Nikki Keddie

Nikki R. Keddie (born August 20, 1930) is an professor of Eastern, Iranian, and women's history. She retired from the University of California, Los Angeles after 35 years of teaching. Keddie was born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1930.

Personal achievements

• 1994 Elected a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
• 2001 Mentoring award of Middle East Studies Association, which also made her an honorary fellow in 2003.
• 2001 Award for scholarly distinction from the American Historical Association
• 2002 Persian History award from the Encyclopedia Iranica Foundation
• 2004 Balzan prize

Works by Nikki Keddie

• Women in the Middle East: Past and Present, Princeton University Press, 2007.
• Modern Iran: Roots and Results of Revolution, Yale University Press, 2003.
• Qajar Iran and the Rise of Reza Khan. Mazda, Costa Mesa, CA, 1999.
• Debating gender, debating sexuality. NYU Press, 1996 ISBN 9780814746554
• Iran and the Muslim World: Resistance and Revolution, Macmillan, London, and New York, New York University (NYU) Press, 1995
• Roots of Revolution: An Interpretive History of Modern Iran, Yale University Press, 1981.
• Iran: religion, politics, and society, Frank Cass, London, 1980
• Sayyid Jamal al-Din "al-Afghani": A Political Biography, University of California Press, Berkeley, 1972.
• An Islamic Response to Imperialism, University of California Press, 1968.
• Religion and Rebellion in Iran: The Tobacco Protest of 1891-92, Frank Cass, 1966.

External links

• UCLA bio

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