In the preface to her last book, The Nativist
Prophets of Early Islamic Iran,1 the late IAS Professor
Patricia Crone (1945–2015)
relates when and how she became interested in Iranian Studies. It
was early on during her time at Oxford that her...
This is an abridged version of an interview conducted at the
Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey, in
connection with the Shii Studies Research Program, supported by
Carnegie Foundation, on March 28, 2019. Etan Kohlberg is
an...