DAFF 25A36 - From Ajax Operation to the Nuclear Deal: an introduction to contemporary Iran
DAFF 25A36 · Spring semester 2025-2026
- Language of tuition
- English
- Course type
- Cours séminaire
- Number of hours
- 24
- Credits
- 5
Information
Description
Relying on a multidisciplinary perspective, this seminar aims at providing students with theoretical and empirical tools to apprehend contemporary Iran. The study of decisive historical events, figures and ideologies will enable students to understand how Iran interacted and interacts with regional and global powers. The analysis of the Iranian political and religious model will help understand continuities and discontinuities in Iranian domestic policies (institutional and political structure, state ideology) as well as the evolution of alliances and balances of powers (regionally and internationally). The goal of this class is to encourage students to read and be familiar with the global academic literature. Through the reading and discussion of articles, students will be encouraged to develop their critical thinking and methodological skills.
Prerequisites
Aucun
Assessment
Readings
Main readings 4
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- Ervand ABRAHAMIAN (2021), Oil Crisis in Iran. From Nationalism to Coup d'Etat, Cambridge University Press.
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- Mohiaddin MESBAHI (Spring 2011), “Free and Confined: Iran and the International System”, Iranian Review of Foreign Affairs, Vol. 2, No. 5, pp. 9-34.
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- Vali NASR (2025), Iran’s Grand Strategy. A Political History, Princeton University Press
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- Yann RICHARD (2019), Iran. A Social and Political History since the Qajars, Cambridge University Press.
Further readings 3
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- FRONTLINE, PBS Documentary (2018), BITTER RIVALS. Iran and Saudi Arabia, Part I and II.
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- PBS America documentary (2021), The Iran-Iraq War: A Tragedy that changed History.
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- The Iran Podcast, with Negar Mortezavi
Teaching units
| Unit no. | Unit type | Teaching units | Teachers | Number of hours | Credits |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 59184 | Cours séminaire | From Ajax Operation to the Nuclear Deal: an introduction to contemporary Iran | Eva ZAHIRI | 24 | 5 |
Teachers
- Eva ZAHIRI
In the curricula
- Bachelor, Programme d'échange, semestre 4, seminaires - 25/26COLLÈGE UNIVERSITAIRE - CAMPUS PARIS
- Bachelor, semestre 4, 25/26 : cours séminairesCOLLÈGE UNIVERSITAIRE - CAMPUS PARIS
Contacts and resources
- Contact
- NICOULEAU Svetlana