Iran in Motion: Contested Histories of the Trans-Iranian Railway

Name: Iran in Motion: Contested Histories of the Trans-Iranian Railway
Start: 2025-10-16T18:00:00-07:00
Location: SFU Vancouver

Simon Fraser University Department of History

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Thu, 16 Oct, 2025 at 06:00 pm

SFU Vancouver

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Thu, 16 Oct, 2025 at 06:00 pm (PDT)

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SFU Vancouver, Harbour Centre, 515 West Hastings Street, Vancouver, Canada

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Iran in Motion: Contested Histories of the Trans-Iranian Railway

2025 Mirhady Lecture by SFU History

"Iran in Motion: Contested Histories of the Trans-Iranian Railway"
Guest Speaker: Mikiya Koyagi (U of Texas)

This lecture explores the history of the Trans-Iranian Railway, revealing how it reshaped mobility, labor, and belonging across local and global geographies.

Speaker Bio: Mikiya Koyagi is Associate Professor of Middle Eastern Studies at The University of Texas at Austin. His first book, Iran in Motion: Mobility, Space, and the Trans-Iranian Railway (Stanford University Press, 2021), has won the 2023 Japan Consortium for Area Studies Book Award, and the 2022 Saidi-Sirjani Book Award.

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Iran in Motion: Contested Histories of the Trans-Iranian Railway

Thu, 16 Oct, 2025 at 06:00 pm