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The American Institute of Iranian Studies

Ehrenberg, Erica

2025

Overview

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.

• Publisher: Penn State University Press,Pennsylvania State University Press
• Subject: American Institute of Iranian Studies / American Institute of Iranian Studies-History / Ancient Iran / Council of American Overseas Research Centers / Encyclopaedia Iranica / Ethnic studies / History of art / History of Iranian studies / Interest qualifiers / Iran-Civilization-Study and teaching-United States-History / Iran-Study and teaching-United States-History / Iranian Americans / Iranian Art / Iranology / Islam / Library and information sciences / Museology / Museology and heritage studies / Oriental Institute / Persian Language Studies / Persian Literature / Persian Studies / Persianate Islamic Studies / Philosophy and Religion / Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects / Relating to Islamic / Muslim people and groups / Relating to religious groups / Relating to specific groups and cultures or social and cultural interests / Religion and beliefs / Sasanian Art / Seljukids / Social groups, communities and identities / Social groups: religious groups and communities / Society and culture: general / Society and Social Sciences / The Arts / The Arts: treatments and subjects / Timurids / University of Pennsylvania Museum
• ISBN: 9781646023141, 1646023145, 1646023072, 9781646023073