About Pedram Khosronejad
Dr. P. Khosronejad is Farzaneh Family Scholar and Associate Director for Iranian and Persian Gulf Studies. He is a socio-cultural and visual anthropologist of contemporary Iran. From 2007-2015 he held the position of Goli Rais Larizadeh Fellow of the Iran Heritage Foundation for the Anthropology of Iran in the Department of Social Anthropology at the University of St Andrews. He is Chair of The Anthropology of the Middle East and Central Eurasia Network of the European Association of Social Anthropologists. His research interests include cultural and social anthropology, the anthropology of death and dying, visual anthropology, visual piety, devotional artefacts, and religious material culture, with a particular interest in Iran, Persianate societies and the Islamic world.
Dear Mr. khosronejad:
As an Iranian (Bakhtiari), I have been residing in the
United States since 1978. This is the first time that
research of this type has been undertaken among a
nomadic tribal group.
Since I have traveled to visit the Bakhtiaries in
different parts of Chahr mahal,Bazoft (Zrd koh),
Isfahan, and Northern Khuzestan many times, I would
like to find out the real motive that encouraged you
to follow this research project, which is a pilot
study of cemeteries and funeral culture among the
nomadic Bakhtiyari in northern Khuzestan. I am also
curious and want to learn about the results of your
research about Lion tombstones, a field which until
now has remained relatively unknown.
If I can be of any assistance, please do not hesitate
to contact me at (480) 706-6372 or (480) 861-9864 or
via my e-mail address at norsyh@yahoo.com.
Thank you very much for your time and your kindness in
the important matter.
Hello,
Are you people really speaking about Bazoft? I can hardly believe; teh place looked so tiny when I was there. Can somebody tell me more about it?
Greetings,
Rolf
rolf1981@hotmail.com