Mary Yoshinari

Mary Yoshinari is an independent researcher, Research Affiliate in the Department of Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations at the University of Toronto and former Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) Postdoctoral Fellow. She has conducted research at state archives in Tehran, Moscow, Warsaw and Belgrade, among other locations. Her recent publications include: Labour History and the Economy in Iran: Workers, Entrepreneurs and the State, co-edited with Serhan Afacan (I.B. Tauris, 2025), ‘Governing by Partnership: The Role of Abdolhossein Nikpour and the Chambers of Commerce in Iran’s National Economy’, co-authored with Ali A. Saeidi, Middle Eastern Studies (2023); and ‘From the Imperial Periphery to the Boundaries of Power: Soviet Diplomatic Officials in 1930s Iran’, in Russians in Iran: Diplomacy and Power in the Qajar Era and Beyond (I.B. Tauris, 2018).