Seyed Ehsan Kashfi

Seyed Ehsan Kashfi is a Postdoctoral Researcher in the Department of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies at the Faculty of Humanities, University of Copenhagen, specializing in identity politics and nationalism with regional focus on Iran and the Middle East.

Education:

• MA in International Relations, Durham University
• PhD in Political Science, University of Alberta

Research Interests: Kashfi investigates identity politics, nationalism, and diaspora dynamics through discourse analysis of cultural phenomena including commemoration rituals, collective memory, and sport-politics intersections. His work critically examines state-driven identity construction in Iran, emphasizing ethnic contestation and historical narrative appropriation in domains like football, street nomenclature, and calendar systems.

Publication Trends: Recent works (2018–2025) reveal a consistent analytical thread: cultural practices as contested sites for ethnic identity assertion in Iran. His scholarship demonstrates how football, urban symbolism, and temporal frameworks become arenas for challenging state narratives, with increasing focus on ethnic minorities' agency through sports and public space.