Roshan Cultural Heritage Institute is delighted to share news on its Fellows and their recent accomplishments. Hani Khafipour obtained his Ph.D. in the Department of Near Eastern Language and Civilizations at the University of Chicago. His field of specialization is Safavid Iran and wrote his dissertation on “The Foundation of the Safavid State: Fealty, Patronage, and Ideals of Authority (1501-1576).” Dr. Khafipour is Lecturer in Iranian Studies at the University of Southern California.
Ida Meftahi successfully defended her dissertation on “The Biopolitics of Dance in Twentieth-Century Iran” and completed her Ph.D. in Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations from the University of Toronto. Dr. Meftahi is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Institute for the Arts and Humanities at Pennsylvania State University in 2013-14.
Golbarg Rekabtalaei (Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations, University of Toronto) and Matthew Miller (Comparative Literature, Washington University in St. Louis) are also making progress toward the completion of their Ph.D. dissertations. Roshan Cultural Heritage Institute would like to commend all of its Fellows for their efforts and wishes them continued success