Golbarg Bashi
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Golbarg Bashi born in Ahvaz, Iran
, is an Iranian-Swedish feminist professor of Iranian Studies
at Rutgers University
in the UShttp://mideast.rutgers.edu/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=125. Among other topics, Bashi has published works and given talks about human rights
in the Middle East and the situation of women in Iran.
and Bristol
and obtained her doctorate degree from Columbia University
in New York City
. Her doctoral research focused on a feminist critique of the human rights discourse in Iran. She is married to Columbia University
professor, Hamid Dabashi
.
Bashi has been a member of the Green Party of Sweden where she was elected in 2002 as an executive member of the party's Women's Committee. She was also selected as a candidate for the Greens in the Swedish municipal elections
for the city of Kramfors
in 2002.
in response to Boobquake
, Jennifer McCreight
's reaction to Tehran's leader in Friday Prayer
statement that women who wear immodest clothing and behaved promiscuously caused earthquakes. Brainquake was a feminist critical response to this where instead of highlighting one's physical differences from men, women should show off their CVs and lists of accomplishments
تعديل قانون منح الجنسية في إيران:في الطريق إلى المساواة بين المرأة والرجل, in Qantara, Deutsche Welle
(September 2006). Arabic version]
Iran
Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...
, is an Iranian-Swedish feminist professor of Iranian Studies
Iranian Studies
Iranian studies , is an interdisciplinary field dealing with the study of history, literature, art and culture of the Iranian people. It is a part of the wider field of Oriental studies....
at Rutgers University
Rutgers University
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey , is the largest institution for higher education in New Jersey, United States. It was originally chartered as Queen's College in 1766. It is the eighth-oldest college in the United States and one of the nine Colonial colleges founded before the American...
in the UShttp://mideast.rutgers.edu/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=125. Among other topics, Bashi has published works and given talks about human rights
Human rights
Human rights are "commonly understood as inalienable fundamental rights to which a person is inherently entitled simply because she or he is a human being." Human rights are thus conceived as universal and egalitarian . These rights may exist as natural rights or as legal rights, in both national...
in the Middle East and the situation of women in Iran.
Biography
Golbarg Bashi was born in Iran, raised in Sweden, and educated in at the Universities of ManchesterUniversity of Manchester
The University of Manchester is a public research university located in Manchester, United Kingdom. It is a "red brick" university and a member of the Russell Group of research-intensive British universities and the N8 Group...
and Bristol
University of Bristol
The University of Bristol is a public research university located in Bristol, United Kingdom. One of the so-called "red brick" universities, it received its Royal Charter in 1909, although its predecessor institution, University College, Bristol, had been in existence since 1876.The University is...
and obtained her doctorate degree from Columbia University
Columbia University
Columbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the...
in New York City
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
. Her doctoral research focused on a feminist critique of the human rights discourse in Iran. She is married to Columbia University
Columbia University
Columbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the...
professor, Hamid Dabashi
Hamid Dabashi
Hamid Dabashi born 1951 in Ahvaz is an Iranian-American Professor of Iranian Studies and Comparative Literature at Columbia University in New York City.He is the author of over twenty books...
.
Bashi has been a member of the Green Party of Sweden where she was elected in 2002 as an executive member of the party's Women's Committee. She was also selected as a candidate for the Greens in the Swedish municipal elections
Elections in Sweden
Elections in the Kingdom of Sweden are held every four years, and determine the makeup of the legislative bodies on the three levels of administrative division in the country. At the highest level, these elections determine the allocation of seats in the Riksdag, the national legislative body of...
for the city of Kramfors
Kramfors
Kramfors is a locality and the seat of Kramfors Municipality in Västernorrland County, Sweden with 6,235 inhabitants in 2005.Geographically the town is situated on the western shore of the Ångerman River. This river was the reason that Kramfors was founded, because in the 19th century it was a...
in 2002.
Brainquake
In April 2010, Golbarg Bashi launched Brainquake together with Duke University's Negar MottahedehNegar Mottahedeh
Negar Mottahedeh is a cultural critic and film theorist specializing in interdisciplinary and feminist contributions to the fields of Middle Eastern Studies and Film Studies...
in response to Boobquake
Boobquake
Boobquake, which took place on April 26, 2010, was devised by Jennifer McCreight, then a senior in the Purdue University College of Science, in response to news reports that Hojatoleslam Kazem Seddiqi had blamed women who dress immodestly for causing earthquakes...
, Jennifer McCreight
Jennifer McCreight
Jennifer McCreight , an American skeptic and atheist blogger, is a graduate student at the University of Washington. She is the architect of Boobquake, an experiment designed to test a claim made by Kazem Seddiqi, an Islamic cleric....
's reaction to Tehran's leader in Friday Prayer
Kazem Seddiqi
Hojjatoleslam Kazem Seddiqi is an interim Friday Prayer Leader for Tehran, Iran. The Friday prayer leader gives the khutbah or sermon shortly after noon on Friday, the traditional time of gathering for the Muslim community...
statement that women who wear immodest clothing and behaved promiscuously caused earthquakes. Brainquake was a feminist critical response to this where instead of highlighting one's physical differences from men, women should show off their CVs and lists of accomplishments
Publications
Among other topics, Bashi has published works about the situation of women in Iran.- From One Third World Woman to Another: A Conversation with Gayatri Spivak, in PBS's Frontline Tehran Bureau (January 2010).
- http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/tehranbureau/2009/07/picturing-ourselves-1953-1979-and-2009.htmlPicturing Ourselves: 1953, 1979 and 2009: A Conversation with Negar MottahedehNegar MottahedehNegar Mottahedeh is a cultural critic and film theorist specializing in interdisciplinary and feminist contributions to the fields of Middle Eastern Studies and Film Studies...
, in PBS's Frontline Tehran Bureau (July 2009).] - Iranian Feminism after June 2009: A Conversation with Zillah Eisenstein, in PBS's Frontline Tehran Bureau (June, 2009).
- Feminist waves in the Iranian Green Tsunami?, in PBS's Tehran Bureau (June, 2009).
- Genre in the Service of Empire: An Iranian Feminist Critique of Diasporic Memoirs, by Bashi et al., in Znet (January 2007).
- Citizenship Rights in Iran: One Step Forward, Many More to Take.
Staatsbürgerrechte im Iran: Nur ein kleiner Schritt vorwärts German version
تعديل قانون منح الجنسية في إيران:في الطريق إلى المساواة بين المرأة والرجل, in Qantara, Deutsche Welle
Deutsche Welle
Deutsche Welle or DW, is Germany's international broadcaster. The service is aimed at the overseas market. It broadcasts news and information on shortwave, Internet and satellite radio on 98.7 DZFE in 30 languages . It has a satellite television service , that is available in four languages, and...
(September 2006). Arabic version]
- The Proper Etiquette of Meeting Shahrnush Parsipur in the United States, Payvand and The Persian Book Review (ISSUE XVI, NO. 48, FALL 2006).
- A Historic Landmark: Women’s Rights Gathering in Tehran on June 12, in OpenDemocracy and Payvand (July 2006).
- فارسی Eyewitness History: Interview with Ayatollah Montazeri, Payvand (March 2006). [One Million Signatures]].