Rudi Matthee
Rudolph P. Matthee, best known as Rudi Matthee, is John and Dorothy Munroe Distinguished Professor of History in the History Department at the University of Delaware, teaching Middle Eastern history and specializing in the history of early modern Iran. He received his PhD in 1991 from the University of California. Matthee is a member of the Association for the Study of Persianate Societies, for which he also functioned as president twice in 2003–2005 and 2009–2011. He is the author of numerous books and articles on Safavid and Qajar Iran.
Selected publications
A selection of Matthee's works:- Iran and Beyond: Essays in Middle Eastern History in Honor of Nikki R. Keddie, Mazda Publishers, 2000.
- Iran and the Surrounding World: Interactions in Culture and Cultural Politics, University of Washington Press, 2002.
- The Safavid World , Routledge, 2021.
Awards
- Albert Hourani Book prize. Awarded by the Middle East Association of North America
- Saidi Sirjani Award. Awarded by the International Society for Iranian Studies
- British-Kuwaiti Friendship Book Prize
- Best foreign-language book on Iran