Sussan Babaie
Biographic Data
| ID | 5226664 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sussan Babaie |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sussan |
| FAMILY NAME | Babaie |
| SIGNATURE | BABAIE S |
| AFFILIATIONS | New York University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 2 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1993 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Architectural “Worlding”: Fischer von Erlach and the Eighteenth-Century Fabrication of a History of Architecture
Iran After the Mongols
Following the devastating Mongol conquest of Baghdad in 1258, the domination of the Abbasids declined leading to successor polities, chiefly among them the Ilkhanate in Greater Iran, Iraq and the Caucasus. Iranian cultural identities were reinstated within the lands that make up today's Iran, including the area of greater Khorasan. The Persian language gained unprecedented currency over Arabic and new buildings and manuscripts were produced for p…
Cookery and Urbanity in Early Modern Isfahan
Food and "taste" rarely feature in thinking about notions of urbanity in early modern Islamic cities. Where they do, it has been in accounts of the spaces and practices of sociability, cafés and taverns in particular. Istanbul, Isfahan, and Delhi were among the most important early modern cities to have been fitted with such purpose-built spaces; in fact, earlier than any in Europe. This essay focuses on Isfahan and the remarkable confluence of m…
Persian Kingship and Architecture: Strategies of Power in Iran from the Achaemenids to the Pahlavis
Since the Shah went into exile and the Islamic Republic was established in 1979 in the wake of the Iranian Revolution, the very idea of monarchy in Iran has been contentious. Yet, as Persian Kingship and Architecture argues, the institution of kingship has historically played a pivotal role in articulating the abstract notion of 'Iran' since antiquity. These ideas surrounding kingship and nation have, in turn, served as a unifying cultural force …
Visual Vestiges of Travel: Persian Windows on European Weaknesses
The increased presence of Europeans in Safavid Persia and especially in the capital city of Isfahan during the seventeenth century would imply the production of a kaleidoscope of observations of the foreigners. The scarcity of written Persian views on their European guests in contrast to the abundance of European chronicles about Safavid society has further fueled the expectation of 'oriental' apathy in modern historiography. In contrast to the d…
Isfahan and its Palaces: Statecraft, Shi`ism and the Architecture of Conviviality in Early Modern Iran
Winner of the Houshang Pourshariati Iranian Studies Book Award 2009This beautifully illustrated history of Safavid Isfahan (1501-1722) explores the architectural and urban forms and networks of socio-cultural action that reflected a distinctly early-modern and Perso-Shi'i practice of kingship.An immense building campaign, initiated in 1590-91, transformed Isfahan from a provincial, medieval, and largely Sunni city into an urban-centered represent…
Shah Abbas II, the Conquest of Qandahar, the Chihil Sutun, and Its Wall Paintings
Shah ʿabbas Ii, the Conquest of Qandahar, the Chihil Sutun, and Its Wall Paintings
Etude iconographique des peintures murales sefevides du Chihil Sutun (salle des audiences publiques) du palais d'Isfahan (Iran), relatant principalement des sujets de la tradition litteraire perse, des evenements historiques, ou des scenes de cour au temps de Shah ⊂Abbas II
Visual Vestiges of Travel: Persian Windows on European Weaknesses
The increased presence of Europeans in Safavid Persia and especially in the capital city of Isfahan during the seventeenth century would imply the production of a kaleidoscope of observations of the foreigners. The scarcity of written Persian views on their European guests in contrast to the abundance of European chronicles about Safavid society has further fueled the expectation of 'oriental' apathy in modern historiography. In contrast to the d…
Shah ʿabbas Ii, the Conquest of Qandahar, the Chihil Sutun, and Its Wall Paintings
Etude iconographique des peintures murales sefevides du Chihil Sutun (salle des audiences publiques) du palais d'Isfahan (Iran), relatant principalement des sujets de la tradition litteraire perse, des evenements historiques, ou des scenes de cour au temps de Shah ⊂Abbas II
Shah Abbas II, the Conquest of Qandahar, the Chihil Sutun, and Its Wall Paintings
Isfahan and its Palaces: Statecraft, Shi`ism and the Architecture of Conviviality in Early Modern Iran
Winner of the Houshang Pourshariati Iranian Studies Book Award 2009This beautifully illustrated history of Safavid Isfahan (1501-1722) explores the architectural and urban forms and networks of socio-cultural action that reflected a distinctly early-modern and Perso-Shi'i practice of kingship.An immense building campaign, initiated in 1590-91, transformed Isfahan from a provincial, medieval, and largely Sunni city into an urban-centered represent…
Visual Vestiges of Travel: Persian Windows on European Weaknesses
The increased presence of Europeans in Safavid Persia and especially in the capital city of Isfahan during the seventeenth century would imply the production of a kaleidoscope of observations of the foreigners. The scarcity of written Persian views on their European guests in contrast to the abundance of European chronicles about Safavid society has further fueled the expectation of 'oriental' apathy in modern historiography. In contrast to the d…
Persian Kingship and Architecture: Strategies of Power in Iran from the Achaemenids to the Pahlavis
Since the Shah went into exile and the Islamic Republic was established in 1979 in the wake of the Iranian Revolution, the very idea of monarchy in Iran has been contentious. Yet, as Persian Kingship and Architecture argues, the institution of kingship has historically played a pivotal role in articulating the abstract notion of 'Iran' since antiquity. These ideas surrounding kingship and nation have, in turn, served as a unifying cultural force …
Cookery and Urbanity in Early Modern Isfahan
Food and "taste" rarely feature in thinking about notions of urbanity in early modern Islamic cities. Where they do, it has been in accounts of the spaces and practices of sociability, cafés and taverns in particular. Istanbul, Isfahan, and Delhi were among the most important early modern cities to have been fitted with such purpose-built spaces; in fact, earlier than any in Europe. This essay focuses on Isfahan and the remarkable confluence of m…
Iran After the Mongols
Following the devastating Mongol conquest of Baghdad in 1258, the domination of the Abbasids declined leading to successor polities, chiefly among them the Ilkhanate in Greater Iran, Iraq and the Caucasus. Iranian cultural identities were reinstated within the lands that make up today's Iran, including the area of greater Khorasan. The Persian language gained unprecedented currency over Arabic and new buildings and manuscripts were produced for p…
Architectural “Worlding”: Fischer von Erlach and the Eighteenth-Century Fabrication of a History of Architecture
History (8 works) · Eurasian Exchange Networks (7 works) · Ancient history (6 works) · Art (6 works) · Archaeology (5 works) · Islamic Studies and History (5 works) · History (4 works) · Art history (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Monarchy (3 works)