Introducing Dr. Kayhan A. Nejad, New Assistant Professor of Iran Studies
September 12, 2023
The Farzaneh Family Center is pleased to welcome Dr. Kayhan A. Nejad, our new assistant professor! Dr. Nejad earned his Ph.D. in History from Yale University in 2021. Before joining OU, he served as a Nizami Ganjavi Centre Visiting Fellow at the University of Oxford, and as a Senior Researcher with the Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program at Sabanci University in Istanbul. His research focuses on the linkages between the greater Middle East and the former Soviet Union. Here at OU, Dr. Nejad teaches on modern Iranian history, modern European history, contemporary and historical Iran-U.S. relations, Soviet and post-Soviet nationalisms, and the global history of communism. We are so excited to have Dr. Nejad with us!