As part of Roshan Institute Lecture Series organized in conjunction with “A Thousand Years of the Persian Book” exhibit at the Library of Congress, Professor Afsaneh Najmabadi will discuss Women’s Worlds in Qajar Iran (WWQI). WWQI is a comprehensive digital resource that preserves, links, and renders accessible primary-source materials related to the social and cultural history of women’s worlds in Qajar Iran. Since March 2014, the digital archive also features an interactive Research Platform which enables and encourages research collaboration and exchange of ideas among scholars and users of the website. Women’s Worlds in Qajar Iran and its Research Platform are major initiatives led by Dr. Najmabadi, Francis Lee Higginson Professor of History and Studies of Women, Gender, and Sexuality at Harvard University, and proudly supported by Roshan Cultural Heritage Institute.
