Published Articles
Photo: Mahsa Hojjati ©2017
“Halei Histories: Resistance through Cultural Specificity in the Qashqāi Dances of Iran,” in Dance Chronicle (issue 49.1, online 2025).
Photo: Ebrahim Chari ©2022
“Sistani Dances as Connective Paths to Group Identity: The Dances of Migrant Sistani Communities in Golestan Province,” in Dance in the Persianate World, ed. Anthony Shay (Mazda Publishers, 2023).
“Sisters in Strength: The Iranian Women Reclaiming Zurkhaneh Sports,” in Ajam Media Collective, March 6, 2023.
“Standing Their Ground: the vitality of Iran’s regional troupes,” in Dance International Magazine, October 7, 2022.
“From Beloved Urmia: Riza’s fluid new colours, in Dance International Magazine, February 14, 2022.
“Iranian Dancers Outside: Exploring contemporary paths in Oslo and San Francisco,” in Dance International Magazine, November 13, 2021.
Conference paper presentations
Photo: Mahsa Hojjati ©2008
Photo: Mahsa Hojjati ©2018
Photo: Mahsa Hojjati ©2017
November 14, 2025 presented Moving Stories: Centering Khuzi Narratives through Gonba Dances of Khuzestan, Iran at the 137th Annual Meeting of the American Folklore Society.
October 5, 2024 presented Dezfuli Ceremonies as Cultural Context for Gonba Dances in Khuzestan at the Second Symposium on Middle Eastern, North African and Central Asian Dances (Pomona College, Claremont, CA).
May 12, 2023 presented Mazani Moves: Aesthetic Markers in the Chakke Semā of Mazandaran, Iran during Radical Acts of Translation: Mobilizing Reciprocities Across Bodily Arts, as part of the Dance Studies Association 2023 virtual Conference Symposia (Universidade Federal de Bahía, Salvador, Brasil).
Oct. 13-16, 2022 presented Eternal Circles: Halei Movement Patterns as Symbols of Resilience in the Qashqāi Dances of Iran; organizer of the panel: Moving in Iran and Across the Diaspora: Challenging Stereotypes and Stretching Boundaries at the Dance Studies Association Annual Conference, Dancing Resilience: Dance Studies and Activism in a Global Age (Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada).
Online Lectures
Oct.3, 2020
Folk dances in Iran: Windows to Cultural Diversity during SEMONA: Week for Middle East and North Africa Conference organized by UNAM (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México) and CIDE (Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas), Mexico City .
Apr. 4, 2021
Documenting Dance in Iran through a Multicultural Landscape at Pomegranate Garden Dance.
Interviews
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Journeys of a Diaspora Iranian 