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Abu Rayhan al-Biruni

Abu Rayhan Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Biruni (973–1048 CE) was an Iranian polymath of the Islamic Golden Age and one of the greatest astronomers, mathematicians, and historians of the medieval period. Through his book Tahqiq ma li'l-Hind, the first scholarly and impartial study of Indian culture and religions by an outside author, he is regarded as a founder of comparative religious studies and cultural anthropology.

Astronomy, Mathematics, and Cultural Anthropology973–1048

Ehsan Yarshater

Ehsan Yarshater was an Iranian Iranologist, linguist, university professor, and the founder of Encyclopaedia Iranica. Through his extensive research on Persian language and literature, Iranian history, and Iranian culture, he became one of the most important figures in modern Iranology.

Iranology, Persian language and literature1920–2018

Darwin Sabouri

Darwin Sabouri is an Iranian sociologist, researcher, and lecturer whose work focuses on culture, language, identity, the body, sports, art, and everyday life in Iranian society. In his talks, workshops, and public discussions, he strives to connect concepts from the humanities and social sciences to today's cultural issues using an analytical and accessible language.

Sociology of Culture and Anthropology

Aref Ebadi

Aref Ebadi received his PhD in Political Theory from the University of Nottingham. His doctoral dissertation, titled Scepticism, Evolution and Conservatism in the Thought of F. A. Hayek, examines the relationship between skepticism, cultural evolution, and conservatism in the thought of Friedrich Hayek.

Political Theory, Evolutionary Psychology, and Cultural Evolutionb. 19855 articles3 videos

Mohammad Taghi Jafari

Mohammad Taghi Jafari was an Iranian philosopher, interpreter of Nahj al-Balagha, and thinker in the fields of Islamic philosophy, ethics, and philosophical anthropology. Through his analyses of philosophical and religious works, especially his studies on Nahj al-Balagha and the Masnavi, he became one of the influential figures in contemporary Iranian thought.

Islamic philosophy, ethics, and philosophical anthropology1923–1998

Mehrdad Arabestani

Mehrdad Arabestani is an Iranian anthropologist, born in 1968, and a faculty member of the Department of Anthropology, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Tehran. His work lies at the intersection of anthropology, culture, religion, ritual, and social life in contemporary Iran.

Anthropology and Social Sciences1 article

Nasser Fakouhi

Nasser Fakouhi is an anthropologist, professor at the University of Tehran, and founder of the Institute of Anthropology and Culture. He specializes in cultural pathology, urban identity issues, and the cultural history of modern Iran, and has published extensively in these fields.

Urban and Cultural Anthropology2 articles

Nematollah Fazeli

Nematollah Fazeli (born 1964) is an anthropologist, author, and researcher of contemporary Iranian culture. He is a retired professor at the Institute for Humanities and Cultural Studies and has played a role in the development of cultural anthropology and urban studies in Iran.

Anthropologyb. 19642 articles

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