Babayan, Kathryn
KATHRYN BABAYAN
Associate Professor of Iranian History & Culture
Department of Near Eastern Studies
2068 Frieze Building · Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1285
(734) 763-1597 · fax (734) 936-2679
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EDUCATION
1987-93 Ph.D. Princeton University, Islamic History,
Field of Specialization: Ottoman & Safavi History; Sufism & Shi’ism;
Period of Specialization: Late Medieval & Early Modern 1258-1800;
Dissertation Title: The Waning of the Qizilbash: The Temporal and the Spiritual
in Seventeenth-Century Iran.
1985-87 Princeton University, Islamic History, M.A.
1981-83 Georgetown University, Politics: Modern Middle East, M.A.
1978-81 Wellesley College, Philosophy, B.A.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2001- University of Michigan: Associate Professor of Iranian History & Culture
(Department of Near Eastern Studies).
1996-2000 University of Michigan: Assistant Professor of Iranian History & Culture
(Department of Near Eastern Studies).
1992-1995 University of North Texas: Assistant Professor of History.
1991-1992 Illinois Institute of Technology, Pre-Doctoral Mellon Teaching
Fellowship.
FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS
May 2000 Visiting Fellow, Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Science Sociales, Paris, France.
1999-2000 Visiting Fellow, Institute for the Humanities, University of Michigan.
1995-96 Visiting Fellow, Robert Penn Warren Center for the Humanities, Vanderbilt University Fellows Program Topic: The Apocalypse: Fin de Siècle Millennium, and other Transitions.
1993 T. Cuyler Young Award for Best Dissertation in Iranian Studies, Princeton University.
1991-2 Illinois Institute of Technology, Pre-Doctoral Mellon Teaching Fellowship
From: http://www.umich.edu/~neareast/faculty/babayan.htm
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