Dr Ladan Rahbari

European Citizens' Initiative Give your support !

#Let’smakeithappen If there are at least one million valid signatures by EU citizens & if the threshold is met in at least 7 EU countries, a proposal for the full suspension of the EU-Israel Association Agreement must be submitted to a vote at the European Council eci.ec.europa.eu/055/public/#...

Wie willen de Iraniërs als nieuwe leider(s) als het regime valt? ‘We weten weinig over wat de bevolking nu denkt’ Wie kunnen het overnemen als de Islamitische Republiek aan haar eind komt? Socioloog Ladan Rahbari, die Iran in 2015 verliet, kent genoeg kandidaten. Die zijn niet allemaal even serieus te nemen. ‘De ...

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Sestry | Ладан Рахбарі: «Сила може змусити людей замовкнути, але не здатна вбити прагнення жити з гідністю» Докторка Ладан Рахбарі — соціологиня, яка досліджує іранські міграційні й соціально-політичні процеси і порушення прав людини. В інтерв’ю Sestry вона розповідає про жіночий опір, колективну травму піс...

"Although the country lives under a brutal dictatorship, the regime has failed quite dramatically in its attempts to impose its ideology on society. Given the scale of resources it has at its disposal, this defeat is extraordinary." www.sestry.eu/statti/ladan...

Er Vesten ved at forelske sig i en rig PR-prins, som iranerne ikke vil have? | Globalnyt De iranske protester er angiveligt stilnet en smule af, men det er kravet om et nyt Iran næppe. “Indtil mullaherne ligger i ligklæder bliver denne nation al ...

Iranerne vil af med præstestyret, men der ophører enigheden også for de 90 millioner mennesker, mener iransk forsker, der advarer mod at lade sig rive med af shahens søn, Reza Pahlavis synlighed.

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The paper edition of my book "Capitalism in Contemporary Iran: Capital Accumulation, State Formation and Geopolitics" will be released this month and is included in Manchester University Press’s January Sale. (1/8)

Wie willen de Iraniërs als nieuwe leider(s) als het regime valt? ‘We weten weinig over wat de bevolking nu denkt’ Wie kunnen het overnemen als de Islamitische Republiek aan haar eind komt? Socioloog Ladan Rahbari, die Iran in 2015 verliet, kent genoeg kandidaten. Die zijn niet allemaal even serieus te nemen. ‘De ...

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🔔 Reminder: #DecolonizingBodies seminars this week!

📅 8 Dec, 15–17 CET — Embodied Fear
w/ @psimonetto.bsky.social & Prof. Ashley Mears

📅 9 Dec, 15–17 CET — Embodied Dignity
w/ @ladanrahbari.bsky.social

🎙 Key speaker both days: Prof. Walter Mignolo

👉 Register: lnkd.in/eUyWH5Ke

See you online!

🔥Great event!🔥
Please join us for the second and third Decolonizing Bodies seminar, organized by the formidable @carorabasarucki.bsky.social. With guest of honor Walter Mignolo, discussing decoloniality, bodies and emotions with Ashley Mears, @psimonetto.bsky.social and @ladanrahbari.bsky.social

US: At least 55 Iranians deported, hundreds more at risk, advocacy group says The National Iranian American Council tells Middle East Eye that the community was targeted following the Israel-Iran '12-day war'

US: At least 55 Iranians deported, hundreds more at risk, advocacy group says - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/at-least-55-iranians-deported-hundreds-more-at-risk

AAUP Home

My fellow academics: the @aaup.org is doing amazing work, successfully! defending faculty and universities against attacks from Vought/the Trump administration. Proud to be a member. It takes only 3 minutes to join, to support them fighting the good fight for all Americans ✊ www.aaup.org

Opinion | I’m a Genocide Scholar. I Know It When I See It.

My NYT op-ed this morning
I’m a Genocide Scholar. I Know It When I See It. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/15/o...

[Petition] Stop the war on Iran! Stop the war on Iran! For peace, justice and democracy Tehran and many other Iranian cities are reeling under Israeli attacks that have killed hundreds of civilians, while destroying residential area...

We (a group of academics and scholars) are calling for an immediate end to #Israel’s war against #Iran and #Palestine. If you support this call, please add your name to the petition here. Thank you!
#solidarity #ceasefirenow #petition
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Je kunt tegelijk tegen ayatollahs en tegen Netanyahu zijn Zelfs wie het Iraanse regime haat en meedeed aan de Mahsa Amini-protesten, ziet de Israëlische bombardementen als een externe aanval die gestopt moet worden, schrijft Ladan Rahbari. Al zijn er altijd enkele royalisten die de aanval toejuichen.

The masks are coming off: human values and international law seem to count for nothing anymore. This was already evident when the world did nothing to stop the genocide in Gaza. As you read this, Israel is still killing civilians who are already displaced & starving.
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Netanyahu’s illegal unilateral attack on Iran risks a full-blown war.

These strikes directly undermine the U.S. diplomatic efforts to address Iran’s nuclear program. Talks were planned for Sunday, but Netanyahu chose to attack.

We must not be dragged into another Netanyahu war.

Thank you to everyone who has sent me emails or personal messages. I may not be able to reply to each one, but I see them all and deeply appreciate your support.

Spare me the Western savior complex that tries to justify this madness. I despise the Islamic Republic as much as anyone else. I want them gone. But war will not bring stability to Iran. War will not bring prosperity to our people.

I truly don’t have words to express how disgusted I am by the west, not only for turning a blind eye, but for actively enabling the (genocidal) campaigns of the #Israeli regime from #Palestine to #Iran.

Like many other #Iranians living outside the country, I’ve been watching anxiously and worrying sick about my family, friends and loved ones in Iran. When they can get a stable enough internet connection, they tell me about the constant fear and uncertainly they’re living in.

We had the great honor of hosting Amin Ghaziani @aminghaziani.bsky.social at the Amsterdam Center for Gender & Sexuality this week. We learned about his amazing research on club nights & the book Long Live Queer Nightlife: How the Closing of Gay Bars Sparked a Revolution @aissr.bsky.social

The Closure Epidemic. How disruptions affect queer nightlife - ARC-GS Discover how queer nightlife is evolving beyond bar closures in Amin Ghaziani’s talk on club nights, joy, and urban sexualities.

🕺🏽The Closure Epidemic: Why are gay bars disappearing? What comes next?

Join our Amsterdam Research Centre for Gender and Sexuality this Friday for @aminghaziani.bsky.social’s talk on queer nightlife’s joyful, mobile reinvention 👇

23 May | 15:30 – 17:00

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"We must act now in the interest of human life and dignity.

Here is an urgent plea to #Dutch higher education institutions to cut ties with #genocide and refuse #police on campus!"

#Academia #Netherlands #palestine #actnow #sign

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PhD in Iranian Secular Visual Culture In this position you explore Iran's Secular Shift, examining how atheism, non-religion, and calls for mosque-state separation are expressed in visual culture.

We are looking for a #PhDstudent in the NWO-VIDI project “Iran’s Secular Shift” which investigates Iran’s evolving secular landscape using mixed-method; an opportunity to contribute to a pioneering study on non-religion, atheism & secularism in #Iran @pooyan1983.bsky.social www.uu.nl/en/organisat...

‘Zionism as the Legacy of Cyrus’: (Online) Proxy Nationalism of Diasporic Iranians This paper focuses on examining the online activities of a group of diasporic Iranians who exhibit Israeli proxy nationalism online by openly expressing support for Israel and Zionism. By analysing p...

If you are interested in #nationalism & #diaspora, see my paper “Zionism as the Legacy of Cyrus”: (Online) Proxy Nationalism of Diasporic Iranians. I explore some diasporic Iranians' pro-Israeli sentiments online #proxynationalism
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... @aissr.bsky.social

‘Zionism as the Legacy of Cyrus’: (Online) Proxy Nationalism of Diasporic Iranians This paper focuses on examining the online activities of a group of diasporic Iranians who exhibit Israeli proxy nationalism online by openly expressing support for Israel and Zionism. By analysing p...

If you are interested in #nationalism & #diaspora, see my paper “Zionism as the Legacy of Cyrus”: (Online) Proxy Nationalism of Diasporic Iranians. I explore some diasporic Iranians' pro-Israeli sentiments online #proxynationalism
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... @aissr.bsky.social

Oh that’s so kind of you 😊 and thank you!

Dual nationality, anti‐citizenship, and xeno‐racism: Online tropes on migrant (in)gratitude, and (in)adequate Britishness of Nazanin Zaghari‐Ratcliffe Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, an Iranian-British dual citizen, was detained by the Iranian state from April 2016 to March 2022 and charged with spying and propaganda activities against the Iranian state...

My paper 'Dual #Nationality, Anti-Citizenship, and Xeno-Racism: Online Tropes on #Migrant (In)gratitude, and (In)adequate Britishness of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe,' is now published in the #British Journal of #Sociology. #xenoracism #dualnationality #Iran
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Unruly temporalities: Older queer women and non-binary people narrating later-life sexuality In this paper, we explore queer temporalities in relation to queer women and non-binary people’s sexuality later in life. Drawing on 30 interviews with 32 queer women and non-binary people aged 49-...

If you are interested in the intersection of #queer #aging and #sexuality, check out the new paper published in the Journal of Women and Aging titled 'Unruly Temporalities: Older Queer Women and Non-Binary People Narrating Later-Life Sexuality. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

On December 3rd, I had the immense privilege of witnessing my PhD student, Dr. Nika Looman, successfully defend their thesis:
“Queer late/r life sex. Women and non-binary people’s unruly stories.”
#PhDDefense #ProudSupervisor #Queer #Sex #Aging #AcademicAchievement @aissr.bsky.social

I am a political sociologist if that counts

Anonymous form - concerns regarding nationality and participation in the nationwide demonstrations against budget cuts in the Netherlands Are you a non-Dutch/EU national and hesitant to participate in the nationwide demonstrations against budget cuts (in The Hague on November 25th 2024) due to your nationality, passport, or visa status?...

Are you working in a #Dutch #university? Could you please fill in this short #questionnaire to help me understand potential #concerns around attending the #nation-wide #demonstration in #TheHague on Nov 25th? #Academia #precarity #nationaity #visa #non-EU forms.gle/57ujMBusE93Y...