Behnaz Mirzai
@behnazmirzai.bsky.social
Professor, Author, Filmmaker, Historian, Ethnographer, Middle East, Africa, and swimmer
Founder of UNESCO/Brock Project
http://unescobrockproject.ca
https://brocku.ca/humanities/history/behnaz-mirzai/#contribut
Niagara Falls- CANADA
Founder of UNESCO/Brock Project
http://unescobrockproject.ca
https://brocku.ca/humanities/history/behnaz-mirzai/#contribut
Niagara Falls- CANADA
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I am writing my new book "Cultural Identity and Art of enslaved Africans in the Middle East, Mediterranean and the Indian Ocean"
The book has been awarded a major international funding for completion.
The book has been awarded a major international funding for completion.
Reposted by Behnaz Mirzai
We invite scholars to contribute to the conference “Enslaved Muslims and Muslim Enslavers: Islam, Politics and Slavery”, taking place at Brock University, Canada, in collaboration with the BCDSS.
More info: buff.ly/lPj8S4f
@unibonn.bsky.social @dfg.de
More info: buff.ly/lPj8S4f
@unibonn.bsky.social @dfg.de
September 23, 2025 at 9:04 AM
We invite scholars to contribute to the conference “Enslaved Muslims and Muslim Enslavers: Islam, Politics and Slavery”, taking place at Brock University, Canada, in collaboration with the BCDSS.
More info: buff.ly/lPj8S4f
@unibonn.bsky.social @dfg.de
More info: buff.ly/lPj8S4f
@unibonn.bsky.social @dfg.de
Will give a talk during the Afro-Turkish event in Turkey this week.
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kultursanat.izmir.bel.tr/Etkinlikler/...
17. Dana Bayramı Kutlanıyor
Afrotürkler'in kültürünü tanıtmayı ve geleneklerini yaşatmayı amaçlayan 17. Uluslararası Dana Bayramı 20-21 Eylül tarihlerinde düzenlenecek...
kultursanat.izmir.bel.tr
September 13, 2025 at 5:01 AM
Will give a talk during the Afro-Turkish event in Turkey this week.
kultursanat.izmir.bel.tr/Etkinlikler/...
kultursanat.izmir.bel.tr/Etkinlikler/...
Conference
Enslaved Muslims and Muslim Enslavers: Islam, Politics and Slavery
6-7 July, 2027
@dependencybonn.de @eckartwoertz.bsky.social
unescobrockproject.ca/events/confe...
Enslaved Muslims and Muslim Enslavers: Islam, Politics and Slavery
6-7 July, 2027
@dependencybonn.de @eckartwoertz.bsky.social
unescobrockproject.ca/events/confe...
Conference: Enslaved Muslims and Muslim Enslavers: Islam, Politics and Slavery | UNESCO/Brock Project for the Study of the Slave Trade and Slavery in the Mediterranean, Middle East and Indian Ocean
unescobrockproject.ca
September 12, 2025 at 5:06 AM
Conference
Enslaved Muslims and Muslim Enslavers: Islam, Politics and Slavery
6-7 July, 2027
@dependencybonn.de @eckartwoertz.bsky.social
unescobrockproject.ca/events/confe...
Enslaved Muslims and Muslim Enslavers: Islam, Politics and Slavery
6-7 July, 2027
@dependencybonn.de @eckartwoertz.bsky.social
unescobrockproject.ca/events/confe...
Only an Iranian immigrant can truly feel how meaningful this song is!!
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dl6.tarikhema.org/music/s/soga...
dl6.tarikhema.org
July 28, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Only an Iranian immigrant can truly feel how meaningful this song is!!
dl6.tarikhema.org/music/s/soga...
dl6.tarikhema.org/music/s/soga...
The conference boat dinner with friends and colleagues in Prague.
June 27, 2025 at 9:07 PM
The conference boat dinner with friends and colleagues in Prague.
Beauties which do not fit in a picture!
June 27, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Beauties which do not fit in a picture!
With Dr. Nelly Masayi from Kenya
June 26, 2025 at 12:24 PM
With Dr. Nelly Masayi from Kenya
The conference events and presentations are in spectacular historical building in Prague.
June 26, 2025 at 11:44 AM
The conference events and presentations are in spectacular historical building in Prague.
Prague is magical.
June 26, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Prague is magical.
In beautiful Prague. Nice day after the ceasefire !!!
June 24, 2025 at 7:34 PM
In beautiful Prague. Nice day after the ceasefire !!!
If ceasefire allows for some break to get back to work! Am in Prague for a great large conference. Also I have been invited to Turkey for an important meeting. I am producing my 3rd documentary film on Afro-Turks.
June 24, 2025 at 2:57 PM
If ceasefire allows for some break to get back to work! Am in Prague for a great large conference. Also I have been invited to Turkey for an important meeting. I am producing my 3rd documentary film on Afro-Turks.
Thank you for organizing & attending the book launch. Great questions from the audience!! @araujohistorian.bsky.social @dependencybonn.de @unibonn.bsky.social @laurahartmann.bsky.social
June 12, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Thank you for organizing & attending the book launch. Great questions from the audience!! @araujohistorian.bsky.social @dependencybonn.de @unibonn.bsky.social @laurahartmann.bsky.social
Reposted by Behnaz Mirzai
Today, we were honoured to have BCDSS Guest Researcher @behnazmirzai.bsky.social launch her recently published monograph, 'The Life of an Enslaved African in the Ottoman Empire and Iran: The Autobiography of Mahboob Qirvanian' as part of our Fellows Seminar.
@unibonn.bsky.social @dfg.de
@unibonn.bsky.social @dfg.de
June 12, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Today, we were honoured to have BCDSS Guest Researcher @behnazmirzai.bsky.social launch her recently published monograph, 'The Life of an Enslaved African in the Ottoman Empire and Iran: The Autobiography of Mahboob Qirvanian' as part of our Fellows Seminar.
@unibonn.bsky.social @dfg.de
@unibonn.bsky.social @dfg.de
Reposted by Behnaz Mirzai
Book Launch of The Life of an Enslaved African in the Ottoman Empire and Iran: The Autobiography of Mahboob Qirvanian by @behnazmirzai.bsky.social @dependencybonn.de #slaveryarchive
June 12, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Book Launch of The Life of an Enslaved African in the Ottoman Empire and Iran: The Autobiography of Mahboob Qirvanian by @behnazmirzai.bsky.social @dependencybonn.de #slaveryarchive
My book launch @dependencybonn.de on June 12 follows by a reception!! See you if you are around.
June 9, 2025 at 6:11 PM
My book launch @dependencybonn.de on June 12 follows by a reception!! See you if you are around.
Reposted by Behnaz Mirzai
📢 Call for Papers: “Entangled Histories”, held on 16–17 July 2026 at the #GIGA & @uni-hamburg.de explores slavery and its legacies in the Indian Ocean, Mediterranean & Middle East. Please submit your paper by 30 September 2025. More info: www.giga-hamburg.de/de/presse/ca...
Call for Papers - Entangled Histories: Slavery and Its Legacies in the Indian Ocean, Mediterranean, and Middle Eastern Worlds
Call for papers for a two-day multidisciplinary conference titled “Entangled Histories: Slavery and Its Legacies in the Indian Ocean, Mediterranean, and Middle Eastern Worlds”, held on 16–17 July 2026...
www.giga-hamburg.de
June 2, 2025 at 9:34 AM
📢 Call for Papers: “Entangled Histories”, held on 16–17 July 2026 at the #GIGA & @uni-hamburg.de explores slavery and its legacies in the Indian Ocean, Mediterranean & Middle East. Please submit your paper by 30 September 2025. More info: www.giga-hamburg.de/de/presse/ca...