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Mira Xenia Schwerda

PhD

Academic Profile

I am a trained historian and art historian focusing on the modern Middle East, especially Iran during the long 19th century. I work on political, social and cultural history through the nuanced reading and contextualization of both written and visual sources. I am also the managing director of the successful digital humanities project 'Khamseen: Islamic Art History Online.'

Sample Publications

• “Death on Display: Mirza Reza Kirmani, Prison Portraiture and the Depiction of Public Executions in Qajar Iran,” Middle East Journal of Culture and Communication, vol. 8, issue 2-3 (2015), 172–191. • “Iranian Photography: From the Court, to the Studio,

Current Position

Postdoctoral Fellow, Getty / ACLS