Iranian studies

E122582

academic discipline area studies interdisciplinary field

Iranian studies is an academic field devoted to the research of the languages, history, literature, and cultures of Iranian peoples and the broader Iranian cultural sphere.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Iranian studies canonical	6
Iranology	3
Iranologists	1

Statements (66)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	academic discipline ⓘ area studies ⓘ interdisciplinary field ⓘ
focusesOn	Afghanistan ⓘ Baloch regions ⓘ Greater Iran ⓘ Iran ⓘ Greater Iran ⓘ surface form: Iranian cultural sphere Kurdish regions ⓘ Ossetian regions ⓘ Persianate societies ⓘ Tajikistan ⓘ
includesSubfield	Avestan studies ⓘ Balochi studies ⓘ Kurdish studies ⓘ Middle Persian studies ⓘ Ossetian studies ⓘ Pashto studies ⓘ Persian studies ⓘ Sogdian studies ⓘ
institutionalizedIn	universities ⓘ
methodologyIncludes	anthropology ⓘ archaeology ⓘ art history ⓘ history ⓘ linguistics ⓘ philology ⓘ religious studies ⓘ
relatedTo	Central Asian studies ⓘ Comparative literature ⓘ Historical linguistics ⓘ Indo-European studies ⓘ Indo-Iranian studies ⓘ Islamic studies ⓘ Middle Eastern studies ⓘ Religious studies ⓘ
studies	Iranian cultures ⓘ Iranian history ⓘ Iranian languages ⓘ Iranian literature ⓘ Iranian peoples ⓘ
studiesGenre	Persian prose ⓘ Sufism ⓘ surface form: Sufi literature classical Persian poetry ⓘ epic literature ⓘ modern Iranian literature ⓘ
studiesLanguage	Avestan language ⓘ surface form: Avestan Balochi ⓘ Dari ⓘ Kurdish ⓘ Middle Persian language ⓘ surface form: Middle Persian Ossetian language ⓘ surface form: Ossetian Pashto language ⓘ surface form: Pashto Persian ⓘ Sogdian ⓘ Tajik ⓘ
studiesPeriod	Islamic Iran ⓘ ancient Iranian history ⓘ Iran ⓘ surface form: modern Iran pre-Islamic Iran ⓘ
studiesReligion	Baha'i Faith ⓘ surface form: Bahaʼi Faith Islam in Iranian lands ⓘ Manichaeism ⓘ Zoroastrianism ⓘ
taughtAs	degree program ⓘ research specialization ⓘ

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Input

Subject: Iranian studies
Description of subject: Iranian studies is an academic field devoted to the research of the languages, history, literature, and cultures of Iranian peoples and the broader Iranian cultural sphere.

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Indo-European studies → relatedTo → Iranian studies ⓘ

Greater Iran → culturalConceptUsedIn → Iranian studies ⓘ

Anshan → modernDisciplineStudying → Iranian studies ⓘ

Henry Corbin → fieldOfWork → Iranian studies ⓘ

Middle Iranian languages → fieldOfStudy → Iranian studies ⓘ

this entity surface form: Iranology

Ehsan Yarshater → areaOfInfluence → Iranian studies ⓘ

Ernst Herzfeld → fieldOfWork → Iranian studies ⓘ

this entity surface form: Iranology

Iranian nationalism → isDiscussedIn → Iranian studies ⓘ

Yasna → studiedBy → Iranian studies ⓘ

this entity surface form: Iranologists

Roman Ghirshman → fieldOfWork → Iranian studies ⓘ

this entity surface form: Iranology