Historical Studies

Historical Studies

Conscious consequences of a revolutionary movement (The study of universities advent during the cultural revolution of Iran; Based on the Ettelaat Newspaper 1979-1985)

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Authors
Maryam Peyman 1
Seyed Abdolamir Nabavi 2
Soraya Ahmadi 3
1 M. A. Student in Communications Department of Communications, College of Humanities, Tehran North Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.
2 Associate Professor Department of Regional Studies, University of Tehran, Iran, Visiting Professor at Department of communications, College of Humanities, Tehran North Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.
3 Research Assistant Professor, Research Assistant Professor Academic Center for Education, Culture and Research (ACECR), Department of Visiting Professor at Communications, College of humanities, Tehran North Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.
10.30465/hcs.2023.44004.2738
Abstract
The most important development in the history of Iranian universities after the Islamic revolution is called "Cultural Revolution". Most of the existing studies has reduced the it to an "event" and limited to four days of conflict in universities across the country, which led to the closure of various higher education centers. This study emphasizes that cultural revolution is rooted in the Iranian revolution, and it did not lead to the closure of universities and universities and institutions established and founded in the galaxy of higher education in Iran during cultural revelation years. Which replied to the needs of the Iranian society and the ideas and aspirations of the revolutionaries.
In addition, previous studies emphasized on the establishment of Imam Sadiq and Tarbiat Modares universities in this duration but this study shows that more centers were established and these new universities and institutes were a reflection to the society's demands and needs of higher education system.
This article has a historical approach and based on review of 31710 Ettelaat Newspaper pages (in 1745 issues) from 1 Feb 1979 to 1 Feb 1983. It introduces the centers that were established under supervision of headquarters of the Cultural Revolution to realize the model of Islamic University.
Keywords
Cultural Revolution
University
Higher Education
Iranian Revolution
Mojab, S. (1991), The State and University: The “Islamic Cultural Revolution” in the Institutions of Higher Education of Iran, 1980-87, Phd diss, University of Illinois.
Tarbiat Modarres University (2002), Tehran: TMU Press.
Historical Studies
Volume 14, Issue 1 - Serial Number 27
Spring and Summer 2023-2024
May 2023
Pages 81-106

  • Receive Date 27 December 2022
  • Revise Date 22 April 2023
  • Accept Date 29 May 2023