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Behnaz Mirzai @behnazmirzai.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

People often concern about energy and oil but few talk about the importance of clean air and water. After living one year in UAE I appreciate returning home Niagara Canada.

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Behnaz Mirzai @behnazmirzai.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

@eckartwoertz.bsky.social & I organized a conference that was unique and exceptional. Supported by the Canadian and German governments. Many Thanks to Eckart & his team for making this happen @giga-hamburg.de @uni-hamburg.de @brocku.ca

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Behnaz Mirzai @behnazmirzai.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Thanks @eckartwoertz.bsky.social for hosting/organizing this conference!!!

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University of Toronto Press @uoftpress.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

The Life of an Enslaved African in the Ottoman Empire and Iran has been named a Finalist for the 2026 PROSE Awards in the World History category, awarded by the Association of American Publishers. Congratulations, @behnazmirzai.bsky.social! @americanpublish.bsky.social #WorldHistory

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Behnaz Mirzai @behnazmirzai.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

Honored my book "The Life of an Enslaved African in the Ottoman Empire and Iran" has been selected as a Finalist in the World History Category for the 2026 PROSE Awards of the Association of American Publishers @americanpublish.bsky.social @uoftpress.bsky.social @dependencybonn.de @brocku.ca

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Bonn Center for Dependency and Slavery Studies @dependencybonn.de · 15/12/2025

It was a pleasure to host Behnaz Mirzai for an engaging and well-attended evening combining lecture and film screening. Many thanks to @behnazmirzai.bsky.social, Jun.-Prof. Dr. Julia Binter for hosting at the GHL, and everyone who joined the discussion. @unibonn.bsky.social @dfg.de @brocku.ca

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Behnaz Mirzai @behnazmirzai.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

Spoke and screened my documentary film at the Cultural Heritage Lab and @unibonn.bsky.social @dependencybonn.de Great to meet faculty and students.

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Bonn Center for Dependency and Slavery Studies @dependencybonn.de · 05/12/2025

Join the upcoming talk and documentary film on African slavery in Iran by Behnaz Mirzai! 📅 Thursday, 11.12. 25 ⏰ 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM 📍 GHL, Poststraße 26, 53111 Bonn 👉 buff.ly/602OkbG @unibonn.bsky.social @dfg.de @behnazmirzai.bsky.social

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Bonn Center for Dependency and Slavery Studies @dependencybonn.de · 23/09/2025

We invite scholars to contribute to the conference “Enslaved Muslims and Muslim Enslavers: Islam, Politics and Slavery”, taking place at Brock University, Canada, in collaboration with the BCDSS. More info: buff.ly/lPj8S4f @unibonn.bsky.social @dfg.de

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Behnaz Mirzai @behnazmirzai.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

Only an Iranian immigrant can truly feel how meaningful this song is!! dl6.tarikhema.org/music/s/soga...

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Behnaz Mirzai @behnazmirzai.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

The conference boat dinner with friends and colleagues in Prague.

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Behnaz Mirzai @behnazmirzai.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

Beauties which do not fit in a picture!

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Behnaz Mirzai @behnazmirzai.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

With Dr. Nelly Masayi from Kenya

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Behnaz Mirzai @behnazmirzai.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

The conference events and presentations are in spectacular historical building in Prague.

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Behnaz Mirzai @behnazmirzai.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

In beautiful Prague. Nice day after the ceasefire !!!

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Behnaz Mirzai @behnazmirzai.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

If ceasefire allows for some break to get back to work! Am in Prague for a great large conference. Also I have been invited to Turkey for an important meeting. I am producing my 3rd documentary film on Afro-Turks.

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Bonn Center for Dependency and Slavery Studies @dependencybonn.de · 12/06/2025

Today, we were honoured to have BCDSS Guest Researcher @behnazmirzai.bsky.social launch her recently published monograph, 'The Life of an Enslaved African in the Ottoman Empire and Iran: The Autobiography of Mahboob Qirvanian' as part of our Fellows Seminar. @unibonn.bsky.social @dfg.de

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Ana Lucia Araujo @araujohistorian.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

Book Launch of The Life of an Enslaved African in the Ottoman Empire and Iran: The Autobiography of Mahboob Qirvanian by @behnazmirzai.bsky.social @dependencybonn.de #slaveryarchive

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Behnaz Mirzai @behnazmirzai.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

My book launch @dependencybonn.de on June 12 follows by a reception!! See you if you are around.

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Behnaz Mirzai @behnazmirzai.bsky.social · 10/05/2025

It was a sad news to hear the passing of Prof. Gary Libben Brock’s former Research Vice President. @brocku.ca He was a big supporter of my research. We take good people for granted. He had visited my photo exhibition in the photo below. May his soul rest in peace.

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Brock University @brocku.ca · 08/05/2025

Newly translated text by #BrockU Professor of History Behnaz Mirzai unearths history of slavery in the Middle East. @uoftpress.bsky.social Discover more ➡️ loom.ly/ji15CX4

Women sitting on a bench in a garden reading a book.

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Behnaz Mirzai @behnazmirzai.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

And here is the book in my hands finally and time to really enjoy and celebrate!!!!

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Ali Abbaszadeh @ali-abszde.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

@behnazmirzai.bsky.social's 2017 book A History of Slavery and Emancipation in Iran was groundbreaking. Had it been available earlier, my MA thesis would have been much richer. I look forward to reading her new book. It surely continues her vital contributions to Iranian historiography.

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Behnaz Mirzai @behnazmirzai.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

My former PhD supervisor was the first to get my book from the press's warehouse, before I even see it, and sent me this photo now. Not to say his excitements about every single publication I have had.

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Behnaz Mirzai @behnazmirzai.bsky.social · 27/04/2025

One of the most referenced works of mine published in France sfhomoutremers.bsky.social , I wrote when I was a graduate student. It is still being used and cited by scholars for its originality. www.academia.edu/40558687/_Af...

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- African Presence in Iran: Identity and its Reconstruction in the 19th and 20th Centuries.PDF

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