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Showing 1 to 20 of 23 for “"Pahlavi"”.
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Pahlavi University, Shiraz, Iran
Thesis (M.Arch)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 1963.
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Autoritářský režim v Iránu v počátečních letech vlády Rezy Chána a Mohammeda Rezy Pahlavi
Cílem této bakalářské práce je charakterizovat režim v Íránu v počátečních letech vlády dvou panovníků z dynastie Pahlaví - Rezy Šáha a Mohammada Rezy - na základě Linzovy typologie nedemokratických režimů. Teoretická část se věnuje charakteristice jednotlivých typů nedemokratických režimů (vyjma …
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The Development of the Modern Iranian Nation-State: From Qajar Origins to Early Pahlavi Modernization
This thesis focuses on the development of the Iranian nation and state from 1811 to 1941. Both of these developments occurred in response to Iran's encounter with the European powers, specifically Russia and Great Britain. Government-led reforms opened the possibility for the development of Iranian …
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Construction of history : Mohammad-Reza Shah revivalism, nationalism, and monumental architecture of Tehran, 1951-1979
… Iranian national/revival architecture under the Pahlavi royal dynasty, in particular the reigning period of Mohammad-Reza Shah. I analyze and interpret three specific monuments: the mausoleum of Reza Shah built in 1950, the Shahyad Aryamehr Monument built in 1971 on the occasion of 2500-year …
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The Roots of Feminist Invocations in Post-Revolutionary Iran
… of elementary school textbooks issued by the Pahlavi and the IRI assesses the way in which each regime sought to impart its gender ideology to young girls. The eradication of coeducation and institution of single-sex schooling at the pre-university level is investigated as a factor in …
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Simin Daneshvar's Savushun: Examining Gender Under Patriarchy
… governmental factions in 1941 when Reza Shah Pahlavi overthrew years of Iranian dynasty and established a monarchy. This thesis explores how the novel is a vital part of Iran’s historical literature as well as essential to the present day discussion of gender and politics, especially for women …
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La nascita del programma nucleare iraniano. Washington e Teheran tra alleanza e reciproci sospetti 1956-1979
… goes from the assignment of Mohammed Reza Pahlavi as Shah of Iran in 1946 to the 1979 when finally Iran and United States found an agreement about mutual nuclear cooperation. The first part of this study examines the situation when Mohammed Reza Pahlavi became Shah of Iran and then during …
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NATIONAL SELF AND NARRATIVE OF IDENTITY: CONSTRUCTION OF NATIONALISM IN MODERN PERSIAN LITERATURE AND FILM
… arguments for modernization. Later, the despotic Pahlavi rulers (1925-79) sought to modernize the country but stifled the democratic evolution of polity and employed the pre-Islamic Persian heritage to strengthen monarchy. Hence, the Persian fiction writers such as Hidayat, Shahani, Danishwar …
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Design of national library for Iran in Tehran
… of research, evaluation, and design for the Pahlavi National Library project for Tehran, Iran. The written section of the thesis externalizes the most critical issues and concerns gathered from the evaluation of traditional architecture in Iran and the examination of the needs of libraries in …
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Revolutions and 'Rough Cuts': Bodily Technologies for Regulating Sexuality in Contemporary Iran
… the launching of modernization reforms under the Pahlavi dynasty and ending well into the third decade of the Islamic Republic. As seen through state, religious, juridical, popular cultural, and public health discourses on sexuality, this project examines the construction and application of bodily …
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Cultivat(ing) modernities : the Society for National Heritage, political propaganda and public architecture in twentieth-century Iran
Beginning in 1922, under the auspices of the Pahlavi dynasty of Iran, the tombs of selected historical figures were systematically destroyed to make way for modern mausoleums erected as metaphors for an "Aryan" nation in its process of modem revival. Initiated during the reign of Reza Shah who …
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Civic visions, national politics, and international designs : three proposals for a new urban center in Tehran (1966-1976)
… of the protests that led to the fall of the Pahlavi monarchy in 1979. The Llewelyn-Davies plan was not the first proposal for the site. It was initially planned in Tehran's master plan-prepared jointly by Victor Gruen and Farmanfarmaian Associates (1966-70). In late 1973, Louis Kahn was …
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Representations of Iran in British Documentary, 1920s – 2006
… oil industry in Iran and/or the efforts of the Pahlavi dynasty to modernize Iran. After the 1979 revolution however, the focus of films shifts from Iran’s socio-economic issues to its political ones. Iran and its relations with the outside world are seen increasingly through the prism of the …
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King of Kings: Human Rights Rhetoric and Regional Security in the Shah's Iran, 1968-1978
In the spring of 1968, Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi’s personal rule and Iran’s domestic stability were at an all-time high. For five years, Iran had enjoyed the boons of the Shah’s White Revolution. This program of economic and social reform had placed Iran on the path to becoming one of the most …
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King of Kings: Human Rights Rhetoric and Regional Security in the Shah's Iran, 1968-1978
In the spring of 1968, Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi’s personal rule and Iran’s domestic stability were at an all-time high. For five years, Iran had enjoyed the boons of the Shah’s White Revolution. This program of economic and social reform had placed Iran on the path to becoming one of the most …
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Building to power : architecture of Tehran 1921-1941
Between 1921 and 1941, Reza Shah Pahlavi orchestrated the transformation of Tehran from a traditional Iranian Islamic city into a modern capital. The urban grid, public spaces, state institutions and housing typologies introduced during his reign permanently altered the character of Tehran. Through …
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Persian Lessons: Islamic Art in America, circa 1876–1925
… Centennial in 1876 and the inauguration of the Pahlavi dynasty in Iran in 1925, aesthetic theory and American citizenship were debated in the United States through objects identified, regardless of actual provenance, as “Persian.” This cultural phenomenon coincided with the acceleration of the …
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Luti Masculinity in Iranian Modernity, 1785-1941: Marginalization and the Anxieties of Proper Masculine Comportment
… processes of the Qajar (1785-1925) and first Pahlavi periods (1925-1941) would gradually produce a narrative of the <em>lutis</em> as deviant, chaotic, violent, and sexually ambiguous subjects, a distinctly non-normative measure of manhood in the Iranian political and cultural imaginary. …
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The impact of the Iranian constitution on the law making power of the parliament (Majlis)
… Parliament in the Qajar, First and Second Pahlavi Eras is briefly discussed. The fourth chapter is dedicated to the Iranian parliament in the Islamic Republic Era. The key concepts which can explain the logic of the distribution of power within the Iranian Constitution, the relationship of …
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