Golnar Nikpour
Assistant Professor of History
Golnar Nikpour is a scholar of modern Iranian political and intellectual history, with a particular interest in the history of law, incarceration, revolution, and rights. She holds a Ph.D. from Columbia University's department of Middle Eastern, South Asian, & African Studies. She teaches on an interdisciplinary set of topics including modern Middle Eastern and North African history, Iranian history, political theory, Islamic studies, critical prison studies, colonialism and decolonization, and women and gender studies.
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Department(s)
History
Education
- B.A. Barnard College
- M.A. Columbia University
- M.Phil. Columbia University
- Ph. D. Columbia University
Selected Publications
The Incarcerated Modern: Prisons and Public Life in Iran, Stanford University Press, (2024).
"Khomeini Kitsch: Material Cultures of the Iran Hostage Crisis," Iranian Studies, 57:3&4 (2025).
"Iran's Football Team Has Already Won," The New York Times, (November 24, 2022)