Tracing Indian Ocean slavery through Iranian cinema
December 18, 2023
December 18, 2023
ITHACA, New York, Dec. 18 -- Cornell University issued the following news:
As a graduate student, Parisa Vaziri was compelled to learn more about the history of enslavement in the Indian Ocean.
"It managed to be simultaneously mysterious, taboo, uninteresting and nonexistent for most people," said Vaziri, assistant professor of comparative literature and Near Eastern studies in the College of Arts and Sciences.
At the time, Vaziri was studying Ira . . .
As a graduate student, Parisa Vaziri was compelled to learn more about the history of enslavement in the Indian Ocean.
"It managed to be simultaneously mysterious, taboo, uninteresting and nonexistent for most people," said Vaziri, assistant professor of comparative literature and Near Eastern studies in the College of Arts and Sciences.
At the time, Vaziri was studying Ira . . .