M. Rahim Shayegan

M. Rahim Shayegan
رحیم شایگان
Born1966 (age 57–58)
Pahlavi Iran
EducationUniversity of Cologne,
University of Paris,
University of Göttingen,
Harvard University
Occupation(s)Historian, scholar, educator
EmployerUniversity of California, Los Angeles
Known forIranian Studies
Notable work"Arsacids and Sasanians: Political Ideology in Post-Hellenistic and Late Antique Persia" (2011)
FatherDariush Shayegan
AwardsGuggenheim Fellowship

M. Rahim Shayegan (/ʃɑːjɛɡɑːn/, Persian: رحیم شایگان, romanized: M. Raḥīm Šāygān; born 1966) is an Iranian-born American ancient historian, scholar, and educator. He is the Eleanor and Jahangir Amuzegar Professor of Iranian Studies, the founding director of the Pourdavoud Institute for the Study of the Iranian World,[1] and the Head of the Department of Iranian Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles (from 2014).[2] He also is a foreign corresponding member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (2022), a fellow of the Academia Europaea (2019) and the American Oriental Society[3] and a Guggenheim fellow (2013, for writing the book Arsacids and Sasanians: Political Ideology in Post-Hellenistic and Late Antique Persia).[2][3]

  1. ^ "M. Rahim Shayegan". Harvard University Press. Archived from the original on April 11, 2024. Retrieved April 10, 2024.
  2. ^ a b "پسر شایگان رئیس کرسی ایران‌شناسی دانشگاه کالیفرنیا شد" [Son of Dariush Shayegan Was Appointed to the Position of Head of the Department of Iranian Studies]. Asriran (in Persian). April 24, 2014. Archived from the original on April 26, 2014. Retrieved April 10, 2024.
  3. ^ a b "M. Rahim Shayegan". Austrian Academy of Sciences. Archived from the original on September 25, 2023. Retrieved April 10, 2024.