Interviews
Medieval Times in Late Roman World and its Aftermath
Dr. Erin Thomas Dailey is the professor of the Roman world and its aftermath, from late Antiquity to the Early Middle Ages at the University of Leicester. His studies focus on the transformation of social practices and the emergence of new political, intellectual, and institutional structures…
The Safavid Period as a Phase of Economic History
Dr. Ali Anooshahr is the associate professor of history at UC Davis. He received his Ph.D. from the University of California, Los Angeles (2005). After two post-doctoral fellowships and a year teaching at Saint Xavier University in Chicago, he went to Davis in 2008 to…
The Safavid Historiography in continuation with the Timurids
Sholeh A. Quinn is Associate Professor of History at the University of California, Merced. Her studies focus on the history of 16th and 17th century Iran, with a particular emphasis on historiography, or the tradition of chronicle writing during the Safavid dynasty. She completed her…
Premodern Iran Awaits Basic Research on Historical Facts and Developments
Professor Rudi Matthee is the John and Dorothy Munroe Distinguished Professor of History at the University of Delaware. He teaches Middle Eastern history, with a research focus on early modern Iran and the Persian Gulf. His books include The Politics of Trade in Safavid Iran: Silk…