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Reza Yeganehshakib

Reza Yeganehshakib

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Reza Yeganehshakib

Cohort Year:
2008

First Field:
Iranian History

Second Field:

World History


Thematic Emphasis:

Environmental Transformation and Plagues in the Persian empires and the Middle East; Safavid Iran in a World historical context; Governance of the Jurist; Middle East and the Islamic World.

Advisor:

Dr. Touraj Daryaee

Dissertation Title:

Plague and environmental Transformation in Persian Empires since Late Antiquity

Awards:

  • Ali Asghar Payravi Fellowship, Administered by Samuel Jordan Center for Persian Center at UC Irvine (2010)
  • Humanities and Social Sciences Master’s Thesis Award, California State University, Fullerton (2008)

Selected Publications:

  • Yeganehshakib, Reza and Khodadad Rezakhani, “Sasanian Chemical Warfare?: A Scientific Re-Assessment,” Sasanika, The Online Journal of the History and Culture of Sasanians, UC Irvine School of Humanities, (February 2009) <http://www.humanities.uci.edu/sasanika/pdf/Sasanian%20Chemical%20Warfare.pdf> 
  • Yeganehshakib, Reza. “CSUF Hosts Israeli-Palestinian Debate,” College of Humanities and Social Sciences Newsletter,April (2008).
  • Rahimieh, Nasrin. “Iranian Women Writers in Dialogue with their Counterparts in Diaspora” trans. Reza Yeganehshakib, Rahavard, No. 85 (2009): 9-15

Degrees:

  • MA. History, UC Irvine (March 2011)
  • MS. Environmental Studies-Policy and Planning, CSU Fullerton (May 2008)
  • BS. Chemical Engineering-Refining Industries and Operation, Iran AZAD University, Gachsaran (January 2002)



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