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… include the diplomatic and political history of Modern Iran as well as the interface between historiography, … politics and cultural memory in contemporary Iran. In October 2012 he set up (together with Dr Siavush … aspects of the diplomatic and political history of Qajar Iran, including ‘Duping the British and outwitting the …

… and written about early modern and modern history of Iran, Muslim world, the Middle East and the Persianate world … three decades. His principal book publications include  Iran: A Modern History  (New Haven: Yale University Press, … ‘Akka: Babis and Baha’is in the Official Records of Qajar Iran ,  Copenhagen and New Haven: Ashkaar Publishers, 2016);  …

… ancient Greek thought and facilitated its spread beyond the boundaries of Greek speaking areas. The movement’s … Islamic civilization of the early period of the Abbasaid Caliphate provides us with a unique and deep understanding of …

… ancient Greek thought and facilitated its spread beyond the boundaries of Greek speaking areas. The movement’s … Islamic civilization of the early period of the Abbasaid Caliphate provides us with a unique and deep understanding of …

… and chroniclers. On Friday Sept 21st afternoon, Yale’s Iran Colloquium hosted Dr. Farzin Vejdani, Assistant Professor of … primary research focuses on nationalist historiography in Iran during the late nineteenth- and early …

… contemporary politics in the Islamic world and beyond. Selected from the acclaimed Princeton Encyclopedia of … arranged chapters cover the topics of authority, the caliphate, fundamentalism, government, jihad, knowledge, …

… who was the founder of the Sokoto caliphate, Wazirin Junaidu addressed in a commencement speech … ( ribát fí sabíl li-lláhi ) and, later, centers of Sufi teaching. Writing in the fourteenth … with inquiry inspired by curiosity and awareness above and beyond calculations of temporary advantage or personal …

… of 160 years of the Persecutions of the Baha’is of Iran. Among his books in English are The Divina Commedia, a … Studies. Publishing the series of “Religion and Society in Iran” is his latest initiative. Starting in 2010 so far five … scholars to write books concerning minority religions of Iran. Currently he is working on a book based on the Iranian …

… contemporary politics in the Islamic world and beyond. Selected from the acclaimed Princeton Encyclopedia of … arranged chapters cover the topics of authority, the caliphate, fundamentalism, government, jihad, knowledge, …

… on modern citizenship in the Middle East with emphasis on Iran, Iraq and Afghanistan. She is interested in minority … ethnicity. For her PhD Thesis, “Non-Muslim Communities in Iran during the Constitutional Revolution,” she examined the … Forestry and Exploitation of Caspian Forests of Northern Iran in the 19th and 20th Centuries.  She is also helping the …

… campaigns against them. The aim of the paper is to go beyond the traditional treatment of Albanians simply as … Matthee, University of Delaware “Stability in Late Safavid Iran: Accommodation over Punishment” My paper starts from the … in Modern Iran. The rituals are based on a historical event in 680 C.E., called Karbala or Ashura, in which the …