The American Institute of Iranian Studies is devoted to fostering research in the field of Iranian studies and promoting scholarly exchange between the United States and Iran. This collection of essays addresses the history and development of Iranian studies in the United States and the pivotal role of the Institute in furthering research in the field.
The purview of the Institute is vast, covering Iranology—the study of Iranian peoples and cultures both within and across regions of Central and South Asia and the Middle East, where various forms of the Persian language are spoken. In keeping with the Institute’s dedication to facilitating research in Iran, the chapters in this volume represent fields of inquiry that have benefited from direct access to materials in the country. The essays describe the founding and work of the Institute, the emergence of Iranian studies in American universities, the Encyclopaedia Iranica, early archaeological research in Iran by the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Chicago, the birth and development of American museum collections of art from Iran, and case histories of areas of Iranian Studies that have been the traditional focus of Institute-sponsored research, including art history, history, philology, religion, and sociology.
The contributors to this volume are Ahmad Ashraf, Shiva Balaghi, Medhi Bozorgmehr, Elton L. Daniel, Erica Ehrenberg, Carl W. Ernst, Stephen C. Fairbanks, Prudence O. Harper, Linda Komaroff, Judith A. Lerner, Franklin D. Lewis, Beatrice Forbes Manz, Alessandro Pezzati, Holly Pittman, D. T. Potts, Richard L. Spees, Mathew W. Stolper, Keyvan Tabari, and Christopher Thortnon.
Covers the study of the peoples speaking various forms of Persian in Central and South Asia, and the Middle East.
The American Institute of Iranian Studies is the preeminent organization furthering research in the field of Iranian Studies and cultural exchange between America and Iran.
This volume was initiated by Franklin Lewis, a preeminent scholar of Iranian Studies at the University of Chicago and a renowned translator of the Persian poet Rumi; Lewis was originally a coeditor of the volume but passed away in 2022.
eBook published on:June 5, 2025eBook ISBN:9781646023141Main content: 360
Frontmatter
1Table of Contents
2Introduction
4Author biographies
7Brief Overview of the American Institute of Iranian Studies
11A View from Tehran: Reflections on the Memories of the Early Days
15The Tehran Center, 1977-79
18The American Institute of Iranian Studies in the Twenty-first Century
26The Council of American Overseas Research Centers
40The Formative Decades of Iranian Studies in North America An Overview
43The Encyclopaedia Iranica and A History of Persian Literature
53The University of Pennsylvania Museum in Iran
60The Persian Expedition: The Past and Present of the Oriental Institute’s Early Work in Iran
72Iranian Art (of the Islamic Period) in American Museums: A Brief History
99Exhibiting Iran in the United States: Iranian Studies and Museum Exhibitions
119Some American Contributors to Iranian Studies Born before 1900
138The Study of Ancient Iran in the United States: A History Focusing on Art and Material Culture
170Sasanian Art Historical and Archaeological Studies in the United States: 1960-2010
182The Nomad Period in Iranian history from the Seljukids through the Timurids North American contributions to the Field, 1980-2010
198Development of Persian Language Studies in the United States
220Persianate Islamic Studies in American Universities
243First- and Second-Iranian Americans
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