About Arzoo Osanloo

Arzoo Osanloo is Professor in the Department of Law, Societies, and Justice. She is a legal anthropologist and a former immigration and asylum lawyer. Her research examines the intersections of law, culture, and society. She is the author of the award-winning monograph, Forgiveness Work: Mercy, Law, and Victims’ Rights in Iran (Prince ton University Press, 2020), and The Politics of Women’s Rights in Iran (Princeton University Press, 2009). Her co-edited volume, Care in a Time of Humanitarianism (Berghahn Books, 2024), is forthcoming. She is currently writing a monograph that explores the everyday lives of Iranians living under sanctions.