Babak Rahimi, Ph.D. (2004) in cultural and historical sociology, European University Institute, is assistant Professor of Iranian and Islamic Studies at the University of California, San Diego. He has published cultural and historical studies on early modern and contemporary Iran.

"Theater-State and the Formation of Early Modern Public Sphere in Iran is the most original study in the social anthropology of Iran known to me. It is a detailed study of ritual in seventeenth-century Iran with a masterful analytical discussion of sociological and literary theory that brings out its broad significance for all students of comparative cultural studies."Said Amir Arjomand, Distinguished Service Professor of Sociology, Director of the Institute for Global Studies at Stony Brook and Editor of the Journal of Persianate Studies

Babak Rahimi, Ph.D. (2004) in cultural and historical sociology, European University Institute, is assistant Professor of Iranian and Islamic Studies at the University of California, San Diego. He has published cultural and historical studies on early modern and contemporary Iran.

"Theater-State and the Formation of Early Modern Public Sphere in Iran is the most original study in the social anthropology of Iran known to me. It is a detailed study of ritual in seventeenth-century Iran with a masterful analytical discussion of sociological and literary theory that brings out its broad significance for all students of comparative cultural studies."Said Amir Arjomand, Distinguished Service Professor of Sociology, Director of the Institute for Global Studies at Stony Brook and Editor of the Journal of Persianate Studies

Babak Rahimi, Ph.D. (2004) in cultural and historical sociology, European University Institute, is assistant Professor of Iranian and Islamic Studies at the University of California, San Diego. He has published cultural and historical studies on early modern and contemporary Iran.

"Theater-State and the Formation of Early Modern Public Sphere in Iran is the most original study in the social anthropology of Iran known to me. It is a detailed study of ritual in seventeenth-century Iran with a masterful analytical discussion of sociological and literary theory that brings out its broad significance for all students of comparative cultural studies."Said Amir Arjomand, Distinguished Service Professor of Sociology, Director of the Institute for Global Studies at Stony Brook and Editor of the Journal of Persianate Studies