Nikki Keddie

Nikki Reichard Keddie (née Anita Ragozin, August 30, 1930) is an American scholar of Eastern, Iranian, and women's history. She is Professor Emerita of History at University of California, Los Angeles.

Biography

Keddie was born in Brooklyn, New York. She received her B.A. at Radcliffe College, her M.A. from Stanford University and her Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley. She has taught at University of Arizona and Scripps College in Claremont, California, before joining University of California, where she taught mainly Middle Eastern and Iranian history and eventually became full professor.

Works Iran and the Surrounding World: Interactions in Culture and Cultural Politics, eds. Rudi Matthee and Nikki R.Keddie (University of Washington Press, 2011). Women in the Middle East: Past and Present, Princeton University Press, 2007. Modern Iran: Roots and Results of Revolution, Yale University Press, 2003. Qajar Iran and the Rise of Reza Khan. Mazda, Costa Mesa, CA, 1999. Debating gender, debating sexuality. NYU Press, 1996 Debating Revolutions. NYU Press, 1995. Iran and the Muslim World: Resistance and Revolution, Macmillan, London, and New York, New York University (NYU) Press, 1995 Roots of Revolution: An Interpretive History of Modern Iran, Yale University Press, 1981. Iran: Religion, Politics and Society, Frank Cass, London, 1980 Sayyid Jamal al-Din "al-Afghani": A Political Biography, University of California Press, Berkeley, 1972. An Islamic Response to Imperialism, University of California Press, 1968. Religion and Rebellion in Iran: The Tobacco Protest of 1891–92, Frank Cass, 1966.