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'Ashura as Submission and Rebellion: An Ethnography on Shia Rituals in Contemporary Iran'

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Speaker
Kenichi TaniJSPS Research Fellow at the National Museum of Ethnology, Japan
Location
SOAS University of London
Organisation
SOAS

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AnthropologyPoliticsReligion
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Ashura as Submission and Rebellion examines Shiʿa rituals in contemporary Iran through ethnographic studies of urban religious gatherings, pilgrimage, and self-flagellation. The book explores how state regulation, religious authority, and everyday practice intersect, while showing how rituals can exceed the political and religious frameworks intended to govern them. Chair: Ali Alavi (Co-Director, SOAS Centre for Iranian Studies). Organiser: Centre for Iranian Studies.

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