Nikki Reichard Keddie (née Anita Ragozin, August 30, 1930) is an American scholar of Eastern,

Iranian Iranian () may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Iran ** Iranian diaspora, Iranians living outside Iran ** Iranian architecture, architecture of Iran and parts of the rest of West Asia ** Iranian cuisine, cooking traditions and practic ...

, and

women's history Women's history is the study of the role that Woman, women have played in history and Historiography, the methods required to do so. It includes the study of the history of the growth of woman's rights, women's rights throughout recorded history, ...

. She is

Professor Emerita ''Emeritus/Emerita'' () is an honorary title granted to someone who retirement, retires from a position of distinction, most commonly an academic faculty position, but is allowed to continue using the previous title, as in "professor emeritus". ...

of History at

University of California, Los Angeles The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Los Angeles, California, United States. Its academic roots were established in 1881 as a normal school the ...

Biography

Keddie was born in

Brooklyn Brooklyn is a Boroughs of New York City, borough of New York City located at the westernmost end of Long Island in the New York (state), State of New York. Formerly an independent city, the borough is coextensive with Kings County, one of twelv ...

, New York. She received her B.A. at

Radcliffe College Radcliffe College was a Women's colleges in the United States, women's Liberal arts colleges in the United States, liberal arts college in Cambridge, Massachusetts, that was founded in 1879. In 1999, it was fully incorporated into Harvard Colle ...

, her M.A. from

Stanford University Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University, is a Private university, private research university in Stanford, California, United States. It was founded in 1885 by railroad magnate Leland Stanford (the eighth ...

and her Ph.D. from the

University of California, Berkeley The University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley, Berkeley, Cal, or California), is a Public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Berkeley, California, United States. Founded in 1868 and named after t ...

. She has taught at

University of Arizona The University of Arizona (Arizona, U of A, UArizona, or UA) is a Public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Tucson, Arizona, United States. Founded in 1885 by the 13th Arizona Territorial Legislature, it ...

and

Scripps College Scripps College is a private liberal arts women's college in Claremont, California. It was founded as a member of the Claremont Colleges in 1926, a year after the consortium's formation. Journalist and philanthropist Ellen Browning Scripps pr ...

in Claremont, California, before joining

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, where she taught mainly

Middle East The Middle East (term originally coined in English language) is a geopolitical region encompassing the Arabian Peninsula, the Levant, Turkey, Egypt, Iran, and Iraq. The term came into widespread usage by the United Kingdom and western Eur ...

ern and Iranian history and eventually became full professor.

Recognition

* 1994 Elected a fellow of the

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* 2001 Mentoring award of Middle East Studies Association, which also made her an honorary fellow in 2003 * 2002 Award for scholarly distinction from the

American Historical Association The American Historical Association (AHA) is the oldest professional association of historians in the United States and the largest such organization in the world, claiming over 10,000 members. Founded in 1884, AHA works to protect academic free ...

* 2002 Persian History award from the Encyclopedia Iranica Foundation * 2004 Balzan Prize * 2008 Lifetime Achievement Award for

Iranian Studies Iranian studies ( '), also referred to as Iranology and Iranistics, is an interdisciplinary field dealing with the research and study of the civilization, history, literature, art and culture of Iranian peoples. It is a part of the wider field ...

from the International Society for Iranian Studies

Works

* ''Iran and the Surrounding World: Interactions in Culture and Cultural Politics'', eds. Rudi Matthee and Nikki R.Keddie (University of Washington Press, 2011). * ''Women in the Middle East: Past and Present'',

Princeton University Princeton University is a private university, private Ivy League research university in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. Founded in 1746 in Elizabeth, New Jersey, Elizabeth as the College of New Jersey, Princeton is the List of Colonial ...

Press, 2007. * ''Modern Iran: Roots and Results of Revolution'',

Yale University Yale University is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701, Yale is the List of Colonial Colleges, third-oldest institution of higher education in the United Stat ...

Press, 2003. * ''Qajar Iran and the Rise of Reza Khan''. Mazda, Costa Mesa, CA, 1999. * ''Debating gender, debating sexuality''. NYU Press, 1996 * ''Debating Revolutions''. NYU Press, 1995. * ''Iran and the Muslim World: Resistance and Revolution'', Macmillan, London, and New York,

New York University New York University (NYU) is a private university, private research university in New York City, New York, United States. Chartered in 1831 by the New York State Legislature, NYU was founded in 1832 by Albert Gallatin as a Nondenominational ...

(NYU) Press, 1995 * ''Roots of Revolution: An Interpretive History of Modern Iran'',

Press, 1981. * '' Iran: Religion, Politics and Society'', Frank Cass, London, 1980 * ''Sayyid Jamal al-Din "al-Afghani": A Political Biography'',

Press, Berkeley, 1972. * ''An Islamic Response to Imperialism'',

Press, 1968. * ''Religion and Rebellion in Iran: The Tobacco Protest of 1891–92'', Frank Cass, 1966.

References

External links

Autogiographical interview from ''Women in the Middle East''

UCLA bio
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