Why “Iran: A Modern History?”, Abbas Amanat, Feb 17-18, 2019
Abbas Amanat (B.A., Tehran University; D. Phil., University of Oxford) is Willaim Graham Sumner Professor of History at Yale Univerity. He has taught and written about early modern and modern history of Iran, Muslim world, the Middle East and the Persianate world for more than three decades. His principal book publications include Iran: A Modern History; Az Tehran ta ‘Akka: Babiyan va Baha’iyan dar Asnad-e Dowran-e Qajar; Apocalyptic Islam and Iranian; Pivot of the Universe: Nasir al-Din Shah Qajar and the Iranian Monarchy, 1831-1896; Persian translation: Qebleh-e ‘Alam; Resurrection and Renewal: The Making of the Babi Movement in Iran, 1844-1850.