Greatest Iranian-American Scholar Professor Richard Nelson Frye From Harvard University
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Greatest Iranian-American Scholar Professor Richard Nelson Frye From Harvard University
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Frye
Richard Nelson Frye (b. Birmingham, Alabama, 1920 - ) is a distinguished scholar of Central Asian studies, and emeritus Aga Khan Professor of Iranian studies at Harvard University. His professional areas of interest are Iranian philology, and the history of Iran and Central Asia before 1000 CE.
Born to a family of immigrants from Sweden, "Freij" has four children, his second marriage being to an Assyrian scholar from Urmia who teaches at Columbia University. He speaks fluent Russian, German, Arabic, Persian, Pashto, Uzbek, Turkish, and has extensive knowledge of Avestan, Sogdian, and other Central Asian languages and dialects, both extinct and current.
Source: http://www.iran-heritage.org/interestgroups/frye.htm
Richard Nelson Frye is a well known scholar in central Asian studies who has written many books on Iran. Graduating from Harvard in 1946, he taught at Habibiya College in Kabul (1942-44), Harvard University (1948-90), Frankfurt University (1959-60), Hamburg University (1968-69), Pahlavi University of Shiraz (1970-76), and University of Tajikistan (1990-92). Prof. Frye founded the Center for Middle Eastern Studies as Harvard. He served as Director of the Asia Institute in Shiraz (1970-1975), was on the Board of Trustees of the Pahlavi University at Shiraz (1974-7 , and Chairman, Committee on Inner Asian Studies, at Harvard (1983-89), and as Editor of the Bulletin of the Asia Institute (1970-1975 and 1987-99. Professor Frye has published numerous works, including: Notes on the Early Coinage of Transoxiana (1949); The United States and Turkey and Iran, (with Lewis V. Thomas, 1951); The Near East and the Great Powers (ed., 1951); History of the Nation of Archers (1954); The Heritage of Persia (1962); Bukhara (1965); The Golden Age of Persia (1975); The History of Ancient Iran (1983); and The Heritage of Central Asia (1996). He was also the editor of Vol. IV of The Cambridge History of Iran (1975).
Some of the statements Of Dr. Richard Nelson Frye made at UCLA in March 2005:
Source: http://www.iran-heritage.org/interestgroups/frye-speech.htm
1. Greater Iran; Richard Frye said: I always thought of Iran where Iranian speaking people lived.
2. Iranian civilization is similar to Europe and China.
3. Iranian is a culture.
4. A British church in France has a Sogdian in signature.
5. The culture is what is important about Iran.
6. Aryans believed in a cyclical view, like plants and trees, dying and coming back, rebirth and change of things.
7. Semitics believed in a linear view, it is a time straight ahead to the end.
8. Iranians believe, cyclical and continuity.
9. Iran is the classical land of dualism, the Christians of Iran Also.
10. Contribution of Iran is Secular law, before them, law and religion was one. The Hakhamanesh brought universal and secular law not related of the locals.
11. How is it that data (law) became separated from religion? This is a concept of division of law.
12. Church and State separation has been a long tradition in Iran. And, the balance between the two.
13. The second occupation of Muslims and Arabs happened again with the revolution.
14. The gate of inquiry should always remain open, this is Shiaism.
15. If Sistani behaves like an Irani and not an Arab, Iraq will be Secular.
16. We have gone back to the middle ages of religious wars.
17. Iranians need to learn how to survive as minorities overseas and how to protect their identity.
18. 1st generation of exile Iranians need to remember their heritage, keep it up.
19. Iranian poetry is world poetry, no one is better than the Iranian poets.
20. Everyone in Iran is a poet.
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This Program Is A Gift To Ms. Shokooh Mirzadegi From SavePasargad
Greatest Iranian-American Scholar Professor Richard Nelson Frye From H...all »This Program Is A Gift To Ms. Shokooh Mirzadegi From SavePasargad
Greatest Iranian-American Scholar Professor Richard Nelson Frye From Harvard University
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Frye
Richard Nelson Frye (b. Birmingham, Alabama, 1920 - ) is a distinguished scholar of Central Asian studies, and emeritus Aga Khan Professor of Iranian studies at Harvard University. His professional areas of interest are Iranian philology, and the history of Iran and Central Asia before 1000 CE.
Born to a family of immigrants from Sweden, "Freij" has four children, his second marriage being to an Assyrian scholar from Urmia who teaches at Columbia University. He speaks fluent Russian, German, Arabic, Persian, Pashto, Uzbek, Turkish, and has extensive knowledge of Avestan, Sogdian, and other Central Asian languages and dialects, both extinct and current.
Source: http://www.iran-heritage.org/interestgroups/frye.htm
Richard Nelson Frye is a well known scholar in central Asian studies who has written many books on Iran. Graduating from Harvard in 1946, he taught at Habibiya College in Kabul (1942-44), Harvard University (1948-90), Frankfurt University (1959-60), Hamburg University (1968-69), Pahlavi University of Shiraz (1970-76), and University of Tajikistan (1990-92). Prof. Frye founded the Center for Middle Eastern Studies as Harvard. He served as Director of the Asia Institute in Shiraz (1970-1975), was on the Board of Trustees of the Pahlavi University at Shiraz (1974-7 , and Chairman, Committee on Inner Asian Studies, at Harvard (1983-89), and as Editor of the Bulletin of the Asia Institute (1970-1975 and 1987-99. Professor Frye has published numerous works, including: Notes on the Early Coinage of Transoxiana (1949); The United States and Turkey and Iran, (with Lewis V. Thomas, 1951); The Near East and the Great Powers (ed., 1951); History of the Nation of Archers (1954); The Heritage of Persia (1962); Bukhara (1965); The Golden Age of Persia (1975); The History of Ancient Iran (1983); and The Heritage of Central Asia (1996). He was also the editor of Vol. IV of The Cambridge History of Iran (1975).
Some of the statements Of Dr. Richard Nelson Frye made at UCLA in March 2005:
Source: http://www.iran-heritage.org/interestgroups/frye-speech.htm
1. Greater Iran; Richard Frye said: I always thought of Iran where Iranian speaking people lived.
2. Iranian civilization is similar to Europe and China.
3. Iranian is a culture.
4. A British church in France has a Sogdian in signature.
5. The culture is what is important about Iran.
6. Aryans believed in a cyclical view, like plants and trees, dying and coming back, rebirth and change of things.
7. Semitics believed in a linear view, it is a time straight ahead to the end.
8. Iranians believe, cyclical and continuity.
9. Iran is the classical land of dualism, the Christians of Iran Also.
10. Contribution of Iran is Secular law, before them, law and religion was one. The Hakhamanesh brought universal and secular law not related of the locals.
11. How is it that data (law) became separated from religion? This is a concept of division of law.
12. Church and State separation has been a long tradition in Iran. And, the balance between the two.
13. The second occupation of Muslims and Arabs happened again with the revolution.
14. The gate of inquiry should always remain open, this is Shiaism.
15. If Sistani behaves like an Irani and not an Arab, Iraq will be Secular.
16. We have gone back to the middle ages of religious wars.
17. Iranians need to learn how to survive as minorities overseas and how to protect their identity.
18. 1st generation of exile Iranians need to remember their heritage, keep it up.
19. Iranian poetry is world poetry, no one is better than the Iranian poets.
20. Everyone in Iran is a poet.
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