Rudolph (Rudi) Matthee teaches Middle Eastern history, with a
research focus on early modern Iran and the Persian Gulf. He received
his Ph.D. in 1991 from the University of California, Los Angeles.
He wrote The Politics of Trade in Safavid Iran: Silk for Silver,
1600-1730 (Cambridge University Press, 1999); and The Pursuit
of Pleasure: Drugs and Stimulants in Iranian History, 1500-1900 (Princeton University Press, 2005). He co-edited, with Beth Baron, Iran and Beyond: Essays in Honor of Nikki R. Keddie (2000);
and co-edited, with Nikki Keddie, Iran and the Surrounding
World, 1501-2001: Interactions in Culture and Cultural Politics (2002). He published numerous articles on aspects of Safavid and
Qajar Iran. Professor Matthee is the President of the Association
for the Study of Persianate Societies, 2003-2005. Recipient of
the 2006 Albert Hourani Book Prize, awarded by the Middle East
Studies Association of North America, and winner of of the Said
Sirjani Book Prize, 2004-2005, awarded by the International Society
for Iranian Studies.
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