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SUMMARY:The Crowd in Iranian Politics\, 1952-53
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DESCRIPTION:First Seminar in the Middle Eastern Studies Research Seminar 
 Series\, 2013-2014. The purpose of this talk is that of providing an alt
 ernative reading of the momentous events of 1952-53\, which have shaped 
 Iranian history for decades to come. Using contemporary sources\, the ef
 fort will be made to assess the extent of support for the Shah and his p
 olitical opponents\, mainly led by the prime minister Mohammad Mossadegh
  and the pro-Moscow Tudeh Party\, in the politically-motivated crowds th
 at assembled at a remarkable pace in the main squares of Tehran and othe
 r major Iranian cities. The main events of July 1952\, February and Augu
 st 1953 will in this way be re-examined\, as will the reaction of the co
 up against Mossadegh in the autumn of 1953. \nA secondary aim of this ta
 lk is that of portraying the crowds of that period as a political actor 
 in their own right\, one which often compelled the political leadership 
 to assume postures and positions it was not necessarily endorsing before
 hand. It therefore challenges the notion of crowds as mere followers of 
 political leaders\, and argues for a more dynamic understanding of the p
 henomenon of street politics in that extremely important period of conte
 mporary Iranian history.
STATUS:TENTATIVE
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
CLASS:PUBLIC
LOCATION:A102\, Samuel Alexander Building\, Manchester
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