub-regional identities at various scales. These identities frequently transcend nation-state boundaries and reflect a complex interplay of cultural and historical legacies.
In this geographical context, there are a number of questions that are worth probing. They include:
Ali Mozaffari, expert in heritage studies, architecture and urbanism (Academia webpage, CV)
Other collaborators (and co-authors, in alphabetical order):
Dr Ali Akbar, expert in Islamic Studies and International Relations (National Centre for Contemporary Islamic Studies),
Dr James Barry, anthropologist and expert in Iranian and Armenian Studies (Academia profile)
Dr José Antonio González Zarandona, art historian and expert in iconoclasm, heritage studies, and cinema ( Reader in Heritage Studies, Newcastle University, Academia profile)
Associate Professor David C. Harvey, Historical geographer, expert in geography and heritage studies (Aarhus University profile)
Professor James M. Jasper, writer and sociologist, Graduate Centre of the City University of New York (profile, blog)
Associate Professor Tod Jones is a geographer and Indonesianist with expertise in heritage studies and Indigenous Australian heritage studies (Curtin University profile)
Mr. Bakhtyar Lotfi, an architect and social anthropologist, functions as a cultural analyst with extensive fieldwork training and experience.
Dr. Mandana Tishehyar, Faculty at the Department of Regional Studies, Allameh Tabataba'i University Tehran (ATU).
Associate Professor Nigel Westbrook, architect and architectural historian, School of Design, University of Western Australia.
Professor Tim Winter, Australian Research Council Future Fellow, Sociologist and expert in heritage studies and the Silk Roads, School of Anthropology and Sociology, University of Western Australia (profile).
Conferences | Presentations | Lectures | Exhibitions | Talks
AIAS, building 1630, room 301, 3 floor, and Online
In this presentation, I will discuss the motivations and trajectory behind my current research, which focuses on heritage-border relations....
AIAS, building 1630, room 301, 3 floor, and Online
Online via Zoom
As part of the Goergetown University Persian Studies Program, Dr Ali Mozaffari will moderate and discuss the topic with filmmaker Pejman Akb...
Online via Zoom
Deakin Burwood Campus, BCC Building
Ali Mozaffari presents the following paper discussing modalities of heritage-border relations as part of the Panel D The Politics of Heritag...
Deakin Burwood Campus, BCC Building
O’Flaherty Hall
As part of the panel "Responsibility: Echoes of the Past: Navigating the Responsibilities of Conflict Heritage Custodianship," organised Ali...
O’Flaherty Hall
Dillion Room
As part of the panel "Responsibility, Innovation, and Contestation," organised Ali Mozaffari will present "Heritage Diplomacy and Soft Power...
Dillion Room
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