Education and the Cultural Cold War in the Middle East: The Franklin Book Programs in Iran

October 30, 2023
2:00PM - 4:00PM
Hayes Hall 024

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2023-10-30 14:00:00 2023-10-30 16:00:00 Education and the Cultural Cold War in the Middle East: The Franklin Book Programs in Iran Mahdi Ganjavi holds a PhD from the Department of Leadership, Higher and Adult Education at the University of Toronto. His research focuses on the cultural Cold War, the post-World War II transnational history of books, print, translation, and education, as well as the politics of archives and historiography in the contemporary Middle East. His first book, entitled "Education and the Cultural Cold War in the Middle East: The Franklin Book Programs in Iran" (2023), was published by I.B. Tauris. This investigation builds upon scholarship that has discussed the Cold War in relation to its ideological contestations, as well as in terms of cultural diplomacy and educational exchange.    Hayes Hall 024 Department of Near Eastern and South Asian Languages and Cultures nesa@osu.edu America/New_York public

Mahdi Ganjavi holds a PhD from the Department of Leadership, Higher and Adult Education at the University of Toronto. His research focuses on the cultural Cold War, the post-World War II transnational history of books, print, translation, and education, as well as the politics of archives and historiography in the contemporary Middle East. His first book, entitled "Education and the Cultural Cold War in the Middle East: The Franklin Book Programs in Iran" (2023), was published by I.B. Tauris. This investigation builds upon scholarship that has discussed the Cold War in relation to its ideological contestations, as well as in terms of cultural diplomacy and educational exchange.