Semantic Transformation of pre-figurative heroes in Iran since 1925 (D16#)

• Subject Area: Islamic Studies, Arabian Studies, Semitic Studies
• Term: from 2017 to 2020
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 181750155

The project analyses in a comparative perspective the semantic transformation of pre-figurative heroes and discourses of heroicised historical actors in the official historiography of Iran between the Pahlavī-Dynasty (1925-1979) and the Islamic Republic of Iran (since 1979). The systematic evaluation of historiographic text provides insights about hegemonic concepts of morality, societal order, gender configurations as well as collective identities. In the centre of the analysis are therefore strategies of heroisation in the context of political legitimation and societal transformation in Iran.

• DFG Programme: Collaborative Research Centres
• Subproject of: SFB 948: Heroes - Heroisations - Heroisms. Transformations and Conjunctures from Antiquity to the Modern Age
• Applicant Institution: Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg
• Project Head: Professor Dr. Tim Epkenhans