Scholars from different fields will discuss the central themes of Türkiye, Iran, and the Politics of Comparison: America's Wife, America's Concubine, a new book by Perin Gürel, associate professor in the Department of American Studies at the University of Notre Dame and a faculty fellow of the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, part of the Keough School of Global Affairs. With a focus on how U.S. foreign policy shaped comparative approaches to Türkiye and Iran, the panel will explore the transnational formation of national identities, gender politics, racial ideas, and religious discourse, from the Cold War to the War on Terror. Gürel will moderate a panel made up of the following discussants:
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Asher Kaufman, John M. Regan, Jr., Director of the Kroc Institute and professor of history and peace studies
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Alyssa Paylor, postdoctoral student and Ph.D. graduate (‘25) in peace studies and anthropology
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Mahan Mirza, executive director, Ansari Institute for Global Engagement with Religion
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Nell Haynes, assistant professor, global studies and intercultural studies, Saint Mary’s College
This panel is co-sponsored by Notre Dame’s Gender Studies Program and the Department of American Studies, in addition to the Ansari Institute for Global Engagement with Religion, the Southwest Asia and North Africa Working Group at the Liu Institute for Asia and Asian Studies, and the Nanovic Institute for European Studies, all part of the Keough School of Global Affairs.
Originally published at kroc.nd.edu.