Shahyar Daneshgar: Faculty: Department of Central Eurasian Studies

Inner Asian & Uralic National Resource Center (IAUNRC)		Denis Sinor Research Institute for Inner Asian Studies (SRIFIAS)		Center for Languages of the Central Asian Region (CeLCAR)		Summer Language Workshop (SWSEEL)

Shahyar Daneshgar :: Faculty

Lecturer, Central Eurasian Studies

Office: Goodbody Hall 301
Phone: (812) 856-0025
E-mail: sdaneshg@indiana.edu

Education

PhD, Indiana University, 1995

Research Interests

Iranian/Persian and Turkic linguistic and cultural contacts; Middle Eastern and Central Eurasian comparative folklore and ethnomusicology; ethnic and nationality issues of the Middle East and Central Eurasia with a special focus on Iran

Courses Recently Taught

Elementary Persian
Intermediate Persian
Elementary Azerbaijani
Music and Culture of the Silk Road People

Publication Highlights

“Zurkhaneh: The Iranian House of Strength.” Co-authored with Dakin Burdick and Justin Wolkse, Journal of Asian Martial Arts, 13, No.1 (2004), 9-33.

Producer and author of “Musical Culture of Azerbaijanis” accompanied by original texts and translations in Mamedov Family Ensemble of Azerbaijan: 2 CD Set, Indiana University & Azerbaijani American Cultural and Educational Foundation, Bloomington, IN 2002.

Translator of Nassib Nasibli’s, “Perspectives of the Caspian Littoral States,” in Oil and Geopolitics in the Caspian Sea Region, Michael P. Croissant and Bülent Aras, eds. Praeger: Westport, 1999, 101-129.