We, the undersigned, academics based at universities from across the world, have been and continue to be deeply moved and encouraged by the news of the recent uprisings in Iran which began in protest against the murder of a young Kurdish woman, Mahsa Jina Amini, while in custody of the Islamic Republic of Iran’s so-called “Morality Police“. Her name, as her family foresaw and wrote on her gravestone, became the symbol and “codeword” of a countrywide uprising against the theocratic dictatorship that has brutally suppressed the freedoms, democratic self-determination, and flourishing of Iranians for more than four decades.
We stand in solidarity with the brave, courageous, and creative protesters who have taken to the streets chanting “Woman, Life, Freedom”, a slogan first coined by Kurdish feminists and today embraced by millions of Iranians. The protests of which women are in the vanguard, come from a range of social classes and regions of the country, as well as a fearless new generation of university and high-school students who refuse to be cowed by decades of intimidation and repression. The demands for their basic human rights, dignity, and justice, however, have been met with a brutal crackdown by the authorities. Students’ peaceful protests and civil disobedience have been faced down with bullets, metal pellets, gruesome beatings, killings, abductions, and disappearances. University campuses, which are supposed to provide for the safety and well-being of their students and faculty, have been forcibly attacked and occupied by the regime’s security forces who have deployed shotguns, batons, tasers, and tear gas to suppress protesting students. We are deeply concerned about the news of attacks on several university campuses including that of Sharif University of Technology which have resulted in the abductions of tens of students and severe injuries for many more.
We call on students, faculty members, and academics of all disciplines around the world to join us in condemning the actions of the Islamic Republic of Iran. Moreover, we ask for your support to establish a more enduring initiative in support of the movement for “Woman, Life, Freedom”. We believe that through the creation of a grassroots network of solidarity with the people of Iran that we will prove most effective in raising awareness about the Iranian peoples’ struggles for freedom, equality, and democracy.
As academics from various countries and continents, we pledge our utmost to prevent the state institutions of the Islamic Republic and representatives thereof from having any presence in global higher education, be it physically or virtually i.e. ongoing cooperation with institutions of the state comprising its executive, legislative, and judicial branches, security, military, and intelligence apparatuses, as well as state officials who hold office in any of the aforementioned institutions. Furthermore, we shall use our academic influence and capacities to create an international network to support Iranian protesters and dissidents including students and academics who have come to harm or face intimidation and threats at the hands of the Islamic Republic. We invite you to contribute to these support and pedagogic networks as well as pools of scholarships and fellowships for precarious students and scholars at risk in Iran, and boycott events and initiatives expressly backed by the Iranian state or in which officials of the Islamic Republic play an active part.
We are planning to organise teach-in sessions in person and online to discuss and debate the revolutionary movement and uprising in Iran. This vital work aims to bring the voices and images of high school and university students and faculty members to our classrooms, campuses, and streets. We will update members of the network and the public with future and upcoming events to be held in solidarity with the uprising as it unfolds.
Please send us your name and academic credentials to join this network of solidarity and support and collaboration. You can do this either via our website or by sending us an email.
Web address: www.faculty4wlf.com
Email address: faculty4wlf@gmail.com
For Woman, Life, Freedom
Nota bene
In response to several queries and questions regarding the “boycott” aspect of the Faculty for Woman, Life, Freedom statement, the organisers have deemed it necessary to add a clarificatory note so that the scope and target of the boycott is beyond any doubt. As stipulated in the statement the boycott only relates to active and sitting officials holding office in the executive, legislative, judiciary, Office of the Supreme Leader, security, and intelligence apparatuses. The boycott applies to ongoing institutional cooperation with the aforementioned state institutions. In the event that sitting officials have been invited to speak or appear at academic functions in the form of a keynote, conference, or honorary doctorate, we will openly debate the merits of expressing explicit opposition.
Finally, and most importantly, this boycott is categorically not aimed and shall never be aimed at Iranian universities, individual scholars, or students based in Iran. We do not want to prohibit, prevent, or stigmatise knowledge and research exchange between scholars based in Iran and abroad, nor do we wish to contribute to their further isolation.
The Faculty for Woman, Life, Freedom was established first and foremost to condemn the state violence unleashed by the Islamic Republic against Iranian protestors, university students, and academics, for demanding their basic human and civil rights. The initiative’s chief and primary aim is to educate students, colleagues, and the general public about the revolutionary struggle for democracy, equality, and freedom in Iran, and to build a transnational pedagogical network of solidarity to support academics and students at the forefront of this struggle. We should not lose sight of this task and it should remain our primary focus going forward.
Organising Committee, F4WLF
This clarificatory note was added on 14/10/2022 following the statement’s initial publication.
Signatories
- Abbas Vali، Professor Emeritus، Bogazici University
- Abbe Fletcher, Course Leader, MA in Filmmaking, Kingston University
- Abdel Razzaq Takriti, Mahmoud Darwish Visiting Professor in Palestinian Studies, Brown University
- Abeera Khan, Lecturer in Gender and Sexuality; SOAS, University of London
- Adam Dahl, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Massachusetts Amherst
- Afshin Marashi, Farzaneh Professor of Modern Iranian History, University of Oklahoma
- Afshin Matin-asgari, Professor of History, California State University, Los Angeles
- Agnieszka Piotrowska, Professor of Film, the University of Gdansk
- Ahmad Mohammadpour, Assistant Professor of Anthropology and Sociology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
- Ahmadreza Hakiminejad, Lecturer in Architecture and Urban Studies, Coventry University
- Ahou Koutchesfahani, PhD Candidate, King's College London
- Aida Balafkan, PhD candidate in Anthropology, University College London
- Aida Parnia, PhD Candidate, University of Toronto
- Alberto Toscano, Reader in Critical Theory and Co-director of the Centre for Philosophy and Critical Thought, Goldsmiths, University of London
- Alex Marlow-Mann, Lecturer in Italian and Lecturer in Film, University of Kent
- Alex Zamalin, Professor of Africana Studies and Political Science, Rutgers University
- Alexis Kallio, Deputy Director (Research), Queensland Conservatorium, Griffith University
- Ali Ansari, Professor of Iranian History, University of St Andrews
- Ali Kadivar, Assistant Professor of Sociology and International Studies, Boston University
- Ali Mirsepassi, Albert Gallatin Research Excellence Professor of Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies, New York University
- Alina Sajed, Associate Professor, McMaster University
- Alireza Doostdar, Associate Professor, University of Chicago
- Alisa Lebow, Professor of Screen Media, University of Sussex
- Alžběta Bartoníčková, Lecturer in Film and Media Practice, University of Kent
- Amana Rocha Mattos, Professor of Psychology, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro
- Amber Dean, Professor, English and Cultural Studies, McMaster University
- Amy Beegle, Associate Professor, University of Cincinnati
- Anahita Razmi, Lecturer in Fine Art, Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts London
- Andrea Mura, Senior Lecturer in Political Theory, Goldsmiths, University of London
- Andrew Bohn, PhD Candidate, Music Education, Michigan State University
- Angela Davis, Distinguished Professor Emerita, University of California, Santa Cruz
- Angela McRobbie, Professor Emeritus, Goldsmiths University of London
- Annabelle Sreberny, Emeritus Professor, SOAS University of London
- Apryl Williams, Assistant Professor in Communication and Digital Studies, University of Michigan
- Arache Djannati-Atai, Research Director, CNRS, University of Paris Cité, France
- Arash Azizi, PhD Candidate, New York University
- Arash Davari, Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
- Arash Habibi lashkari, Associate Professor , faculty of Information Technology, York University, Toronto, Canada
- Arash Habibi Lashkari, Associate Professor, York University
- Arash Habibi Lashkari, Associate Professor, York University
- Arian Behzadi, Lecturer, Dep of Psychiatry, University of Toronto
- Arzoo Osanloo, Professor, Department of Law, Societies & Justice, University of Washington
- Asma Abdi, PhD Candidate, Politics and International Studies at the University of Warwick
- Atlas Torbati, Lecturer, Goldsmiths University of London
- Ayça Çubukçu, Associate Professor in Human Rights, London School of Economics and Political Science
- Aysha Ames, Director of Legal Writing, Fordham Law School
- Azadeh Akbari, Assistant Professor in Public Administration and Digital Transformation
- Aziz Rana, Richard and Lois Cole Professor of Law, Cornell University
- Bahar Majdzadeh, Research and Teaching Assistant, Aix Marseille University
- Bahareh Badiei, PhD Candidate, Media Studies Department, Rutgers University
- Barbara Conboy, Professor, University of Redlands
- Barbara Ferguson, Assistant Professor, University of Toronto
- Bassam Haddad, Director of the Middle East and Islamic Studies Program and Associate Professor, Schar School of Policy and Government, George Mason University
- Behnam M. Fomeshi, Adjunct Research Fellow, Monash University
- Ben Burgis, Adjunct Philosophy Instructor, Morehouse College and Rutgers University
- Benjamin Dunn, Associate Professor, Norwegian University of Science and Technology
- Berivan Sarikaya, Lecturer in Gender and Social Justice Program, Trent University
- Bernadette Buckley, Lecturer in International Politics, Goldsmiths, University of London
- Betina Hsieh, Associate Professor, California State University
- Bill Nichols, Professor Emeritus of Cinema, San Francisco State University
- Birgan Gokmenoglu, Lecturer in Sociology, Birmingham City University
- Borna Radnik, PhD Candidate, Centre for Research in Modern European Philosophy, Kingston University,
- Brieg Powel, Senior Lecturer in International Relations, University of Exeter
- Büşra Üner, PhD Candidate, Department of Sociology, Universität Bayreuth
- Carla Ibled, Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, University of East Anglia
- Catherine Grant, Senior Lecturer, Griffith University
- Catherine Malabou, Professor of Philosophy, University of Kingston/University of California, Irvine
- Cathy Otten, Senior Lecturer, Bolton University
- Cecilia Sayad, Senior Lecturer in Film, University of Kent
- Charles Post, Professor of Sociology, City University of New York
- Charmaine Chua, Assistant Professor, UC Santa Barbara
- Chiara Maritato, Post-Doctoral Researcher, University of Tuirn
- Christian Dunker, Professor, Psychology Institute of Universidade de São Paulo
- Cinzia Arruzza, Associate Professor, New School for Social Research
- Claudia Yaghoobi, Associate Professor in Persian Studies, UNC Chapel Hill
- Clément Canonne, Lecturer, University of Sydney
- Cole Nelson, PhD Candidate in Media Studies, Indiana Universityf
- Constantin Bechkov, PhD Fellow, University of Oslo
- Cornel West, Dietrich Bonhoeffer Professor of Philosophy & Christian Practice, Union Theological Seminary, US
- Dana Cloud, Lecturer, California State University
- Dana Francisco Miranda, Assistant Professor of Philosophy, University of Massachusetts Boston
- Daniel Soodjinda, Professor of Liberal Studies and Teacher Education, CA State University Stanislaus
- Dastan Jasim, Doctoral Fellow, German Institute for Global and Area Studies
- David Bate, Professor, Westminster School of Arts
- David McNally, Cullen Distinguished Professor of History & Business, University of Houston
- David Pavon-Cuellar, Professor, Universidad Michoacana
- David Priestland, Professor of Modern History, University of Oxford
- Davide Grasso, Adjunct Professor, International University College of Turin
- Dawn A. Dennis, Lecturer, History Department, Cal State LA
- deanna jannat-khah, Assistant Professor of Epidemiology in Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College
- Deborah Hamm, Lecturer, California State University
- Dena Arya, Doctoral Researcher in Politics, Nottingham Trent University
- Dena McMartin, VP Research and Professor, University of Lethbridge
- Derya Özkan، Assistant Professor in Cinema & Digital Media, Izmir University of Economics
- Diana Murtaugh Coleman, Assistant Teaching Professor in Religious Studies (Contemporary Islam), Northern Arizona University
- Dieter Declercq, Senior Lecturer in Film and Media, University of Kent
- Dina Iordanova, Professor Emeritus, University of St Andrews
- Djene Bajalan, Associate Professor of History, Missouri State University
- Domenico Ingenito, Associate Professor of Persian Literature, University of California, Los Angeles
- Dörthe Engelcke, Senior research fellow, Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law
- Drucilla Cornell, Professor Emeritus in Comparative Literature, Women’s Studies and Political Science, Rutgers University
- Elan Gamaker, Course Leader in Filmmaking, Kingston School of Arts
- Elena Pauli, PhD Candidate, University of Basel
- Elham Kashefi, Professor of Computing, University of Edinburgh
- Elif Sari, Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology, The University of British Columbia
- Elizabeth Evans, Professor of Politics, Goldsmiths, University of London
- Elizabeth Henson, Visiting Scholar, University of Arizona
- Ellen Rogers, Senior Lecturer in Photography, Ravensbourne University London
- Elva F. Orozco Mendoza, Assistant Professor, University Of Connecticut
- Ervand Abrahamian, Professor Emeritus, City University of New York
- Eskandar Sadeghi-Boroujerdi, Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in Contemporary Politics and Modern History of Middle East, Goldsmiths, University of London
- Etienne Balibar, Emeritus Professor of Philosophy, Université de Paris-Nanterre
- Ezra Calvino, Adjunct Professor in Orchestral Conducting, Bowling Green State University
- Facundo García Valverde, Academic Researcher, University of Buenos Aires
- Farangis Ghaderi, Research Fellow, University of Exeter
- Farshid Baghai, Associate Professor of Philosophy, Villanova University
- Farzaneh Bahrami, Assistant Professor, University of Groningen
- Fatemeh Moghaddam, PhD Candidate, Syracuse University
- Fatemeh Shams, Assistant Professor of Persian Literature, University of Pennsylvania
- Federico Venturini, Associate Researcher, University of Udine
- Felipe Caro Romero, PhD Candidate in Latin American History, Catholic University of Eichstaett-Ingolstadt
- Felix Diaz, Associate Professor, American University in Bulgaria
- Finola Laughren, PhD Candidate and Casual Tutor, University of Sydney
- Fiona Gill, Senior lecturer in Sociology, University of Sydney
- Firoozeh Farvardin, Postdoctoral Researcher, Humboldt University of Berlin
- Firoozeh Kashani-Sabet, Walter H. Annenberg Professor of History, University of Pennsylvania
- Firoze Manji, Daraja Press / Adjunct Professor, Institute of African Studies, Carleton University
- Francesca Zampagni, Research Facilitator, University of Pisa
- Francesco Ventura, School of Geography, University College Dublin
- Gay J Breyley, Lecturer/Research Fellow, Monash University
- Gholam Khiabany, Reader in Media and Communications, Goldsmiths, University of London
- Gilbert Achcar, Professor, SOAS, University of London
- Gohar Parissa Rahimi, PhD Candidate in Gender Studies, University of Bologna and University of Utrecht
- Gokcen Beyinli-Dinç, Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Hamburg
- Golnar Nikpour, Assistant Professor of History, Dartmouth College
- Guido Bartolini, Government of Ireland Postdoctoral Fellow, University College Cork
- Gülay Kilicaslan, Assistant Professor, Department of Law and Legal Studies, Carleton University
- Gwendalynn Roebke, PhD Candidate in Philosophy, University of Pennsylvania
- Hadi Asghari, Senior Researcher, Humboldt Institute for Internet & Society
- Hadi Vafaii, PhD Candidate, University of Maryland
- Halim Lee, PhD Candidate, Technische Universität Dresden
- Halleh Ghorashi, Professor of sociology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
- Hamid Dabashi, Hagop Kevorkian Professor of Iranian Studies and Comparative Literature,
- Hamidreza Nassiri, Adjunct Professor, Communication and Media Studies Department, Fordham University
- Hamidreza Roohian, Assistant Professor, Concordia University
- Hannes Brunner, Professor of Sculpture, Weißensee Academy of Art Berlin
- Heidi Lempp, Pofessor of Medical Sociology, King's College London
- Helen Scott, Professor, University of Vermont
- Himani Bannerji, Emeritus Professor, Sociology, York University
- Hosein Yazdi, PhD Candidate in Philosophy, Middle East Technical University
- Hossein Dabbagh, Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Northeastern University London
- Hussein Banai, Associate Professor of International Studies, Indiana University
- Ian Christie, Professor of Film and Media History, Birkbeck, University of London
- Ide Haghighi, Lecturer in Applied Linguistics, University of Glasgow
- Irina Ceric, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Windsor
- Jacob Sloan, Lecturer, Department of English, Howard University
- Jairus Banaji, Professor, Department of Development Studies, SOAS, University of London
- Jane Anna Gordon, Professor of Political Science, University of Connecticut
- Jane Bunnell, Professor of Voice, Michigan State University
- Jasna Dragovic-Soso, Professor of Politics, Goldsmiths, University of London
- Jean Comaroff, Alfred North Whitehead Professor of African and African American Studies and Anthropology, Harvard University
- Jeanne Morefield, Associate Professor of Political Theory, New College, University of Oxford
- Jeffery R. Webber, Associate Professor, Department of Politics, York University
- Jennifer Sterling-Folker, Professor of Political Science, University of Connecticut
- Jens Hanssen, Associate Professor of Middle Eastern and Mediterranean History, University of Toronto
- Jesook Song, Professor, University of Toronto
- Jessica MacEachern, Assistant Professor, Bishop's Unviersity
- Jill Bradbury, Associate Professor, University of the Witwatersrand
- John Chalcraft, Professor of Middle East History and Politics, London School of Economics and Political Science
- John Comaroff, Hugh K. Foster Professor of African and African American Studies and of Anthropology, Harvard University
- Jonathan Lawrence, Departmental Lecturer in Classical Arabic Literature, University of Oxford
- Juana Awad, Artistic Researcher and Lecturer, Weißensee School of Art and Design
- Judith Butler, Maxine Elliot Professor of Comparative Literature, University of California, Berkeley
- Juliet Hess, Associate Professor of Music Education, Michigan State University
- Kamal Soleimani, Professor-Researcher, El Colegio de Mexico
- Kamran Matin, Associate Professor of International Relations, Sussex University
- Karma Nabulsi, Professor of Politics and International Relations, St Edmund Hall, University of Oxford
- Kaveh Abbasian, Lecturer in Film and Media Practice, University of Kent
- Kevin B. Anderson, Professor of Sociology, Political Science, and Feminist Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara
- Kevin Bruyneel, Professor of Politics, Babson College, Wellesley MA
- Kimiya Sohrab Maghzi, Assistant Professor, University of Redlands
- Ladan Rahbari, Assistant Professor, University of Amsterdam
- Ladier-Fouladi Marie, Senior researcher at the National French Research Centre (CNRS)
- Laleh Khalili, Professor of International Politics, Queen Mary, University of London
- lamarche vadel Gaetane, Researcher, University of Paris 1, Pantheon Sorbonne
- Laura Colgin, Associate Professor, The University of Texas at Austin
- Lauren Wilcox, Associate Professor of Gender Studies, University of Cambridge
- Lavinia Brydon, Senior Lecturer in Film, University of Kent
- Laya Hooshyari, PhD Candiate, University of manchester
- Leila Asadi, PhD candidate Arizona State University
- Leila Khodabakhsh, PhD candidate at Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt
- Leshu Torchin, Senior Lecturer in Film Studies, University of St Andrews
- Loren March, PhD Candidate, Department of Geography & Planning, University of Toronto
- Lucia Pradella, Senior Lecturer in International Political Economy, King’s College London
- Mahdi Tourage, Associate Professor of Religion and Social Justice and Peace Studies, University of Western Ontario
- Mahsa Alami Fariman, Assistant Lecturer in Planning and Urban Environments, Coventry University
- Mahsa Alimardani, DPhil Candidate, University of Oxford
- Mahshad Afshar, PhD Candidate, Kingston University, London
- Manijeh Moradian, Assistant Professor, Barnard College of Columbia University
- Manijeh Moradian, Assistant Professor, Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies, Barnard
- Marga Burri, PhD Candidate, University of Basel
- Margrethe Bruun Vaage, Senior lecturer in Film and Media, University of Kent
- Maria Kheirkhah, Lecturer, Middlesex University
- Mariam Salehi, Researcher at INTERACT Centre for Interdisciplinary Peace and Conflict Research, Freie Universität Berlin
- Markela Panegyres, Casual Academic, University of Sydney
- Marral Shamshiri, PhD Candidate, LSE
- Martin van Bruinessen, Professor Emeritus, Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, Utrecht University
- Martina Tazzioli, Reader in Politics and Technology, Goldsmiths, University of London
- Marvi Mazhar, Adjunct Faculty M.Phil Art & Design Program, Indus Valley School of Art & Architecture, Karachi, Pakistan.
- Maryam Alemzadeh, Associate Professor in the History & Politics of Iran, University of Oxford
- Maryam Ghorbankarimi, Lecturer in Film Practice, Lancaster University
- Maryam Lashkari, PhD Candidate, York University Canada
- Marziyeh Bakhshizadeh, Lecture in Gender and Diversity, Rhine-Waal University of Applied Sciences
- Marziyeh Bakhshizadeh, Lecture, Rhine-Waal University of Applied Sciences
- Masood Shamsaiee, PhD Candidate, Concordia University, Montreal
- Mastoureh Fathi, Lecturer in Sociology, University College Cork
- Maurizio Cinquegrani, Senior Lecturer in Film, University of Kent
- Maxine Molyneux, Professor of Sociology, UCL
- Maya Mikdashi, Associate Professor, Department of Women's and Gender Studies, Rutgers University
- Mazen Masri, Senior Lecturer in Law, City, University of London
- Meera Atkinson, Adjunct Lecturer, University of Notre Dame Australia
- Mehdi Heydari Sanglaji, PhD Candidate in Political Science, Laval University
- Mehrak Kamali, Senior Lecturer in Persian Studies, The Ohio State University
- Mel Gurr, Assistant Professor, Muhlenberg College
- Melika Shahhosseini, PhD candidate, The Ohio State University
- Micah Ingle، PhD Candidate, University of West Georgia
- Michael Chanan, Professor Emeritus, University of Roehampton
- Michael Hardt, Professor of Literature, Duke University
- Michael Witt, Professor of Film Studies, Uni of Roehampton
- Michelle Fecteau، Director, Center for Labor & Community Studies, University of Michigan-Dearborn
- Michelle Williams Gamaker, Senior Lecturer in BA Fine Art, Goldsmiths, University of London
- Milad Mohebali, Postdoctoral Scholar, University of Iowa
- Mina Khanlarzadeh, Postdoctoral Scholar, Northwestern University
- Misagh Javadpour, PhD Candidate, University of Amsterdam
- Mitra Yousefimashhour, PhD Candidate in Social Economics, Hamburg University
- Mohammad Ghaderibaneh, PhD Candidate, Stony Brook University
- Mohammad Rezaei, Researcher at Frankfurter Forschungszentrum Globaler Islam (FFGI), Goethe University Frankfurt
- Mohammad Saghafi, PhD candidate, University of Twente
- Mohammad Salahshour, Postdoc, Max Planck Institute of Animal behavior
- Mohammad Tayebi, Research Associate, Simon Fraser University
- Moises Garduño Garcia, Professor, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
- Mojdeh Asadollahi Pajouh, Assistant Professor, University of Nebraska Lincoln
- Mona Tajali, Associate Professor of IR and WS, Agnes Scott Colllege
- Monica Popescu, Professor, McGill University
- Nacim Pak-Shiraz, Professor of Cinema and Iran, University of Edinburgh
- Nader Hashemi, Associate Professor, Josef Korbel School of International Studies, University of Denver
- Nadia Aghtaie, Senior Lecturer in Gender and Violence, University of Bristol
- Nadje Al-Ali, Robert Family Professor of International Studies; Professor of Anthropology and Middle east Studies, Brown University
- Nahid Siamdoust, Assistant Professor, Middle Eastern Studies, University of Texas at Austin
- Nahid Siamdoust, Assistant Professor, The University of Texas at Austin
- Nandita Ghosh, Associate Professor of Literature, Fairleigh Dickinson University
- Nandita Ghosh, Associate Professor of Literature, Fairleigh Dickinson University
- Narges Mahyar، Assistant Professor، University of Massachusetts
- Nariman Massoumi, Senior Lecturer in Film and Television, University of Bristol
- Nasim Niknafs, Associate Professor of Music Education, Faculty of Music, University of Toronto
- Nasrin Khandoker, Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Limerick
- Nassim Mehran, Researcher, Columbia University
- Natasha Behl, Associate Professor, School of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Arizona State University
- Negar Razavi, Postdoctoral Researcher, Northwestern University
- Nelson Maldonado-Torres, Professor of Philosophy, University of Connecticut & Frantz Fanon Foundation
- Nick Riemer, Senior Lecturer in English and Linguistics, University of Sydney
- Nigel Gibson, Professor, Marlboro Institute of Liberal Arts and Interdisciplinary Studies, Emerson College, Boston
- Niloofar Golkar, PhD Candidate, York University
- Niloofar Rasooli, Doctorate Fellow in Architecture History and Theory, GTA, ETH Zürich
- Niloufar Fuladi, PhD Candidate, University of Gustave Eiffel
- Niloufar Yousefi, PhD candidate, Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics
- Nima Behroozi, PhD Candidate, University of Melbourne
- Nima Janatian, PhD Candidate, University of South-Eastern Norway
- Nima Naghibi, Professor of English, Toronto Metropolitan University
- Nima Orazani, Postdoctoral fellow, Australian National University
- Nima Tootkaboni, PhD Candidate in Sociology, Johns Hopkins University
- Nina Maria Lozano, Associate Professor, Loyola Marymount University
- Niyousha Bastani, Assistant Professor, University of Cambridge
- Nojang Khatami, Postdoctoral Fellow, Goethe University Frankfurt
- Octavio Más-Arocas, Associate Professor, Michigan State University
- Omid Mehrgan, Adjunct Assistant Professor, NYU Liberal Studies
- Omid Shams, PhD Candidate in International Human Rights Law, University of Portsmouth
- On Pui Chan, Graduate Teaching Assistant, University of Arizona
- Orkideh Behrouzan, Associate professor, SOAS University London
- Oscar Tianyang Zhou, Lecturer in Media Studies, University of Kent
- Ozlem Goner, Associate Professor, City University of New York
- Paola Rivetti, Associate Professor, Dublin City University
- Parisa Kordjamshidi, Assistant professor, Michigan State University
- Paul Apostolidis, Professorial Lecturer, Government Department, London School of Economics and Political Science
- Paul Le Blanc, Professor of History, La Roche University
- Pepijn Brandon, Professor of Global Economic and Social History, VU Amsterdam
- Peter Hudis, Professor of Philosophy, Oakton College, Illinois
- Peter Rees, Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Politics and International Relations, Goldsmiths, University of London
- Peyman Jafari, Assistant Professor in History and International Relations, The College of William and Mary
- Peyman Vahazadeh, Professor of Sociology, University of Victoria
- Philip Gasper, Professor Emeritus of Philosophy, Notre Dame de Namur University, USA
- Pratik Chakrabarti, NEH Cullen Chair in History and Medicine, University of Houston
- Priyamvada Gopal, Professor of Postcolonial Studies, University of Cambridge
- Qalandar Bux Memon, Assistant Professor, Forman Christian College, Lahore
- Rachel Ibreck, Senior Lecturer in Politics, Goldsmiths, University of London
- Rafeef Ziadeh, Lecturer in Politics and Public Policy, King’s College London
- Raffaello Potestio, Associate professor, University of Trento
- Rajyashree Pandey, Professor in Japanese Studies, Goldsmiths, University of London
- Rana Dadpour, Researcher in Science and Engineering, James Cook University
- Rasmus Christian Elling, Associate Professor, University of Copenhagen
- Reza Hadisi, Assistant Professor in Philosophy and the Center for Medieval Studies, University of Toronto
- Reza Hadisi, Assistant Professor of Philosophy, University of Toronto
- Reza Zia-Ebrahimi, Reader in the History of Nationalism and Race, King’s College London
- Ricardo Vega León, Ph.D. Candidate, University of Massachusetts Amherst
- Rico Gutstein, Professor, Dept of Curriculum & Instruction, University of Illinois—Chicago
- Rima Majed, Assistant Professor of Sociology, American University of Beirut
- Robin D.G. Kelley, Professor of History, University of California, Los Angeles
- Robin Zheng, Lecturer, University of Glasgow
- Roghayeh Rezaei, PhD Candidate, University of Ottawa
- Roja Fazaeli, Associate Professor, Trinity College Dublin
- Roozbeh Shirazi, Associate Professor, University Of Minnesota
- Rosalyn George, Professor Emeritus, Goldsmiths University
- Rosie Findlay, Lecturer in Media Studies, University of Kent
- Roxana Karam, PhD candidate, University of Edinborough
- Rúbia Gomes Morato, Professor of Cartography, São Paulo University
- Rubina Jasani, Lecturer, University of Manchester
- Ruth Triplett, Professor, Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice, Old Dominion University
- Saeed Amiri, Postdoctoral Researcher, Bremen University
- Saeed Bagheri, Lecturer in International Law, University of Reading
- Saeed Zeydabadi-Nejad, Research Associate, Centre for Global Media and Communications, SOAS University of London
- Sahar Aghakhani, PhD Candidate, University Paris-Saclay
- Sahar Maranlou, Lecturer in Law and Socio-legal Studies, University of Essex
- Sahil Dutta, Lecturer in Political Economy, City, University of London
- Sahil Sasidharan, PhD Candidate, University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Sajedeh Zahraei, Sessional Lecturer, Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work, University of Toronto
- Sam Behseta, Professor of Mathematics and Statistics, California State University, Fullerton
- Sam Friedman, Research Professor, NYU Grossman School of Medicine
- Sama Khosravi Ooryad, PhD Candidate, University of Gothenburg
- Samaneh Moafi, Senior Researcher, Goldsmiths University of London
- Samuel Farber, Professor Emeritus of Political Science, Brooklyn College of CUNY (City University of New York)
- Samuel Moyn, Chancellor Kent Professor of Law and History, Yale University
- Sanjay Seth, Professor of Politics, Goldsmiths, University of London
- Sara Hassani, Assistant Professor of Political Science and Women's and Gender Studies, Providence College
- Sara Hassani, Assistant Professor of Political Science and Women’s and Gender Studies, Providence College
- Sara R. Farris, Reader in Sociology, Goldsmiths, University of London
- Sarah Eskandari, Phd Candidate, University of Pennsylvania
- Sarah Kunz, Lecturer, University of Essex
- Sarah Robins, Associate Professor of Philosophy and Director of Graduate Studies, University of Kansas
- Saul Newman, Professor of Political Theory, Goldsmiths, University of London
- Sean Powell, Associate Professor and Chair of Music Education, University of North Texas
- Sean Purdy, Professor, Universidade de São Paulo
- Semiha Topal, Visiting Assistant Professor in Religious Studies, College of William and Mary
- Sepehr Pirasteh, PhD candidate in Music Studies, Temple University
- Sepideh Alassi, Postdoctoral Researcher and Lecturer, Digital Humanities, University of Basel
- Sergio Tenenbaum, Professor of Philosophy, University of Toronto
- Setareh Shohadaei, PhD Candidate, Department of Politics, New School for Social Research
- Sevgi Dogan, Postdoctoral Researcher, Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa
- Shabnam Holliday, Associate Professor in International Relations, University of Plymouth
- Shadi Roshandel, Assistant Professor, California State University
- Shahrzad Mojab, Professor of Women’s and Gender Studies and Education, University of Toronto
- Shaj Mathew, Assistant Professor, Trinity University
- Sharri Plonski, Senior Lecturer in International Politics, Queen Mary University of London
- Sherene Seikaly, Associate Professor, Department of History, University of California, Santa Barbara
- Shirin Assa, PhD Candidate, University Of Bayreuth
- Shirin Saeidi, Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Arkansas
- Shirin Vossoughi, Associate Professor, Northwestern University
- Sholeh Quinn, Professor of History, University of California, Merced
- Siavash Saffari, Associate Professor of West Asian Studies, Seoul National University
- Silvia Federici, Professor Emerita, Hofstra University, US
- Simin Fadaee, Senior Lecturer in Sociology, University of Manchester
- Slavoj Žižek, International Director of the Birkbeck Institute of Humanities, University of London
- Sohrab Rezvani, PhD Candidate, University of Manchester
- Somak Paul, Assistant Professor, California State University
- Sophie Jones, Lecturer in Contemporary Literature and Gender Studies, University of Strathclyde
- Stanislav Menzelevskyi, PhD Candidate, Indiana University Bloomington
- Suryia Nayak, Senior Lecturer, University of Salford
- Susan Shepler, Associate Professor, American University
- Sussan Siavoshi, Cox Chapman Professor of International Relations, Trinity University
- Suzan Ilcan, Professor of sociology, University of Waterloo
- Svenja Bromberg, Lecturer in Sociology, Goldsmiths, University of London
- Taha Loghmani, PhD Candidate, Dresden University of Technology
- Tania Saeed, Associate Professor, Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS), Pakistan
- Tara Asgarilaleh, PhD Candidate, University of Cambridge
- Thea Riofrancos, Associate Professor of Political Science, Providence College
- Thomas J. Hayes, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Connecticut
- Thomas Jeram-West, PhD Candidate, University for the Creative Arts, United Kingdom
- Timothy J. Huzar, Lecturer in Cultural Competency, King's College London
- Tithi Bhattacharya, Associate Professor of History, Purdue University
- Todd Gordon, Associate Professor, Wilfrid Laurier University
- Tom Mills، Senior Lecturer, Sociology and Policy
- Trisha donnelly, Professor, Kunstakademie Düsseldorf
- Ulrike Unterhofer, Postdoctoral researcher, University of Basel
- Valerio della Sala, Visiting Lecturer in Sport Management, University of Bologna
- Viyaasan Mahalingasivam, Research Fellow, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK
- Wafaa Hasan, Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream, University of Toronto
- Walter D. Mignolo, William H Wannamaker Distinguished Professor of Romance Studies and Professor of Literature, Duke University
- Wendy Brown, Professor, Institute for Advanced Study, US
- William Brown, Assistant Professor of Film, University of British Columbia
- William Keach, Professor Emeritus of English, Brown University
- Yasser Roudi, Professor, Norwegian University of Science and Technology
- Yesim Yaprak Yildiz, Lecturer, Goldsmiths, University of London
- Yosanne Vella, Professor, University of Malta
- Zachary Levenson, Assistant Professor of Sociology, UNC Greensboro
- Zahra Ali, Assistant Professor, Rutgers University-Newark
- Zahra Donyai, Lecturer in Philosophy, University of Freiburg, Germany
- Zahra Khosroshahi, Lecturer in Film and Television Studies, University of Glasgow
- Zeynab Peyghambarzadeh, PhD Candidate, University of Huddersfield
- Zoha Zokaei, Lecturer in Media Practice, University of Sussex