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Hossein Ziai

PhD

Academic Profile

Inaugural Chairholder of the Amuzegar Chair in Iranian. President of SIHSPAI. Director of Iranian Studies at UCLA. Founder and Editor-in-Chief of Bibliotheca Iranica: Intellectual Traditions Series.

Sample Publications

See: http://www.hosseinziai.com

Scholarly Interests

Philosophy and its impact on defining Persian Poetic Wisdom. Systems of epistemology and principles of knowledge.

Field of Research

Persian and Arabic philosophy

Current Position

Professor & Director of Iranian Studies, UCLA