On November 4, 2022, the Iran 1400 Project spoke with Dr. Shirin Saeidi about her book “Women and the Islamic Republic: How Gendered Citizenship Conditions the Iranian State”. Dr. Saeidi discussed how non-elite Iranian women conditioned the state formation process in post-1979, shedding light on how one can contemplate Iranian women’s role in transforming the postrevolutionary Iranian state. During the lively Q&A discussion, she reflected on a variety of questions, from the role of expatriates in the current protests to what role the irregular nature of citizenship in Iran played in sparking the protests.
Dr. Shirin Saeidi is an assistant professor of political science and an affiliated faculty member of the Middle East Studies Program at the University of Arkansas. She has published numerous articles and book chapters that have appeared in journals such as Gender & History, Citizenship Studies, International Journal of Middle East Studies, International Studies Review, and The American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences.
