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Iraj Bashiri

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612-624-3314
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1043 Heller Hall

271 19th Ave S
Minneapolis, MN 55455

Collegiate Affiliation
History
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Iraj Bashiri's Biography
Iraj Bashiri's Working Papers on Iran and Central Asia
  • Specialties
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  • Activities
  • Awards
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Specialties
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Specialties

  • Afghanistan
  • Central Asian studies
  • communism
  • Intellectual history, religion and ideology of Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan
  • Iranian linguistics and literature
  • Islam
  • Middle East
  • Persian
  • Sadeq Hedayat
  • Tajik-Uzbek conflict
  • Taliban
  • Firdowsi and His Shahnameh
  • Islam and the West
Publications
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Publications

  • The Ishraqi Philogophy of Jalal al-Din Rumi. Institute of Philosophy, Academy of Sciences of Tajikistan, Bashiri, Iraj, 2008.
  • Prominent Tajik Figures ?of the Twentieth Century. International Borbad Foundation, Academy of Sciences of Tajikistan, Bashiri, Iraj, 2002.
  • Turk and Tur in Firdowsi's Shahname. Institute of Eastern Studies & Written Heritage, Academy of Sciences of Tajikistan, Bashiri, Iraj, 2009.
  • Ancient Iran: Cosmology, Mythology, History (2nd edition). Cognella, Bashiri, Iraj, 2016.
  • Modern Iranian Philosophy: From Ibn Sina to Mulla Sadra Shirazi. Cognella, Bashiri, Iraj, 2014.
  • Modern Iran: Caliphs, Kings, and Jurisprudents. Cognella, Bashiri, Iraj, 2017.
Activities
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Activities

Professional

  • Chair: Faculty Affairs Committee. 2000 - 2003
  • Member: College of Liberal Arts Curriculum, Instruction, and Advising Committee. 2003 - 2005
  • Member: CLA Assembly. 2002 - 2004
  • Chair, CLA Assembly 2005 - 2006
  • Program in Religious Studies Steering Committee 2005 - 2016
  • CLA Promotion & Tenure Committee 2012 - 2015

Creative

  • The Nowruz Scrolls (in English, Persian, Tajiki, Russian): An appreciation of the ancient roots of the Nowruz Celebration.. none - none
  • Painting: Oil paintings of scenes from Iran and Central Asia.. none - none

Research

  • The History of the Tajik Civil War 2016 - 2018
Awards
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Awards

  • Distinguished College of Liberal Arts teacher, 1980 - none
  • Honorary Doctorate in History and Culture, Tajikistan State University, 1996 - none
  • Honorary International Academician, Academy of Sciences of Tajikistan, 1997 - none
Courses
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Courses

  • Hist 3503 Ancient Iran
  • Hist 3504 The Cultures of the Silk Road
  • Hist 3546 Islam and the West
  • Modern Iran
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