CALL FOR BOOK PROPOSALS
The IHF Modern Iran Series
• I.B. Tauris, an imprint of Bloomsbury Academic, is seeking book proposals for a new Open Access peer
reviewed academic book series: The IHF Modern Iran Series
• The Iran Heritage Foundation (IHF) will support successful applicants with Open Access publication
• To submit a proposal to the series, please contact Rory Gormley ([email protected]) and Hassan
Hakimian ([email protected])
• Deadline for submission of the first round of proposals is January 31 2025.
The IHF Modern Iran Series publishes innovative Open Access books with a broad thematic focus on modern and contemporary Iran. The chronological scope of the series covers the late nineteenth century to the present day with thematic areas ranging from cultural and social to political and economic issues. Single and co-authored volumes as well as edited volumes will be eligible for consideration. Themes and topics include, but are not limited to, the following:
• History and Geopolitics
• State and Society
• Social and Civic Movements
• Nationalism, Ethnicity and Regional Studies
• Law and Legal History
• History of Ideas
• Religion, Politics and Intellectuals
• Economic and Business History
• Economic Sanctions
• Comparative Economic Development
• Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Rights movements
• Language and Persian literature
• Art, Architecture and Visual Culture
• Communication, Film and Media Studies
• Education
• Environment and Climate Change
• Medicine and Public Health
• Science and Technology
Series Editor
Hassan Hakimian, Professor of Economics and Director of Middle Eastern Studies Department, Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU), Qatar; Emeritus Professor of Economics, SOAS University of London, UK
Advisory Board
- Abbas Amanat, William Graham Sumner Professor Emeritus of History, Yale University
- Sussan Babaei, Professor of Islamic and Iranian Arts, The Courtauld Institute of Art, London University
- Orkideh Behrouzan, Senior Lecturer in Anthropology, SOAS University of London
- Rasmus Christian Elling, Associate Professor, Middle East Studies, Department of Cross-Cultural and Regional
Studies, University of Copenhagen
- Kevan Harris, Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of California-Los Angeles
- Pamela Karimi, Associate Professor of History of Art and Architecture, Cornell University
- Ali Mirsepassi, Albert Gallatin Research Excellence Professor, Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies and Director of
Iranian Studies Initiative, New York University
- Nasrin Rahimieh, Howard Baskerville Professor of Humanities in the Department of Comparative Literature,
University of California, Irvine.
Publishing and Peer Review Process
All books in the series will be subject to peer review overseen by the Series Editor and Advisory Board. Books in the series will be published in initial hardback and Open Access eBook editions, with paperback editions following 18 months after initial publication.
Support from Iran Heritage Foundation (IHF) will provide for Open Access publication for successful proposals competitively selected by the Advisory Board.