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Ahmad Ashraf
Associate Research Scholar; Managing Editor, Encyclopaedia Iranica
Columbia University
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Professor Ashraf has taught sociology and social history of Persia at the University of
Pennsylvania, Columbia University, Princeton University, and Tehran University.
He is the author of several books and numerous articles, including Historical
Obstacles to the Development of Capitalism in Iran (1980). His writings have
covered such topics as social hierarchies in Persia, traditon & modernity,
Iranian national identity, agrarian relations in Persia, and charismatic
leadership and theocratic rule in post-revolutionary Persia. Prof. Ashraf has served on the editorial board of Iranian Studies, International Journal of Politics, Culture & Society, and Iran-Nameh. Since 1992, he has served as
a Trustee-at-Large of the American Institute of Iranian Studies.
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