A. Marie Ranjbar

Research Interests:

I am an interdisciplinary feminist scholar working at the intersection of political geography, critical human rights, and anticolonial feminist theories. My research theorizes how activists negotiate legibility, recognition, and political agency under authoritarian and geopolitical constraints, with a focus on environmental and social justice and transnational feminist solidarities. My current project examines women’s contributions to early modern astronomy and the politics of cartographic and archival silence.

Recent Publications:

"Iran as Subaltern Empire: Lake Orumiyeh, Environmental Injustice, and Coloniality in Iranian Azerbaijan." Antipode (2024)

“Woman, Life, Freedom: Decoding the Feminist Uprising in Iran,” with Hanieh Molana and Sahar Razavi. Political Geography (2023)

“The Double Bind of Displacement: US Sanctions, the Muslim Ban, and Experiences of Dislocation for Iranians Pursuing Higher Education in the United States.” Annals of the American Association of Geographers 112.3 (2022)

“The Greening of Human Rights in Iran: Lake Orumiyeh, Human Rights, and Environmental Justice.”Environment and Planning E: Nature and Space (2022)

“Soapboxes and Stealth on Revolution Street: Revising the Question of ‘Freedom’ in Iran’s Hijab Protests.” ACME: An International E-Journal for Critical Geographies 20.4 (2021).