NEAR EASTERN LANGUAGES & CULTURES
IRANIAN STUDIES
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES

STUDENTS

Ahmad Alwishah - NELC, Advanced to Candidacy

CONTACT E-MAIL: alwishal@ucla.edu

RESEARCH INTERESTS
Philosophy of Mind in Islamic Tradition
Philosophy of Language
Logic in Arabic & Persian Traditions
Metaphysics

David Bennett - NELC

CONTACT E-MAIL: dbennet@ucla.edu

RESEARCH INTERESTS
Islamic Philosophy
Intellectual History under the Abbasids

Ghazzal Dabiri - NELC, Advanced to Candidacy

CONTACT E-MAIL: ghazzal@ucla.edu

RESEARCH INTERESTS
Persian Epic and Didactical Literatures
Middle Persian Literary Traditions
 Translation and Adaptation techniques (Middle > New Persian)

Shervin Emami - NELC

CONTACT E-MAIL: shervin_e@yahoo.com

RESEARCH INTERESTS
Classical Persian Poetry
Islamic Philosophy

Haleh Emrani - History

CONTACT E-MAIL: hemrani@corpinfo.com

RESEARCH INTERESTS
Sasanian History
Late Sasanian – Early Islamic Transition Period
Women’s History in Ancient Iran

Darya Friedman - NELC

CONTACT E-MAIL: darya@friedman.net

RESEARCH INTERESTS
Iranian Philology and Linguistics
Old Iranian Religious History
Ancient Iranian History

Jason Mokhtarian - NELC

CONTACT E-MAIL: jasonsion11@hotmail.com

RESEARCH INTERESTS
Pre-Islamic religions of Iran
Old & Middle Iranian Languages and Literatures
Irano-Judaica (Babylonian Talmud, Judeo-Persian)
Classical Persian Literature

Daniel Rafinejad - NELC

CONTACT E-MAIL: dannyrafinejad@hotmail.com

RESEARCH INTERESTS
Classical Persian Poetry
Contemporary Persian literature
 Persian Poetic Lexicography
Critical Theory

Khodadad Rezakhani - History

CONTACT E-MAIL: khodadad@ucla.edu

RESEARCH INTERESTS
World Economic History
Sasanian Economic History


Professor Shahwali Ahmadi

CURRENT POSITION
 Associate Professor, UC Berkeley

RESEARCH INTERESTS
Persian Literature and Comparative Literature

Professor Monica Ringer

CURRENT POSITION
 Assistant Professor, Amherst College

RESEARCH INTERESTS
Theory and Practice of Educational Institutions in the Qajar Period

Dr. George Maschke

CURRENT POSITION
 The Hague Tribunal

RESEARCH INTERESTS
Persian Proverbs: Semantics and Semiotics of Persian Linguistic and Literary Expressions

Dr. Nahid Pirnazar

CURRENT POSITION
 Adjunct Lecturer, UCLA

RESEARCH INTERESTS
Judeo-Persian Literature

Professor Firouzeh Matin

CURRENT POSITION
 Assistant Professor, University of Washington, Seattle

RESEARCH INTERESTS
Classical Textual Traditions on Erfan

Dr. Kevin Brown

CURRENT POSITION
 Editor and Translator

RESEARCH INTERESTS
Cosmogonies and Creation Principles in the Revivalist Philosophy of Mir Damad

Professor Dalia Yasharpur

CURRENT POSITION
 Preceptor in Persian, Harvard University

RESEARCH INTERESTS
Medieval Judeo-Persian Literary and Biblical Traditions

Professor Amir Hossein Pourjavadi

CURRENT POSITION
 Assistant Professor, Tehran University

RESEARCH INTERESTS
Textual Traditions on the Theory of Persian Music

 
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