Ariane Sadjed
Biographic Data
| ID | 941991 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ariane Sadjed |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ariane |
| FAMILY NAME | Sadjed |
| SIGNATURE | SADJED A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Austrian Academy of Sciences |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0933-6830 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
(Re-)Covering a mutual language
Iranian, Afghan or Central Asian? Patterns of mobility among Persianate Jews in the 19th and early 20th centuries
Focusing on aspects of mobility and daily life, this paper aims to highlight the history of nineteenth century Persian Jews as one of interconnectedness, but also separation. Various forms of interaction such as marriage, trade and the circulation of literature connected communities of Central Asian, Afghan and Iranian Jews, while they at the same time maintained or developed distinct identities. Departing from ideas of Persian Jews as isolated f…
Belonging from afar. Diasporic religiosity among the Jews of Mashhad
The Mashhadi Jewish community spread from its origins in Mashhad, Iran, to different countries in Europe, Israel and the United States from the mid-twentieth century onward. This paper discusses how the Mashhadi diaspora reframed their religious and ethnic identification in order to meet modern demands of exclusive belonging. Having lived as crypto-Jews in Iran roughly from the 1840s until the 1920s, the Mashhadi Jews have developed a distinct so…
Conversion, Identity, and Memory in Iranian-Jewish Historiography
The paper discusses the narratives of Jews from Mashhad, who were forced to convert to Islam in 1839. The community narrative as well as academic research is dominated by a modern understanding of religious identity and religious boundaries that fail to account for the diversity of practices among the community of converts, including multiple forms of religious belonging, and the switching of identities according to time and place. Based on histo…
Diaspora as Cultures of Cooperation
Conversion, Identity, and Memory in Iranian-Jewish Historiography
The paper discusses the narratives of Jews from Mashhad, who were forced to convert to Islam in 1839. The community narrative as well as academic research is dominated by a modern understanding of religious identity and religious boundaries that fail to account for the diversity of practices among the community of converts, including multiple forms of religious belonging, and the switching of identities according to time and place. Based on histo…
Diaspora as Cultures of Cooperation
Belonging from afar. Diasporic religiosity among the Jews of Mashhad
The Mashhadi Jewish community spread from its origins in Mashhad, Iran, to different countries in Europe, Israel and the United States from the mid-twentieth century onward. This paper discusses how the Mashhadi diaspora reframed their religious and ethnic identification in order to meet modern demands of exclusive belonging. Having lived as crypto-Jews in Iran roughly from the 1840s until the 1920s, the Mashhadi Jews have developed a distinct so…
Conversion, Identity, and Memory in Iranian-Jewish Historiography
The paper discusses the narratives of Jews from Mashhad, who were forced to convert to Islam in 1839. The community narrative as well as academic research is dominated by a modern understanding of religious identity and religious boundaries that fail to account for the diversity of practices among the community of converts, including multiple forms of religious belonging, and the switching of identities according to time and place. Based on histo…
Iranian, Afghan or Central Asian? Patterns of mobility among Persianate Jews in the 19th and early 20th centuries
Focusing on aspects of mobility and daily life, this paper aims to highlight the history of nineteenth century Persian Jews as one of interconnectedness, but also separation. Various forms of interaction such as marriage, trade and the circulation of literature connected communities of Central Asian, Afghan and Iranian Jews, while they at the same time maintained or developed distinct identities. Departing from ideas of Persian Jews as isolated f…
(Re-)Covering a mutual language
History (4 works) · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies (4 works) · Aesthetics (3 works) · Anthropology (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Archaeology (2 works) · Art (2 works) · Diaspora (2 works) · Diaspora, migration, transnational identity (2 works) · Ethnic group (2 works)