Firoozeh Kashani-Sabet

Firoozeh Kashani-Sabet teaches courses on various aspects of modern Middle Eastern history, including ethnic and political conflicts, gender and women's issues, popular culture, diplomatic history, revolutionary ideologies, and general surveys. Her book, Frontier Fictions: Shaping the Iranian Nation, 1804-1946 discusses Iranian nationalism and analyzes the significance of land and border disputes, with attention to Iran 's shared boundaries with the Ottoman Empire (later Iraq and Turkey), Central Asia, Afghanistan, and the Persian Gulf region. She is also completing a book on America 's historical relationship with Iran and the Islamic world.