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An Iranian studies program was created at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) in 1963 in the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures (NELC) that was established by Wolf Leslau a few years before, in 1959.
M. Rahim Shayegan (/ ʃ ɑː j ɛ ɡ ɑː n /, 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 in the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures at the University of ...
As the 1979 Iranian Revolution unfolded, large numbers of Iranians fled Iran. Many of them settled in Los Angeles. [4] [5] Many Iranian immigrants, including Muslims, Zoroastrians, Christians, and Jews, originated from the upper classes. [6] [7] Los Angeles was ideal for Iranians because it reminded them of home.
However, the universities of Utah had established scientific-cultural relations and exchanges with Iran for many years (due to the climatic similarity between Iran and Utah). The first Iranian student to travel to Utah to study dates back to 1912. [35] And in 1939, Reza Shah Pahlavi asked the United States to send agricultural specialists to Iran.
Nayereh Esfahlani Tohidi (Persian: نیره توحیدی; born 1951) [2] [1] is an Iranian-born American professor, researcher, and academic administrator. Tohidi is a professor emerita and former chair of gender and women’s studies, and the founding director of the Middle Eastern and Islamic studies (from 2011 to 2021) at California State University, Northridge.
Thousands of people gathered outside Los Angeles City Hall on Saturday, calling for regime change in Iran and rallying in solidarity with the country's female-led protest movement.
Iranian Americans, also known as Persian Americans, are United States citizens or nationals who are of Iranian ancestry, or who hold Iranian citizenship.. Most Iranian Americans arrived in the United States after 1979, as a result of the Iranian Revolution and the fall of the Iranian monarchy, with over 40% settling in California, specifically Los Angeles.
Previously, was a professor of Persian Language and Comparative Literature at Washington University in St. Louis; Ali Khademhosseini, Levi Knight Endowed Professor at the University of California-Los Angeles. Holds a professorship in bioengineering, radiology, chemical, and biomolecular engineering.