Narciss M Sohrabi
Biographic Data
| ID | 4275763 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Narciss M Sohrabi |
| GIVEN NAMES | Narciss M |
| FAMILY NAME | Sohrabi |
| SIGNATURE | SOHRABI N M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Université Paris Nanterre |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1856-4843 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Critical Jewish heritage and memory in Tehran
This article examines Jewish cemeteries in Tehran as minority heritage landscapes shaped by urban marginalization, communal resilience and contested visibility. Rather than approaching these sites solely as funerary or architectural artifacts, the study conceptualizes them as spatial archives in which memory, religious practice and urban politics intersect. Based on fieldwork, visual analysis and site-based observation, the article explores how m…
Heterotopias of Death
This article examines the spatial transformation of cemeteries in Tehran, tracing their evolution from neighborhood-based burial grounds to large-scale, centralized sites, through the lens of Michel Foucault’s concept of heterotopia. It analyzes cemeteries as socio-cultural spaces that reflect broader urban dynamics of memory, identity, and political power. The study explores burial practices across premodern, modern, and post-revolutionary perio…
The politics of in/visibility
The presence of Jews in Iran has always had its ups and downs. Naturally, political and social changes have influenced their way of life and the interaction of religious minorities in the urban context and neighbourhoods of Tehran. Politics rules society. The architecture of the religious buildings of religious minorities, on the one hand, influences the urban context and, on the other, is influenced by the sociopolitical conditions and structure…
Tehran synagogues
A look at the past shows that Jews lived more or less in several neighbourhoods in Iran, where along with adhering to the communal life, their synagogues and religious sites existed. At the beginning of the Jewish settlement in the Oudlajan neighbourhood in Tehran, due to their growing population, there were about twelve synagogues belonging to the families and immigrants of particular cities and used for daily prayers. After the Islamic Revoluti…
Tehran synagogues
A look at the past shows that Jews lived more or less in several neighbourhoods in Iran, where along with adhering to the communal life, their synagogues and religious sites existed. At the beginning of the Jewish settlement in the Oudlajan neighbourhood in Tehran, due to their growing population, there were about twelve synagogues belonging to the families and immigrants of particular cities and used for daily prayers. After the Islamic Revoluti…
The politics of in/visibility
The presence of Jews in Iran has always had its ups and downs. Naturally, political and social changes have influenced their way of life and the interaction of religious minorities in the urban context and neighbourhoods of Tehran. Politics rules society. The architecture of the religious buildings of religious minorities, on the one hand, influences the urban context and, on the other, is influenced by the sociopolitical conditions and structure…
Tehran synagogues
A look at the past shows that Jews lived more or less in several neighbourhoods in Iran, where along with adhering to the communal life, their synagogues and religious sites existed. At the beginning of the Jewish settlement in the Oudlajan neighbourhood in Tehran, due to their growing population, there were about twelve synagogues belonging to the families and immigrants of particular cities and used for daily prayers. After the Islamic Revoluti…
The politics of in/visibility
The presence of Jews in Iran has always had its ups and downs. Naturally, political and social changes have influenced their way of life and the interaction of religious minorities in the urban context and neighbourhoods of Tehran. Politics rules society. The architecture of the religious buildings of religious minorities, on the one hand, influences the urban context and, on the other, is influenced by the sociopolitical conditions and structure…
Heterotopias of Death
This article examines the spatial transformation of cemeteries in Tehran, tracing their evolution from neighborhood-based burial grounds to large-scale, centralized sites, through the lens of Michel Foucault’s concept of heterotopia. It analyzes cemeteries as socio-cultural spaces that reflect broader urban dynamics of memory, identity, and political power. The study explores burial practices across premodern, modern, and post-revolutionary perio…
Critical Jewish heritage and memory in Tehran
This article examines Jewish cemeteries in Tehran as minority heritage landscapes shaped by urban marginalization, communal resilience and contested visibility. Rather than approaching these sites solely as funerary or architectural artifacts, the study conceptualizes them as spatial archives in which memory, religious practice and urban politics intersect. Based on fieldwork, visual analysis and site-based observation, the article explores how m…
Archaeology (2 works) · Geography (2 works) · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies (2 works) · Judaism (2 works) · Politics (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Urban space (2 works) · Archaeology and Historical Studies (1 work) · Architecture (1 work) · Architecture (1 work)