Professor of History
Jane and Raphael Bernstein Professor of Asian Studies
Office: 311 Carson Hall
Office Phone: (603) 646-2594
Fax: (603) 646-3353
Email: Gene.Garthwaite@Dartmouth.edu
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But for a chance opportunity to join an archaeological expedition headed for Iran, I would probably be teaching English literature. As the result of a year in Iran, I gave up my pursuit of a Ph.D. in English at the University of Chicago and journeyed west to study with von Grunebaum and Keddie at UCLA. Although Iran continues to be the center of my research, I cover all the Islamic Middle East in my teaching. My courses span the seventh century to the present. History 71, Contemporary Social History of the Middle East, examines recent change and the structure of society from a variety of sources and perspectives. My research deals with Iranian social history and culture, particularly the Bakhtiyari, one of Iran's great tribal confederations, and I have just published The Persians (Blackwell's, Oxford, 2005) a history of Iran from Cyrus the Great to Khomeini some 2,500 years of Iran's rich history. My purpose in teaching is to imbue my students with an understanding of, and an appreciation for, one of the world's great, but little-known, cultures and with critical thinking.
