History from Below: Women's Movement

Women constitute a powerful social group that was largely ignored in the standard historical texts before the 1950s. In the mid-20th century, an approach dubbed as "history from below", emerged by influential feminist figures in the US and Europe which sought to re-discover women's role in the history and highlight their status in historical events. Standard historical texts, referred by most feminists as the "history from above", have generally ignored women's role in historical events, and women were largely absent in contexts which reviewed major developments throughout history. Since the 1950s, historical literature in the world has undergone serious modifications and revisions, and the feminist movement and the "history from below" approach have been mingled in some overlapping areas to produce the "women's history from below".

NLAI Completes Major Oral History Project of 2nd Pahlavids’ Figures

The National Library and Archives Organization of the Islamic Republic of Iran (NLAI) has concluded a massive 14-year oral and visual history project with 57 key 2nd Pahlavids’ political, cultural, military and royal figures and decision-makers. The project focuses on the lessons that could be learned from 58 years of the Pahlavi reign over Iran before the victory of the Islamic Revolution, and its digital version will be unveiled presently by the organization. The project entails hundreds of hours of video and audio interviews with the personages reviewing the Pahlavi regime's history. The project was carried out by a group of historical researchers headed by Hussein Dehpashi and was financed by numerous state-run and private institutions inside and outside of Iran. More than 2500 hours of interview have boon conducted with 620 prominent figures. In order to enrich the project about 20000 pieces of documents have been included to the published books based on the transcribed interviews.

Five New Books of Kaveh Bayat

Five New Books of Kaveh Bayat during the First 6 Months of the Year/Documents of Lieutenant Razm-Ara to the Memoirs of Malek Mansour Khan Kaveh Bayat, Iranian historian and scholar, during the first six months of the year, published five new books. “Memorabilia and Documents of Lieutenant General Haj-Ali Razm-Ara” and “Memorabilia of Malek Mansourkhan Qashqai” are two examples. Reported by Iran's Book News Agency (IBNA) Kaveh Bayat, contemporary history scholar of Iran is an active author who has published five new titles during the first 6 months of the year. “Bahmayi Travel Literature: an account of evolutions in Kohgilouyeh & Bakhtiari during WWI “1916-1917”, “Coup d’etat of Lahouti Tabriz, February of 1921”, “Memoirs and Documents of Lieutenant General Haj-Ali Razm-Ara”, ...

An Interview with an Eye-witness of 23rd Azar 1357(14th Dec. 1978) Event

Mashhad- the challenge to reach the victory of Islamic Revolution in Iran is more expansive and valued because of the blood of compatriots. The Shah’s mercenary regime attack to Imam Reza Hospital in Mashhad is one of the important historical events in those days. According to Mehr News Agency, the challenge to reach the victory of Islamic Revolution in Iran is more expansive and valued because of the blood of compatriots.

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