Touraj Daryaee
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Touraj Daryaee is a contemporary Persian Iranologist and historian.
His elementary and secondary schooling was in Tehran
, Iran
and Athens
, Greece
. Daryaee took his Ph.D. in History at the University of California, Los Angeles
in 1999. He specializes in the history and culture of Ancient Persia.
He is now the Howard Baskerville Professor in the history of Iran and the Persianate World
at University of California, Irvine
. He is also the editor of the Name-ye Iran-e Bastan, The International Journal of Ancient Iranian Studies, as well as the director of Sasanika Project, a project on the history and culture of Sasanians.His most famous publications include Sasanian Persia: The Rise and Fall of an Empire and Sasanian Iran (224-651 CE): Portrait of a Late Antique Empire
His elementary and secondary schooling was in Tehran
Tehran
Tehran , sometimes spelled Teheran, is the capital of Iran and Tehran Province. With an estimated population of 8,429,807; it is also Iran's largest urban area and city, one of the largest cities in Western Asia, and is the world's 19th largest city.In the 20th century, Tehran was subject to...
, Iran
Iran
Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...
and Athens
Athens
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, Greece
Greece
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. Daryaee took his Ph.D. in History at the University of California, Los Angeles
University of California, Los Angeles
The University of California, Los Angeles is a public research university located in the Westwood neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, USA. It was founded in 1919 as the "Southern Branch" of the University of California and is the second oldest of the ten campuses...
in 1999. He specializes in the history and culture of Ancient Persia.
He is now the Howard Baskerville Professor in the history of Iran and the Persianate World
at University of California, Irvine
University of California, Irvine
The University of California, Irvine , founded in 1965, is one of the ten campuses of the University of California, located in Irvine, California, USA...
. He is also the editor of the Name-ye Iran-e Bastan, The International Journal of Ancient Iranian Studies, as well as the director of Sasanika Project, a project on the history and culture of Sasanians.His most famous publications include Sasanian Persia: The Rise and Fall of an Empire and Sasanian Iran (224-651 CE): Portrait of a Late Antique Empire