Series includes material related to Prof. Hassanpour’s education and employment, and additional biographical material. Records documenting Prof. Hassanpour’s education cover his studies in Iran and the U.S.A., as well as his involvement with the Confederation of Iranian Student in the U.S.A. and the Kurdish Student Organization in Europe and the U.S.A. Career and employment records include letters of application, contracts, and correspondence documenting Prof. Hassanpour’s positions and organizational membership. Files related to his employment at the University of Windsor document multiple contracts as well as covering a human rights dispute between Prof. Hassanpour and the department. Included are also syllabi, course evaluations, correspondence and course descriptions that cover Prof. Hassanpur’s teaching, particularly related to his work at the Department of Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations, University of Toronto.

Series consist of academic and scholarly correspondence sent to and received by Prof. Hassanpour over five decades. The correspondence documents exchanges with Kurdish intellectuals, political leaders, poets, artists, and musicians. The material also includes correspondence to libraries, publishers, and academic and research institutions in North America, Europe, and the Middle East. Content of the letters include exchanges on Kurdish culture, history and literature, bibliography of Kurdish books, standardization of Kurdish languages, hierarchy of knowledge in the twentieth century, and peasant and worker movements in the Middle East. Noteworthy among these scholars are Noam Chomsky, Sheikh Ezzedin Hosseini, Sherko Bekas, Shoko Okazaki, Janet Afary, and Tom Ricks. Material included in Kurdish is also important for those interested in Kurdish literature in exile.

Series consists of material related to the research, writing, and publication, of Prof. Hassanpour’s PhD dissertation, “The Language Faction in National Development: The Standardization of the Kurdish Language 1918 - 1985.” Material includes drafts, proposals, background research, and correspondence. In 1992, the thesis was published as “Nationalism and Language in Kurdistan, 1918-1985”. Material in this series dating after 1989 relates to the publishing and translation of the text.

Series consists of presentations given by Prof. Hassanpour at international conferences and institutions. Records include correspondence, conference papers, newspaper clippings, reports and reference material. Subject matter covers media studies, Kurdish literature, and Middle Eastern social and political history.

Series documents interviews given by Prof. Hassanpour to media in Canada and abroad. Material includes transcripts, correspondence, notes, and recordings. The content of these interviews cover areas of Prof. Hassanpour’s research such as the history and theory of Marxism, communication theory, nationalist movements of Kurdistan, and Kurdish language.

Series documents Prof. Hassanpour’s publishing activity, both as an author and editor. Material includes scholarly articles, encyclopedic entries, and reviews that cover the broad scope of Prof. Hassanpour’s research in social linguistics, media and communication theory, Kurdish culture, as well as peasant and nationalist movements. The series also includes documentation of Prof. Hassanpour’s work as an editor, in particular for the Gzing journal.

Series consists of documentation related to Prof. Hassanpour’s Peasant Movement Project. This project intended to historicize and analyze the Mukriyan peasant movement from 1952 to 1953. Research included interviews organized by Prof. Hassanpour and studies of archival documents including United States Consulate- reports from Tabriz, declassified documents from the U.S. State Department and historical newspapers and dailies. Prof. Hassanpour’s work on this project spanned a large portion of his academic career: beginning his research in the 1970s, he finalized the planned manuscript prior to passing away in 2017. Material in this series includes background research, files related to the administration of the project, and recordings of interviews conducted with individuals who has witnessed or participated in the movement. Please see sub-series descriptions for additional detail.

Series documents Prof. Hassanpour’s research activity across a wide range of subject areas including Kurdish folklore, political history, and language, Marxist theory and criticism, communication theory, and Iranian and Kurdish political history. It includes documentation of Prof. Hassanpour’s involvement with, and reflections on, the first Kurdish satellite television station, MED-TV, that was based in Europe and directed to audiences in the Middle East and Turkey. Material in this series includes notes, correspondence, reports, annotated texts, and recorded interviews that were part of the Interview Kurdish Women Project.