College of Social Sciences and International Studies
Introduction to Persian History and Culture
Module ARA1021 for 2024/5
Module ARA1021 for 2024/5
- Overview
- Aims and Learning Outcomes
- Module Content
- Indicative Reading List
- Assessment
Undergraduate Module Descriptor
ARA1021: Introduction to Persian History and Culture
This module descriptor refers to the 2024/5 academic year.
Indicative Reading List
This reading list is indicative - i.e. it provides an idea of texts that may be useful to you on this module, but it is not considered to be a confirmed or compulsory reading list for this module.
Michael Axworthy, Empire of the Mind: A History of Iran (London: Hurst 2007).
Alessandro Bausani, Religion in Iran, trans. J.M. Marchesi (New York: Bibliotheca Persica 2000).
The Cambridge History of Iran. Multiple Editors. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 1968-91), 7 volumes.
Richard Foltz, Spirituality in the Land of the Noble: How Iran Shaped the World's Religions (Oxford: Oneworld 2004).
David Morgan, Medieval Persia, 1040-1797 (London: Longman 1988).