Alisa Shablovskaia

• Shablovskaia, Alisa (2026). From Tyranny to Absolutism: Chronospatial and Religious Concepts in Two Persian Translations of The Communist Manifesto. International Journal of Middle East Studies. ISSN 0020-7438. 57(4), s. 544–564. doi: 10.1017/S0020743825101323. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv Vis sammendrag

  This article examines the early history of Iranian communism through two Persian translations of The Communist Manifesto (1923 and 1951), situating them within broader debates on Soviet cultural politics, Iranian modernism, and the politics of translation. By analyzing the rhetorical strategies and conceptual vocabularies employed by translators, the study highlights how Persian intellectuals mediated Marxism through local traditions of political thought and literary modernism. The 1923 translation by Sayyid Muhammad Dihgan drew on Perso-Islamic notions of justice and temporality, asserting Iran’s coevalness with the West and aligning Marxist concepts with late Qajar reformist discourse. In contrast, the 1951 Moscow-sponsored translation, produced under the auspices of the Tudeh Party, reflected Cold War cultural rivalries, privileging secular and nationalist vocabularies and erasing Islamic political resonances. Juxtaposing these two translations, the article rethinks Iranian Marxism not as a mere extension of Soviet influence but as a contested field of cultural mediation and conceptual innovation.

• Shablovskaia, Alisa (2025). Constitutionalism and the Political Ethos of the Last Qajars, Constitutionalism Unbound. Constitutional Dynamics and Political Transformation in the Ottoman and Qajar Lands in the Long Nineteenth Century. Brill | Nijhoff. ISSN 9789004734661. s. 235–256. doi: 10.1163/9789004734661_010. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Shablovskaia, Alisa (2025). "The Persian Gate to Revolution": Bolshevik Networks and Post-WWI Transnationalism in Iran. I Amanat, Abbas; Gledhill, Kevin & Nejad, Kayhan A. (Red.), The Caspian world: connections and contentions at a modern Eurasian crossroads. Cornell University Press (CUP). ISSN 9781501777172. s. 309–325. doi: https:/www.jstor.org/stable/10.7591/jj.27976062.22. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Shablovskaia, Alisa (2025). Between Paternalism and Orientalism: Ottoman Diplomacy and the Iranian Constitutional Movement. Iranian Studies. ISSN 0021-0862. 58(4), s. 867–885. doi: 10.1017/irn.2025.10111. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv Vis sammendrag

  Despite the long-standing proximity between Ottoman and Iranian reformists, the Young Turk policy toward Iran was notably reserved. The numerous tensions between Istanbul and Tehran during the constitutional period are often attributed to Young Turk pragmatism. Conversely, this study emphasizes the cultural factors in Irano-Ottoman relations and their influence on the Ottoman perception of Iran following the Ottoman Revolution of 1908. Drawing on the reports written by Hüseyin Hasib Efendi, Ottoman ambassador in Iran from 1909 to 1913, it argues that the multilayered nature of Ottoman modernity and the anxieties of the late Ottoman bureaucratic elite were crucial in shaping the Porte’s policy toward Iran. The article introduces the concept of entangled Orientalism to describe the process of Ottoman discursive adaptation to the West-dominated international order. Additionally, it aims to reassess the role of the Russian menace in the Ottoman understanding of regional politics.

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