Academic Profile
Associate Researcher, CNRS Mondes iranien et indien, Ivry-sur-Seine, France (1998-2009). Visiting scholar at Columbia University (2009-2010). Visiting scholar at City University of New York (2010-2014). Member of Columbia’s University Seminar on Iranian Studies (since 2009).
Sample Publications
Ameneh Youssefzadeh and Stephen Blum. Shāh Esmā‘il and His Three Wives: A Persian Turkish tale as performed by the bards of Khorasan, Studies on Performing Arts and Literature of the Islamicate World, 12. Leiden: Brill, 2022.
Scholarly Interests
The musical repertoire of the various ethnic groups of Khorasan (northeastern Iran); the music of Iran and Central Asia; music and mysticism; women and music; and music and censorship.