Sydney Martin
Introduction In 651 C.E., the Sasanian Empire (224-651 CE) toppled, losing control of Iran to the Arabs. This event, commonly referred to as the Arab conquest, introduced a new culture, language, and religion to Persia.
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Mehdi Rezania
I am grateful to Professor Rob Simms who read the first draft of this essay and gave me invaluable suggestions.
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Christian Petrillo
Editor’s introduction: The encounter with modernity is a major theme in Iran‘s story during the past hundred years. During this period, perhaps no other poet in modern Iran symbolizes the struggle with modernity more than Forugh Farrokhzad, who, along with her poetry, is the subject of the following essay.
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Rasool Nafisi
Introduction The question of development of the non-industrial world, often called pejoratively “the third world,” used to be a major theme in the academic as well as political world throughout the cold war era.
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Aram Hessami
This is a transcription of Dr. Aram Hessami’s interview with the Iran 1400 project. The Historical Context Iran’s past 100 years should be called the century of modernity and its discontent.
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Ramin Jahanbegloo
This is a translation of Dr. Ramin Jahanbegloo’s interview with the Iran 1400 project. Modernity Defined The concept of modernity, as we know it today, refers to a particular period in the history of humanity and especially the history of the West because modernity was initially formed and shaped in the West with its new outlook about the world and human beings in it.
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