Professor of Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies
Ph.D. 1968 (Persian 1), Tehran (Iran); Postgraduate 1959-1962 (history and Islamic studies), London; M.A. 1958 (Oriental philosophy), Jagiellonian (Cracow).

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Research Interests:

literature, mysticism, Islamic studies and performing arts of the Middle East.

Affiliations:

Middle East Studies Association, Society for Iranian Studies, The Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences in America.

Fellowships/Honors:

Golden Dozen Teaching Award, New York University, 1989, 1996; First Prize Award for Mirror of the Invisible World, American Association of University Presses; Smithsonian Folklore Studies Fellowship; Hoover Institute on War, Revolution, and Peace Fellowship; Social Science Research Council Fellowship and others.

Selected Works:

Mirror of the Invisible World (New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1975).

Ta`ziyeh: Ritual and Drama in Iran (New York: NYU Press, 1979).

Studies in Art and Literature of the Near East in Honor of Richard Ettinghausen ed. (Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, 1974).

Staging A Revolution: The Art of Persuasion in the Islamic Republic of Iran, co-authored with H. Dabashi, (London: Booth-Clilborn Editions, 1999).

"Community Process and the Performance of Muharram Observances in Trinidad" co-authored with F. Korom, The Drama Review, vol.38 (2), Summer, 1994.

"Islam in Modern Drama and Theatre," Die Welt des Islam, Leiden, 1984.

"Narrative Painting and Painting Recitation," Muqarnas, Leiden, 1989.

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