Roksana Bahramitash

Roksana Bahramitash[1] is a sociologist of an Iranian background whose work focuses on women, employment and the informal economy in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), as well as gender segregation in Islam, and Microeconomics. In post-revolution Iran, Bahramitash was working on improving peasant women's literacy and access to economic development resources.[2]

Roksana Bahramitash
Born
Iran
Academic background
Alma materMcGill University, Montreal, Canada
Academic work
InstitutionsConcordia University, Montreal
and Simon Fraser University
Main interestsSociologist
Notable ideasWomen, employment and the informal economy in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA)

Early life

She was placed second in nationwide Iranian University entrance exams, and attended Universities in Iran where she earned both her Bachelor's and Master's degrees in Sociology. Bahramitash later came to Canada to complete her Ph.D. in Sociology from McGill University in Montreal, Quebec.[3]

Personal life and post-doctoral work

Bahramitash eventually settled in Montreal, Canada as a citizen, where she has done post-doctoral work at the Simone de Beauvoir Institute, Concordia University in Montreal[4] and Simon Fraser University.

Career

Bahramitash has held lecturing and research positions at McGill and Concordia Universities, and the University of Montreal. She is the producer of a documentary film entitled Beyond the Bourqa, a documentary film made about women's changing lives during the War in Afghanistan.[5] A follow up film to Beyond the Bourqa was intended, however filming came to an abrupt end when a suicide bomb was detonated at a U.N. compound very near to where Bahramitash was staying and herself and her crew were forced to leave Afghanistan because of the heightened level of danger.

Bahramitash is the winner of the Aileen D. Ross award (2003–04) for her focus on women and poverty in the Middle East.[6] Her post-doctoral research was selected by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) as one of the three most distinguished research projects in Canada. 2006 she won a three-year research grant from the SSHRC for a project on Globalization, Islam and Women. Bahramitash has worked as a researcher and/or consultant with s the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), the International Development Research Centre , and the United Nations Development Program ).[7]

Her first book was Liberation from Liberalization: Gender and Globalization in Southeast Asia.[8] This book has been translated into Persian and published by SAMT as a University textbook. Her recent books are entitled Veiled Employment: Islamism and the Political Economy of Women's Employment in Iran by Syracuse University Press (co-edited with Hadi S. Esfahani) 2011,[9] and Gender in Contemporary Iran: Pushing the Boundaries by Routledge and which was co-edited with Eric Hooglund, 2011.[10] She most recently served as a Director of Research at the University of Montreal [11]

Selected publications

Books
  • Bahramitash, Roksana (2005). Liberation from liberalization gender and globalization in Southeast Asia. London New York, New York: Zed Books. ISBN 9781842774397. Reprinted by Book for Change in 2008. Translated into Persian in print by SAMT (Iranian University Textbook Publishing House).
  • Bahramitash, Roksana; Hooglund, Eric (2011). Gender in contemporary Iran pushing the boundaries. New York: Routledge. ISBN 9780415781015.
  • Bahramitash, Roksana; Esfahani, Hadi Salehi (2011). Veiled employment: Islamism and the political economy of women's employment in Iran. Syracuse, New York: Syracuse University Press. ISBN 9780815632139.
  • Bahramitash, Roksana (2013). Gender and entrepreneurship in Iran: microenterprise and the informal sector. New York, New York: Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 9781137342867.
  • Bahramitash, Roksana; Esfahani, Hadi Salehi (2016). Political and Socio-Economic Change in the Middle East and North Africa: Gender Perspectives and Survival Strategies. New York, New York: Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 9781349569069.

Book chapters
  • Bahramitash, Roksana (2004). "Globalization, Islamization, and women's employment in Indonesia". In Tétreault, Mary Ann; Denemark, Robert A. (eds.). Gods, guns, and globalization: religious radicalism and international political economy. Boulder, Colorado: Lynne Rienner Publishers. pp. 219–232. ISBN 9781588262530.

Journal articles

References
  1. "Bahramitash, Roksana". Virtual International Authority File. Missing or empty |url= (help)
  2. Bahramitash, Roksana. "Gender and Entrepreneurship in Iran Microenterprise and the Informal Sector". About the Author. Palgrave Macmillan.
  3. McQueen, Carol (October 10, 2002). "Exploring Female Employment in the Muslim World". Concordia's Thursday Report. Retrieved June 25, 2013.
  4. "Concordia University".
  5. "Beyond the Bourqa". MEHODUDE via YouTube. Feb 11, 2009.
  6. McQueen, Carol (October 10, 2002). "Exploring female employment in the Muslim world". Concordia's Thursday Report Online. Concordia University.
  7. "Proactive disclosure for grants and contributions: Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council". Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. April 1, 2006. Missing or empty |url= (help)
  8. Bahramitash, Roksana (2005). Liberation from liberalization gender and globalization in Southeast Asia. London New York, New York: Zed Books. ISBN 9781842774397. (Reprinted by Books for Change in 2008)
  9. Bahramitash, Roksana; Esfahani, Hadi Salehi (2011). Veiled employment: Islamism and the political economy of women's employment in Iran. Syracuse, New York: Syracuse University Press. ISBN 9780815632139.
  10. Bahramitash, Roksana; Hooglund, Eric (2011). Gender in contemporary Iran pushing the boundaries. New York: Routledge. ISBN 9780415781015.
  11. "Education about Religions & Beliefs: Partners: Canada Research Chair on Islam, Pluralism, and Globalization (CRC-IPG), University of Montreal, Canada". United Nations Alliance of Civilizations. December 10, 2011.
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