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Leila Pourtavaf
York University
Occupation
Assistant Professor
Contact
Primary Phone: 4169027580
2140 Vari Hall ON
4700 Keele Street
Toronto ON M3J 1P3
Canada
Discipline
History
Sub Areas
Iranian Studies
19th-21st Centuries
Central Asian Studies
Colonialism
Cultural Studies
Gender/Women's Studies
Middle East/Near East Studies
Transnationalism
Geographic Areas of Interest
Iran
All Middle East
Central Asia
India
Specialties
Women's Court In Late Qajar Iran
Languages
Persian (fluent)
French (fluent)
English (native)
Education
MA | 2010 | Near and Middle Eastern Studies | University of Toronto
MA | 2006 | Media Studies | Concordia University
BA | 2001 | Cultural Studies and East Asian Studies | McGill University
Abstracts
Re-imagining Domesticities: affective bonds and familial relationships in Nasser al-Din Shah's Harem Gender, Interiority and the City Center: Locating the Golestan Harem During Nasser al-Din Shah’s Reign In the Shadows of Gulistan: Servants and Eunuchs of Nasser al-Din Shah’s Court Labor, Intimacy and Power: The Servant Class of Gulistan Harem in Late Qajar Iran The Servant Class of Gulistan: Gender, Race and Affective labor in the Late-Qajar Harem