“The Oral History of Sacrifice and Martyrdom” was published

Nasrin Khaledi
Translator: Asghar Aboutorabi

2015-8-1

The collection of the articles of 9th Iranian Oral History Conference is published by the title of “The Oral History of Sacrifice and Martyrdom”(Tarikh-e Shafahi-ye Isar va Shahadat). The 9th professional session and the educational workshop of Iranian Society of Oral History was held in March 8, 2014 upon the request of the Document Center of the Foundation of Martyrs and Sacrificers’ Affairs and the cooperation of History Department of Literature and Humanities Faculty of Isfahan University, Howzeh Honari [related to Islamic Proselitization Organization], Document Organization and National Library of Iran, Document Center of Islamic Parliament of Iran, Organization of Libraries, Museums and Center of the Deeds of Quds Razavi and Islamic Revolution Document Center. This book is composed in three parts. The first contains the inauguration lectures, the second includes all received articles and in the third part the appendixes are included. This collection includes the articles of some officials and theoretician about oral history of sacrifice and martyrdom.

The lectures of Hojatoleslam Seyed Mohammad Ali Shahidi Mahalati, the director of Foundation of Martyrs and Sacrificers Affairs and Hojatoleslam Ahmad Mazani, the Deputy of Research and Cultural Relations of the Foundation, and the lecture of Ali Reza Kamari, the secretary of this gathering are presented in the first part.

The 34 articles of the second part are listed as below:

• “The Place of Sacrifice and Martyrdom in Contemporary Historiography of Iran”, by Bahador Ghayem.
• “The Bases of Sacrifice and Martyrdom in Islamic View”, by Reza Esmaielzadeh(Tehrani).
• “The Review of the Role of the Clergymen in Jihad and Martyrdom Realm”, by Mohammad Esmaielzadeh.
• “The Place of Oral History in Reviving the Ethical Dialogue of the [Iraq-Iran] War”, by Seyed Abolfazl Razavi.
• “The Role the Religious Training of a Decade of the Revolution in Formation of …”, by Valiollah Mosayebi Ghambavani.
• “The Oral History of the Anonymous Sacrificers”, by Maryam Tavasoli Kopaei.
• “The Oral History Potentials of the Women Helping the Historiography of the Revolution and War”, by Shokouh-o-sadat Sami’ei.
• “Analysis and Comparison of the Satisfaction Degree of the Wives of the Martyrs, War Casualties and Prisoners and Common People from their Lives”, by Zeinab Javanmard, Hamed Hassanzadeh, Fatemeh Javanmard and Majid Mostafavi.
• “The Oral History Project of the Ministry of the Education”, by Rahim Rouhbakhsh and Farideh Heshmati.
• “The Beytol-Moghadas Operation and Sacrifice and Martyrdom; Sharif Case Study”, by Somayeh Bakhtiari.
• “Every Martyr is a Symbol; Necessities of the Sacrifice and Martyrdom Oral History”, by Zeinab Hagh-Shenas.
• “Modern Novel in Iran”, by Mojtaba Rahmandoost.
• “The Application of the Phenomenology Research Method in Oral History of the Holy defense; the Possibilities and Necessities”, by Hamid Zhianpour and Aboulfazl Hassanabadi.
• “An Introduction to the Methodology of the Oral History of Holy Defense”, by Mahdi Abolhasani Taraghi.
• The Paradigm of Sacrifice and Martyrdom Based on Oral History of the Holy Defense, by Faezeh Tavakoli.
• “An Introduction to the Formulating the Question Packages in Oral History”, by Molud Sotudeh.
• “Oral Historian Children (a Way to Institutionalize the Culture of Sacrifice and Martyrdom)”, by Saeed Salari.
• “The Review of Necessities and Methods of Oral History of Sacrifice and Martyrdom”, by Faezeh Shirkhan, Leila Shirkhan and Zahra Ali Hakim.
• “The Role of Photography in Composing the Oral History of Sacrifice and Martyrdom”, by Ali Salehi and Arezoo Alizadeh.
• “Oral History of Sacrifice and Martyrdom in Alien Narrations”, by Pari Hashemi.
• “Oral History, Reasons to Prove the Claims and…”, by Mohammad Hossein Yaghmaie.
• “Oral History and Pluralism in the History of the Holy Defense”, by Mahdi Ahmadi Ekhtiar.
• “The Pathology of the Role of Oral History of Sacrifice and Martyrdom in Promotion of Sacrifice Culture”, by Reza Valipour and Esmaeil Noshad.
• “The Necessities of Creating the Oral History Department in Foundation of Martyrs and Sacrificers affairs”, by Seyed Mahi Mirkazemi.
• “A Critical Look at the Concept of Sacrifice and Martyrdom in Memories of War Commanders”, by Ghloamreza Azari Khakestar.
• “The Damages, Limitations and Obstacles in Sacrifice and Martyrdom Realm”, by Hassan Nourani and Iman Mohammadi Nargesi.
• “The Threats to Oral History of Sacrifice and Martyrdom”, by Aliakbar Mortazaie Ghahroudi.
• “ The Pathology of Holy Defense Oral History in Sacrifice and Martyrdom Realm”, by Azar Aghadadashi.
• “The Importance of Paying Attention to Narrators Mental and Social Attitudes in Confronting the Sacrifice Culture”, by Hamid Ghazvini.
• “Pathology of Oral History of Sacrifice and Martyrdom in Composing the Biography of Martyrs”, by Hojat Torshizi.
• “The Realms, Subjects and Necessities of Oral History of Sacrifice and Martyrdom”, by Tayebeh Asemi.
• “Pathology of Recording and Documenting the Culture of Sacrifice and Martyrdom Based on Memory Writing”, by Mehdi Khodami.
• “Influential Factors in Creating Social Gaps between Sacrificer and Non- sacrifice Layers of the Society”, by Masoumeh Goudarzi and Mohammad Afghari.
• “An Analysis of the Influential Factors in Mobility of the Cultural-Artistic Front of Islamic Revolution”, by Saeed Khorshidi.

The articles included in the appendix are:

• “An Introduction on the Meaning and Reasons of Oral History of Sacrifice and Martyrdom”, by Alireza Kamari.
• “The Challenges of the Oral History of Sacrifice and Martyrdom”, by Mahbubeh Shahbazi.
• “Oral History; the Mystery Language of Sacred Lands”, by Kazem Vafadari.
• “Oral History; A way to the Culture of Sacrifice and Martyrdom”, by Kianush Kiani Haft Lang.
• “The Descending Era”, by Morteza Nouraei.
• “New Questions in Oral History of Sacrifice and Martyrdom”, by Morteza Rasulipur.
• “A Report of French Experience of the Oral History of World War I and II”, by Mohammad Mehdi Shkari.
• “Lack of History; the Plague of Newly-founded Organizations”, by Seyed Mohammad Mirkazemi.
• “The War of Speech and Writing”, by Kajal Amini and Zeinab Mirali.
• “A Glimpse at Historiography of Sacrifice and Martyrdom”, by Ali Tatari.
• “Oral History of Sacrifice and Martyrdom or Oral History of Sacrificers and Martyrs”, by Gholam Reza Azizi.
• “Preparing the Basis for Oral History; the Main Function of Martyrs Congresses”, by Abolfazl Hassanabadi.
• “The Role of Martyrs Congresses and Memorials in Oral History of Sacrifice and Martyrdom”, by Davood Amini.
• “Oral History of Sacrifice and Martyrdom in Digital Era”, by Yusef Ghadyani.

 “The Oral History of Sacrifice and Martyrdom” collection is published to compose a reference collection through the efforts of the document center of the Foundation of Martyrs and Sacrificers affairs and Iranian Society of Oral History in 940 pages by Shahed publications.

The collections of the articles of the fourth and fifth sessions of the oral history were published under the titles of “Interview in Oral History” and “Methodology and Searching for Subjects in Urban-studying Oral History”, respectively. The collections of the seventh and eighth sessions are also under publications by Document Organization and National Library of Iran and Document Center of Islamic Parliament of Iran.

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