Season 2, Ep.11: The Short-term Society in Conversation with Homayoun Katouzian

September 9 2024

In this episode of the Fly Bottle podcast, Zahra Pezhkian talks with Homayoun Katouzian, a faculty member of the Oriental Studies Department at the University of Oxford, about his theory of short-term society. In this conversation, Katouzian explains the concept of Iran's short-term society in contrast to Europe's long-term society and discusses the impacts of this situation on Iran's political, social, and economic structure from the past to the present.

Homayoun Katouzian is a historian, economist, and a faculty member of the Oriental Studies Department at the University of Oxford. Katouzian received his Ph.D. in economics from the University of Kent in Canterbury, England.

Zahra Pezhkian is a graduate of Economics from the University of Saskatchewan, Canada. She is currently undergoing training in the design and evaluation of economic and social policies at MIT and the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (JPAL) in the US.

Suggested Reading: 

• The Short-Term Society: A Study in the Problems of Long-Term Political and Economic Development in Iran,  Journal of Middle Eastern Studies, Volume 40, January 2004.

Audio: Armin Faroukhpey

Music: Reza Nadri

Cover art: Pouya Fatoureh Chi

Content Editor: Zahra Pezeshkian

Produced by Yeganeh Khazaei in the Flybottle Podcast