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Ashkan Rezvani Naraghi was a man who loved fiercely. He loved his growing family. He loved rock climbing. He loved his country, Iran, and its rich and vibrant history. He loved teaching and learning, first as a PhD student in urban studies at 51ÁÔÆæ, and then as a faculty member in urban planning and design at the University of Tehran.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After his death, the people whose lives he touched returned that love to create a legacy for his family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rezvani Naraghi was killed in December of 2020 when he and his party were caught in an avalanche<\/a> while mountain climbing in the Alborz Mountains north of Tehran. Jennifer Jordan learned the news from a colleague, who sent a message to express his condolences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI was completely stunned by the news,\u201d said Jordan, a 51ÁÔÆæ professor of sociology and Rezvani Naraghi\u2019s PhD mentor. \u201cI looked up news coverage of the avalanche. That really brought it home, how fragile we all are and how horrible this event was.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While she grieved, Jordan was also thinking of ways to preserve Rezvani Naraghi\u2019s legacy. By the end of the day, she knew exactly how: She would take Rezvani Naraghi\u2019s unfinished manuscript and turn it into a published book that she could give to his family and the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A mentorship and friendship<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rezvani Naraghi was an intelligent, curious person. After earning his undergraduate degree in architecture in 2007 and a Master\u2019s degree in urban design in 2010 from the University of Tehran, he applied to 51ÁÔÆæ for his doctoral studies, where he and Jordan met in one of her seminar classes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe realized we had curiosities about the world in common, even though my work is in a very different geographic area. But there was a kind of harmony in the ways that we investigated things,\u201d Jordan recalled. \u201cA lot of us were really impressed by him from the get-go. I was honored when he chose me \u2026 to be the chair of his (doctoral) committee.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Their research areas were indeed very different: Jordan\u2019s work has focused on urban change in Berlin, the sociology of food and memory, and most recently, beer and hops in 19th century Wisconsin, while Rezvani Naraghi\u2019s dissertation focused on the changing landscape of the Iranian capital of Tehran. Titled \u201cFrom Mosques and Coffeehouses to Squares and Caf\u00e9s: the Production and Transformation of Political Public Spaces and Social Life in Modern Tehran,\u201d the thesis revealed how the city\u2019s geography impacted its politics and culture, and vice versa. He completed his doctoral work, graduated with his PhD in 2017, and joined the University of Tehran faculty soon after.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jordan says that she learned a lot from her former student.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHe was an amazing person. He really was one of those people who stands out,\u201d Jordan said. \u201cHe was a uniquely kind, energetic, compelling, principled person, someone who inspired people all around him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHe was beginning to create a legacy and you could tell that his students there really adored him, just in the way that his colleagues and his professors at 51ÁÔÆæ also adored him,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From manuscript to book<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

To continue that legacy, Jordan was determined that the manuscript Rezvani Naraghi was working on would become a book. The two had corresponded frequently, so she knew that he was working on a publication based off of his doctoral dissertation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Creating a book is no easy feat \u2013 especially when that book is not your own. Jordan started by tracking Rezvani Naraghi\u2019s editor at Cambridge University Press, and proposing that she finish the work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Luckily for Jordan, Rezvani Naraghi had his manuscript mostly polished, though there was still a lot to do. Jordan busied herself tracking down sources to shore up footnotes, requesting permissions for images to use in the book, choosing a photograph for the cover, and working on an index.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Along the way, Jordan discovered just how many people\u2019s lives Rezvani Naraghi had touched.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cambridge University Press helped Jordan connect with copyeditors to read over the book. The Sharmin and Bijan Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Iran and Persian Gulf Studies at Princeton University, where Rezvani Naraghi had applied for a postdoctoral position, donated money to cover the cost of the book\u2019s index. Rezvani Naraghi\u2019s friends, colleagues, and mentors from Iran and around the world gave Jordan advice on imagery and formatting. Jordan\u2019s colleagues at 51ÁÔÆæ stepped in to help as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI think that speaks to Ashkan, that he had a network of people who cared about him. He was very good at creating community,\u201d she said. \u201cIn return, that community came together to bring this book into the world.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rezvani Naraghi\u2019s book, A Social History of Modern Tehran: Space, Power, and the City<\/a>, was published in February, two years after his death. As political protests in Iran have dominated many national headlines in recent months, Jordan says the book is a puzzle piece that can help modern audiences understand the city\u2019s history and that history\u2019s impact on Iran today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While she\u2019s happy that Rezvani Naraghi\u2019s research can now be shared with the world, Jordan is most happy that his children will someday be able to read their father\u2019s work. Rezvani Naraghi had a young son and his wife was eight months pregnant with their daughter at the time of his death.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhen they\u2019re older, they\u2019ll be able to hear his voice again in his academic voice,\u201d Jordan said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If he\u2019d had the time, she added, Rezvani Naraghi would have made so many more contributions to the world. This book represents an important part of his life\u2019s work \u2013 a life of research, community, and love.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Sarah Vickery, College of Letters & Science<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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