Shahla Talebi is assistant professor of religious studies, School of Historical, Philosophical and Religious Studies, Arizona State University. A native of Iran, she lived through the 1979 Revolution and the Iran-Iraq War and left Iran in 1994 for the United States where she now resides. She received her undergraduate degree in social-cultural anthropology from University of California at Berkeley and her master's and doctorate, also in social cultural anthropology, from Columbia University.
Talebi's research interests include questions of self sacrifice and martyrdom, violence, memory, trauma, death, burial, funerary rituals, commemoration and memorialization or their banning, religion, revolution, and nation-state in contemporary Iran. Talebi’s manuscript entitled "Ghosts of Revolution: Rekindled Memories of Imprisonment in Iran" is forthcoming by Stanford University Press. Recent articles include: “From the Light of the Eye to the Eye of the Power” and "Who is Behind the Name? A Story of Voilence, Loss, and Melancholic Survival in Post-Revolutionary Iran." She discusses the differences and similarities of political prisoners in Iran before and after the disputed presidential election for "The Week in Green."
Summer 2022 | |
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REL 690 | Reading and Conference |
REL 799 | Dissertation |
Spring 2022 | |
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REL 101 | Religion, Culture, Public Life |
REL 626 | Themes:Anthropology of Rel |
REL 690 | Reading and Conference |
REL 792 | Research |
REL 799 | Dissertation |
Fall 2021 | |
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REL 202 | Religion and Popular Culture |
REL 307 | Religion: Theory and Practice |
REL 599 | Thesis |
REL 792 | Research |
REL 799 | Dissertation |
Summer 2021 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
EPD 799 | Dissertation |
Spring 2021 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
REL 202 | Religion and Popular Culture |
REL 599 | Thesis |
REL 626 | Themes:Anthropology of Rel |
REL 792 | Research |
REL 799 | Dissertation |
Fall 2020 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
REL 599 | Thesis |
REL 792 | Research |
REL 799 | Dissertation |
Summer 2020 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
EPD 799 | Dissertation |
Spring 2020 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
REL 381 | Religion and Moral Issues |
REL 599 | Thesis |
EPD 792 | Research |
REL 792 | Research |
REL 799 | Dissertation |
Fall 2019 | |
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REL 287 | Topics Film, Media & Religion |
REL 599 | Thesis |
REL 620 | Theories: Anthropology of Rel |
REL 792 | Research |
REL 799 | Dissertation |
JUS 799 | Dissertation |
Summer 2019 | |
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JUS 799 | Dissertation |
Spring 2019 | |
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REL 202 | Religion and Popular Culture |
REL 493 | Honors Thesis |
REL 598 | Special Topics |
REL 599 | Thesis |
REL 792 | Research |
JUS 792 | Research |
EPD 792 | Research |
REL 799 | Dissertation |
JUS 799 | Dissertation |
Fall 2018 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
REL 202 | Religion and Popular Culture |
REL 390 | Women, Gender and Religion |
REL 599 | Thesis |
REL 792 | Research |
REL 799 | Dissertation |
JUS 799 | Dissertation |
Summer 2018 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
JUS 799 | Dissertation |
Spring 2018 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
REL 792 | Research |
JUS 792 | Research |
REL 799 | Dissertation |
JUS 799 | Dissertation |
Fall 2017 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
REL 599 | Thesis |
REL 792 | Research |
REL 799 | Dissertation |
JUS 799 | Dissertation |