Mattin Biglari discusses his book Nationalising Oil and Knowledge in Iran: Labour, Decolonisation and Colonial Modernity, 1933–51 at SOAS, 5 March 2026. Discussants Asma Abdi, Adam Hanieh, and Katayoun Shafiee join him to respond to his book.

This is the third event for 2026 as part of the Histories of Capitalism and Race seminar series. The theme for the spring semester of 2026 is Empire, Race, Capital: Readings Beyond the Atlantic.