Katouzian, Homa

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KATOUZIAN, Homa

KATOUZIAN, Homa. Iranian/British, b. 1942. Genres: Area studies. Career: University of Leeds, lecturer in economics, 1968-69; University of Kent at Canterbury, lecturer, 1969-82; senior lecturer, 1982-86; University of Oxford, member, faculty of Oriental studies, 1999-, St. Antony's College, research fellow, 2004-; Princeton University, Institute for Advanced Studies, member of School of Historical Studies, 2001. Visiting professor at universities worldwide; consultant; Iranian Studies, editor; member of editorial boards. Has presented and spoken at lectures and conferences and given seminars at universities in Britain, the United States, and the European Union. Publications: IN ENGLISH: Ideology and Method in Economics, 1980; The Political Economy of Modern Iran, 1981; (ed. and trans.) Musaddiq's Memoirs: The End of the British Empire in Iran, 1988; Musaddiq and the Struggle for Power in Iran, 1990, 2nd ed., 1999; Sadeq Hedayat: The Life and Legend of an Iranian Writer, 1991; State and Society in Iran: The Eclipse of the Qajars and the Emergence of the Pahlavis, 2000; Iranian History and Politics: The Dialectic of 2003 State and Society, 2003. IN PERSIAN: 14 Essays on Literature, Sociology, Philosophy and Economics, 1996; A Song of Innocence (poetry), 1997, 2nd ed., 2003; Hedayat's The Blind Owl, 2nd ed., 1998; The Contradiction of State and Society in Iran, 2001; Arbitrary Rule, Democracy and the Popular Movement of Iran, 3rd ed., 2002; Satire and Irony in Hedayat, 2003; Jamalzadeh and His Literature, 2003. Contributor to books and periodicals. Translator of Persian-language poetry and nonfiction works. Address: Middle East Centre, St Antony's College, University of Oxford, Oxford OX2 6JF, England. Online address: [email protected]