It was a pleasure to host Behnaz Mirzai for an engaging and well-attended evening combining lecture and film screening. Many thanks to @behnazmirzai.bsky.social, Jun.-Prof. Dr. Julia Binter for hosting at the GHL, and everyone who joined the discussion. @unibonn.bsky.social @dfg.de @brocku.ca

Spoke and screened my documentary film at the Cultural Heritage Lab and @unibonn.bsky.social @dependencybonn.de Great to meet faculty and students.

Join the upcoming talk and documentary film on African slavery in Iran by Behnaz Mirzai! 📅 Thursday, 11.12. 25 ⏰ 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM 📍 GHL, Poststraße 26, 53111 Bonn 👉 buff.ly/602OkbG @unibonn.bsky.social @dfg.de @behnazmirzai.bsky.social

My podcast interview about my recent book. newbooksnetwork.com/life-of-an-e...

We invite scholars to contribute to the conference “Enslaved Muslims and Muslim Enslavers: Islam, Politics and Slavery”, taking place at Brock University, Canada, in collaboration with the BCDSS. More info: buff.ly/lPj8S4f @unibonn.bsky.social @dfg.de

Spoke in Izmir

Will give a talk during the Afro-Turkish event in Turkey this week. kultursanat.izmir.bel.tr/Etkinlikler/...

Conference Enslaved Muslims and Muslim Enslavers: Islam, Politics and Slavery 6-7 July, 2027 @dependencybonn.de @eckartwoertz.bsky.social unescobrockproject.ca/events/confe...

Beautiful Rhine

Only an Iranian immigrant can truly feel how meaningful this song is!! dl6.tarikhema.org/music/s/soga...

The conference boat dinner with friends and colleagues in Prague.

Beauties which do not fit in a picture!

With Dr. Nelly Masayi from Kenya

The conference events and presentations are in spectacular historical building in Prague.

Prague is magical.

ECAS in Prague

In beautiful Prague. Nice day after the ceasefire !!!

If ceasefire allows for some break to get back to work! Am in Prague for a great large conference. Also I have been invited to Turkey for an important meeting. I am producing my 3rd documentary film on Afro-Turks.

Thank you for organizing & attending the book launch. Great questions from the audience!! @araujohistorian.bsky.social @dependencybonn.de @unibonn.bsky.social @laurahartmann.bsky.social

Today, we were honoured to have BCDSS Guest Researcher @behnazmirzai.bsky.social launch her recently published monograph, 'The Life of an Enslaved African in the Ottoman Empire and Iran: The Autobiography of Mahboob Qirvanian' as part of our Fellows Seminar. @unibonn.bsky.social @dfg.de

Book Launch of The Life of an Enslaved African in the Ottoman Empire and Iran: The Autobiography of Mahboob Qirvanian by @behnazmirzai.bsky.social @dependencybonn.de #slaveryarchive

My book launch @dependencybonn.de on June 12 follows by a reception!! See you if you are around.

📢 Call for Papers: “Entangled Histories”, held on 16–17 July 2026 at the #GIGA & @uni-hamburg.de explores slavery and its legacies in the Indian Ocean, Mediterranean & Middle East. Please submit your paper by 30 September 2025. More info: www.giga-hamburg.de/de/presse/ca...

We @eckartwoertz.bsky.social are organizing a conference on slavery. See the following website for more information #slavery #africa #africandiaspora #middleeast #indianOcean unescobrockproject.ca

Congratulations to the great team of Dependency Bonn!!! @dependencybonn.de @laurahartmann.bsky.social

Congratulation !! Great news!!!! @dependencybonn.de

It was a sad news to hear the passing of Prof. Gary Libben Brock’s former Research Vice President. @brocku.ca He was a big supporter of my research. We take good people for granted. He had visited my photo exhibition in the photo below. May his soul rest in peace.

Newly translated text by #BrockU Professor of History Behnaz Mirzai unearths history of slavery in the Middle East. @uoftpress.bsky.social Discover more ➡️ loom.ly/ji15CX4

The Brock News about my recent book brocku.ca/brock-news/2...

And here is the book in my hands finally and time to really enjoy and celebrate!!!!

@behnazmirzai.bsky.social's 2017 book A History of Slavery and Emancipation in Iran was groundbreaking. Had it been available earlier, my MA thesis would have been much richer. I look forward to reading her new book. It surely continues her vital contributions to Iranian historiography.

My former PhD supervisor was the first to get my book from the press's warehouse, before I even see it, and sent me this photo now. Not to say his excitements about every single publication I have had.

To order a copy of my book #slavery #africandiaspora #ottomanempire #iran #africa @uoftpress.bsky.social

The radio program about me and my research in the Persian language www.facebook.com/100091548481...

One of the most referenced works of mine published in France sfhomoutremers.bsky.social , I wrote when I was a graduate student. It is still being used and cited by scholars for its originality. www.academia.edu/40558687/_Af...

African Krar and Persian setar musical instruments in harmony. I have discussed krar in my research used for the healing ceremonies. I am writing more in detail about it in my new book. www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1kF...

Voici l'article sur mes recherches en français www.middleeasteye.net/fr/reportage...

Applying the term "diaspora" to various national/ethnic groups is inaccurate. I have discussed it in the context of Africans living in Iran in the following article published by UNESCO. My argument applies to other peoples immigrated in various countries. www.academia.edu/112229792/Ir...

Illegal migration and human trafficking and modern form of slavery are interconnected. Many of the illegal migrants became victims of modern slavery.

Honored to be on the Advisor Board of encyclopaedia Iranica at the request of Dr. Prof. Touraj Daryaee www.iranicaonline.org/about/adviso...

Tribute to my former distinguished supervisor Dr. Paul Lovejoy at York University today.

Looking forward to Sharjah. The past conference with the former ruler of Sharjah Dr. Sultan Al-Qasemi, Dr. Lawrence Potter, Dr. Gary Sick former advisor to the US presidents and other scholars.

My first authored book was translated into Persian twice by two Publishers in Iran. My second authored book too is in the process. I hope one day I teach there too. دلم می خواد روزی در دانشگاه‌های ایران درس بدم.

My book is available on Amazon now: www.amazon.ca/Life-Enslave...