Kathryn Babayan

Name: Kathryn Babayan

Title(s):

• Associate Professor of Iranian History & Culture
• Department of Near Eastern Studies

Contact Information: babayan@umich.edu

International Institute Affiliation(s):

• CMENAS
• CICS

Department Affiliation(s):

• Near Eastern Studies

Education Background: B.A., Wellesley College 1981; M.A., Princeton University 1987; M.A., Georgetown University 1983; Ph.D. Princeton University 1993

Research/Teaching Specialization: Safavid History, History of Sufism in the Persianate World, Shi'ism, Gender & Sexuality

Area/Int'l Course(s) Taught: NES 100 Peoples of the Middle East; AAPTIS 497 The History of Shi'ism; AAPTIS 495 Gender & Sexuality in Premodern Islam; AAPTIS 663 Persianate Historiography; AAPPTIS 592 Society and Culture in Early Modern Iran; AAPTIS 700 Independent Reading Course of Persian Texts; Winter 2005 (Harvard University): HIST 1875 Shi'ism; HIST 2875 Seminar on Friendship, love, and loyalty in Safavi Iran