Iraj Bashiri

History

1043 Heller Hall

271 19th Ave S
Minneapolis, MN 55455

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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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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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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

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

Awards

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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

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