Latifeh Yarshater Award
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Awarded forOutstanding scholarship on women's studies in Persian-speaking societies
CountryInternational
Presented byPersian Heritage Foundation
First award2014
| Latifeh Yarshater Award | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | Outstanding scholarship on women's studies in Persian-speaking societies |
| Country | International |
| Presented by | Persian Heritage Foundation |
| First award | 2014 |
| Website | persianheritagefoundation.org |
The Latifeh Yarshater Award is a biennial academic award established by the Persian Heritage Foundation to honor the memory of Latifeh Yarshater and her dedication to improving women's human rights in Persian-speaking societies.[1] The award recognizes outstanding scholarship in Iranian Studies that contributes to the understanding and advancement of women's status in these societies.
The Latifeh Yarshater Award encourages academic research that:
- Focuses on women's studies in Persian-speaking societies.
- Contributes to the improvement of women's status in these communities.
- Demonstrates innovation in subject matter and approach, expanding the field's parameters.[1]
Eligibility
The award, valued at $3,000, is granted based on the following criteria:
- The work must be of superior scholarship.
- It must have been published within two years prior to the award.
- Works in English are prioritized, but outstanding works in Persian, French, and German may be considered if unanimously approved by the award committee.[1]
Award winners
2024
- Winner: Azadeh Kian – Rethinking Gender, Ethnicity and Religion (I.B. Tauris, 2023)[2]
2022
- Winner: Liora Hendelman-Baavur – Creating the Iranian Woman
- Honorable Mentions:
- Alyssa Gabbay – Gender and Succession in Medieval and Early Modern Islam[3]
- Mateo Farzaneh – Iranian Women and Gender in the Iran-Iraq War[4]
2020
- Winner: Nazanin Shahrokni – Women in Place: The Politics of Gender Segregation in Iran (University of California Press, 2019)[5]
2018
- Winner: Ida Meftahi – Gender and Dance in Modern Iran: Biopolitics on Stage (Routledge, 2016)[6]
2016
- Winners:
- Leila Rahimi Bahmany – Mirrors of Entrapment and Emancipation: Forugh Farrokhzad and Sylvia Plath (August 2015)
- Fatemeh Shams – When They Broke Down the Door: Poems (January 2016), introduced and translated by Dick Davis[1]
2014
- Winner: Shahrnush Parsipur, novelist and short story writer[1]