Reza Afshari () is professor of history at Pace University. He received his Ph.D. at Temple University. His studies center on

human rights Human rights are universally recognized Morality, moral principles or Social norm, norms that establish standards of human behavior and are often protected by both Municipal law, national and international laws. These rights are considered ...

in Iran, Islamic politics, and Islamic cultural relativism in particular.

Representative Publications

* "On Historiography of Human Rights Discourse", Human Rights Quarterly, 29 (February 2007) 1-67. * "Discourse and Practice of Human Rights Violations of Iranians of the Baha’i Faith in the Islamic Republic of Iran", a chapter in a book, edited by Dominic Brookshaw of McGill University, Routledge, London, 2007. * Human Rights in Iran: the Abuse of Cultural Relativism, University of Pennsylvania Press, 2001. Hardcover, pp. 359

Professional affiliations

Middle East Studies Association of America, Committee for Academic Freedom in the Middle East and North Africa

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External links

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with Pace University

University of Pennsylvania Press Living people 21st-century Iranian historians Pace University faculty Islam and politics Middle Eastern studies in the United States Temple University alumni Year of birth missing (living people) {{Iran-historian-stub