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June 6, 2026International Public HistoryOpen Access

The Notebook, the Closet, and the Film: Iranians Processing Trauma Through Public History, Case Study: The 1988 Executions

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RARahil Asgari

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Case study explores how Iranians process trauma through public history, indicating healing and resistance.

Key Points

  • This article examines how Iranians process trauma related to the 1988 executions through public history.
  • Conducted interviews with family members who lost loved ones during the revolutionary period.
  • Developed a theoretical framework based on generational experiences and public engagement.
  • Analyzed varying levels of public engagement from familial to global audiences.
  • Demonstrated that healing through public history evolved into a form of resistance against oppression.
  • Highlighted increased generational engagement with public history as fear of oppression decreased.
  • Showed how people within Iran have joined public history efforts on a larger scale.

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Rahil Asgari (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a23b9ca71a5da9775e759f9https://doi.org/10.1515/iph-2025-0011
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