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Kaveh Askari’s research and teaching focus on cinema and media history in a global context. His special areas of interest include art cinema, media circulation, and the film arts of cinemas in the Middle East. He is the author of 'Making Movies Art' (BFI, 2014) and co-editor of 'Performing New Media, 1890-1915' (John Libbey, 2014). He has co-edited special issues of 'Film History' on South/Southwest Asia: Transregional Histories of Middle East—South Asia Cinemas, 'Journal of Religion and Popular Culture' (Locating Muslim Cinemas), and 'Early Popular Visual Culture' (Early Cinemas of the Middle East and North Africa). His latest book, 'Relaying Cinema: Midcentury Iran: Material Cultures of Transit' was published by University of California Press in 2022. Professor Askari has served on the executive committee of Domitor, the International Society for Early Cinema Studies, and was a jury member for the Aljazeera International Documentary Film Festival. He has also been co-chair for the host committee of the Seattle Society for Cinema and Media Studies conference and co-chair of the SCMS Middle East Caucus. His collaborations include film programs with institutions such as the Pacific Film Archive, Il Cinema Ritrovato, and the Doha Film Institute.
Department of Psychology