Abbas Amanat | |
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عباس امانت | |
Born | |
Occupation(s) | William Graham Sumner Professor of History at Yale University Director of the Yale Program in Iranian Studies |
Academic background | |
Education | |
Alma mater | St Catherine's College, Oxford |
Thesis | Emergence and Early Development of the Babi Movement, 1844–1850 (1981) |
Doctoral advisor | Albert Hourani and John Gurney |
Academic work | |
Discipline | Modern History |
Main interests | Iranian studies, Qajar Iran |
Notable works | Iran: A Modern History Pivot of the Universe: Nasir al-Din Shah Qajar and the Iranian Monarchy, 1831 – 1896 |
Abbas Amanat (Persian: عباس امانت;[1] born November 14, 1947) is an Iranian-born American historian, scholar,[2] author, editor, and university professor. He serves as the William Graham Sumner Professor of History at Yale University and Director of the Yale Program in Iranian Studies.[3][4]